# Unable to view a field more than 256 char in kibana in column view **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 2, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-a-field-more-than-256-char-in-kibana-in-column-view/142808 "2018-08-02T21:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![punit\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@punit\_j](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/punit_j)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-a-field-more-than-256-char-in-kibana-in-column-view/142808/1 "2018-08-02T21:04:12Z")
Hi, Under discover page I selected fields to be displayed snd toggled in column view. However one of the fields has more than 300 characters. Only part of it is being displayed, stripping remaining char from display. Any settings I need to change ? Regards, Punit ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-a-field-more-than-256-char-in-kibana-in-column-view/142808/2 "2018-08-02T22:18:09Z")
Can you show the mapping for the field in question? ---
**Author:** ![punit\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@punit\_j](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/punit_j)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-a-field-more-than-256-char-in-kibana-in-column-view/142808/3 "2018-08-03T03:01:35Z")
mapping as shown for PolicyCommandOutput ![mapping](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/c/2c5170f786d5639b086ed786579f5b70697b8aff.png) column view under discover as shown below ![columnview](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/a/4ac3ddce94f1281be23ba8838ea2d3825d81fee4.png) Actual field ![actualview](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/5/75a28c24466c446f168376c0ae931690793476b2.png) ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-a-field-more-than-256-char-in-kibana-in-column-view/142808/4 "2018-08-03T06:20:06Z")
Please don't post pictures of text, they are difficult to read and some people may not be even able to see them 🙂 You can paste your mappings here and then use the code button to format them. ---
**Author:** ![punit\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@punit\_j](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/punit_j)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-a-field-more-than-256-char-in-kibana-in-column-view/142808/5 "2018-08-03T07:05:13Z")
Hi Mark, Actually I cant get the mapping out due to read only access to the environment, so posted images. However the field which I want to display has below mapping "PolicyCommandOutput" : { "type" : "keyword", "ignore\_above" : 10922 }, rest fields are fine and either single valued text or below 256 char Thanks for help. Let me know if anything else is needed. ---
**Author:** ![punit\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@punit\_j](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/punit_j)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-a-field-more-than-256-char-in-kibana-in-column-view/142808/6 "2018-08-03T15:26:00Z")
Any clues team ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-a-field-more-than-256-char-in-kibana-in-column-view/142808/7 "2018-08-31T15:26:11Z")
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