# What is the '#' next to my field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-next-to-my-field/167035>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 4, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-next-to-my-field/167035 "2019-02-04T22:25:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![CharlieBrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@CharlieBrown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CharlieBrown)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-next-to-my-field/167035/1 "2019-02-04T22:25:29Z")

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I searched google and couldnt locate any clues, I'm surprised that I am the first to ask the question.

What does it mean when there's a '#' in front of my field name when most other fields have a 't' in front?

Where would I locate documentation on these characters and their meanings?

BTW, the google search  
what is the "hashtag" in kibana next to my field? "#" next to field site:discuss.elastic.co  
only returned 11 results and none contained anything relevant.

Is there a trick to searching google now?

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**Author:** ![CharlieBrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@CharlieBrown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CharlieBrown)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-next-to-my-field/167035/2 "2019-02-04T22:36:07Z")

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I figured it out by right clicking and inspecting the element.  
\<span class='dscField\_\_icon" aria-label="Number field"\>

So this matches the type I set for the field

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**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:** [February 4, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-next-to-my-field/167035/3 "2019-02-04T22:41:44Z")

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I think your question is a little confusing, partially as you have asked this in #logstash

Good to hear you have this sorted though 🙂

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**Author:** ![CharlieBrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@CharlieBrown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CharlieBrown)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-next-to-my-field/167035/4 "2019-02-13T16:44:38Z")

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> [@CharlieBrown](#):
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> what is the "hashtag" in kibana next to my field? "#" next to field site:discuss.elastic.co  
> only returned 11 results and none contained anything relevant.

Yeah, I can understand how this can be confusing. It's just absolutely too vague. Especially the part " what is the "hashtag" in kibana next to my field? "#"  
Do you mean "Baseball field" "Foosball field"?

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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:** [March 13, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-next-to-my-field/167035/5 "2019-03-13T16:44:40Z")

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