# Use Field in Alert Email Action

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-field-in-alert-email-action/352344>\
**Category:** Elastic Observability\
**Created:** [February 1, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-field-in-alert-email-action/352344 "2024-02-01T23:31:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-field-in-alert-email-action/352344/1 "2024-02-01T23:31:26Z")

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I think I saw this somewhere but have been unable to find it again. Can I set a rule and alert to send to an email address stored in document field. Our field is alertdistlist and it has a formatted email address. I tried:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/c/3cadaf011764aac08583062910bdf4dbb1e48e96.png)

doesn't seem to work as is, but possible?