# Unable to make a field aggregatable in kibana/ES

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-make-a-field-aggregatable-in-kibana-es/161925>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 22, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-make-a-field-aggregatable-in-kibana-es/161925 "2018-12-22T17:02:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_McConaghy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Bill\_McConaghy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bill_McConaghy)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-make-a-field-aggregatable-in-kibana-es/161925/2 "2019-01-10T14:32:58Z")

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Take a look at the answer to this forum post for advice on how to do this: [Can I make string field as aggregatable?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-make-string-field-as-aggregatable/101881)

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