# Visualizing certain elements in an Array field

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-certain-elements-in-an-array-field/344849
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 11, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-certain-elements-in-an-array-field/344849 "2023-10-11T22:14:29Z")
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### Author: ![hs121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@hs121](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hs121)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-certain-elements-in-an-array-field/344849/1 "2023-10-11T22:14:29Z")

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Hi there,

This is a naive question but I have a field called "tools\_usage" that holds some **Array** data:

e.g

```auto
tools_record = [
   "toolname:banana",
   "toolcategory:fruit",
   "success:true",
]
self.es.index(index="my_index", document={"tools_usage" : tools_record})

```

I now want to create a "Horizontal Bar" visualization to only display **toolname value** on the **vertical axis** and count of records on the horizontal axis.

What should I do under the vertical axis options to achieve this? I tried Filters but couldn't get it to work.

Any help is appreciated.

-H

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### Author: ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-certain-elements-in-an-array-field/344849/2 "2023-10-12T07:49:30Z")

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Hi @hs121

I think the best route here is to use a `runtime field`: extract the `toolname` value for the field with the multi-value (array) and `emit( stringValue )`.  
Then use the new created runtime field to build a visualization.

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### Author: ![hs121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@hs121](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hs121)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-certain-elements-in-an-array-field/344849/3 "2023-10-12T15:21:18Z")

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Thanks @Marco_Liberati I will look into runtime field today.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-certain-elements-in-an-array-field/344849/4 "2023-11-09T15:21:37Z")

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