# X-PACK Username display on KIBANA

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-username-display-on-kibana/65761
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [November 11, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-username-display-on-kibana/65761 "2016-11-11T06:23:48Z")
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### Author: ![c0ng111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5e9695/32.png) [@c0ng111](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/c0ng111)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-username-display-on-kibana/65761/1 "2016-11-11T06:23:48Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to get username field from x-pack and display it on Kibana.

Thank you.

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### Author: ![spalger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spalger/32/14092_2.png) [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-username-display-on-kibana/65761/2 "2016-11-11T22:31:04Z")

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Can you clarify what you mean? In Kibana 5 at least, your username is visible in the bottom left hand corner of the navigation

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/b/b8e0af9eab21f18ee9d0c9e391d09c5b8cdb4957.png)

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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: [December 9, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-username-display-on-kibana/65761/3 "2016-12-09T22:31:06Z")

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