# Visualize: "field" is a required parameter - ELK 5.5.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 4, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter-elk-5-5-2/99334 "2017-09-04T16:36:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter-elk-5-5-2/99334/2 "2017-09-04T17:39:34Z")
There is a work around for the issue that you're experiencing. You can find it here: > [@Invalid Parameter "field"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-parameter-field/89637/2): > > Looks like you're hitting this issue; To resolve this, you should click that pencil icon in your Traffic Over Time visualization to get to the visualization editor. Then check the fields used in the visualization. The error seems to be caused by a field in the visualization that isn't in the docs, or that isn't aggregatable. In my case, I found that earlier versions of Kibana allowed you to use fields which were not aggregatable in a visualization, but now that causes the error you are s… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter-elk-5-5-2/99334)._