# \#discover **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/tag/discover/128.md [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) --- ## [The preprocessing for selecting values does not work in discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-preprocessing-for-selecting-values-does-not-work-in-discover/384951)
**Author:** [@Ruslan\_Hafizov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ruslan_Hafizov)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-preprocessing-for-selecting-values-does-not-work-in-discover/384951 "2026-02-07T08:00:02Z")
When selecting a field in the left menu, no selection is displayed by field. Despite the fact that the value itself is in the index. I couldn't find information in the documentation on how this function works to check wh… --- ## [Configure common user to export csv](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-common-user-to-export-csv/378537)
**Author:** [@francieliton\_araujo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/francieliton_araujo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-common-user-to-export-csv/378537 "2025-05-26T13:35:59Z")
I'm not able to give permission for a user to export one of the dashboard viewers. Can you help me? I'm on version 9.0.1 Here's an image of what I need to appear for him. --- ## [Use of unmapped\_type in sorting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-of-unmapped-type-in-sorting/378127)
**Author:** [@Parthpuri\_Goswami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Parthpuri_Goswami)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-of-unmapped-type-in-sorting/378127 "2025-05-20T08:33:22Z")
Hi everyone, In my application, I want to sort fields similar to the Kibana Discover page. While exploring Kibana APIs for sorting, I noticed that Kibana addsunmapped\_type: "boolean" in sort query to all the fields. I j… --- ## [How to know field is sortable or not](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-field-is-sortable-or-not/378124)
**Author:** [@Parthpuri\_Goswami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Parthpuri_Goswami)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-field-is-sortable-or-not/378124 "2025-05-15T10:05:09Z")
Hi Everyone, In my application, I want to sort fields similar to the Kibana Discover page. After exploring the Kibana Discover page, I found that some fields are not sortable, meaning the sort functionality is disabled … --- ## [Log level highlighting in Discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-level-highlighting-in-discover/376732)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Janda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matt_Janda)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-level-highlighting-in-discover/376732 "2025-04-21T14:22:17Z")
I’d like to start this topic to understand how Kibana automatically highlights log\_level fields with different background colors. In my case, when I set up Discover, the field in the index is called log\_level. Kibana… --- ## [How to improve the loading speed of Available fields after opening a data view in Discovery](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-improve-the-loading-speed-of-available-fields-after-opening-a-data-view-in-discovery/375136)
**Author:** [@Crush0908](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Crush0908)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-improve-the-loading-speed-of-available-fields-after-opening-a-data-view-in-discovery/375136 "2025-03-03T03:32:31Z")
My Kibana version is 8.13.2, and every time I open the data view, I can see Available fields and Meta fields spinning in circles. Can someone help me solve this problem？TKS --- ## [Field sorting in discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-sorting-in-discover/373530)
**Author:** [@venxxx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venxxx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-sorting-in-discover/373530 "2025-01-24T09:25:02Z")
i am trying to sort on the 'field' column but the sorting is disabled somehow. i checked the dataview and it shows 38 fields available, but in discover there are only 18 fields. --- ## [How to include specific fields (columns) in Kibana Discover links in alert emails?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-include-specific-fields-columns-in-kibana-discover-links-in-alert-emails/370958)
**Author:** [@Lapo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lapo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-include-specific-fields-columns-in-kibana-discover-links-in-alert-emails/370958 "2024-11-25T13:26:59Z")
Hi everyone, I'm using Kibana to set up alerts, and in my alert email templates, I include the {{context.link}} variable to provide a link to the Discover page. However, when clicking this link, I want specific fields l… --- ## [How to work around ES|QL lack of support for unique results](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-around-es-ql-lack-of-support-for-unique-results/370172)
**Author:** [@pjmlp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pjmlp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-around-es-ql-lack-of-support-for-unique-results/370172 "2024-11-08T14:14:29Z")
Hi everyone, I am doing my first steps with analysing reports on Kibana, and after several hours I keep failing to find a way to produce unique results with ES|QL, or KQL as alternative. It seems to me that it is rathe… --- ## [Increase document limit/sample size in Discover?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increase-document-limit-sample-size-in-discover/367268)
**Author:** [@juarrow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juarrow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increase-document-limit-sample-size-in-discover/367268 "2024-10-14T05:52:32Z")
How do I overcome the "Document count is based on smaller..."-limitation in Kibana's Discover (without Dashboard)? It seems to have a hard limit on 5000 documents taken into account. (My date range is set to max; there… --- ## [8.14.1 KQL facing an index（message&event.original） that cannot display all characters](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/8-14-1-kql-facing-an-index-message-event-original-that-cannot-display-all-characters/364994)
**Author:** [@dobixu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dobixu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/8-14-1-kql-facing-an-index-message-event-original-that-cannot-display-all-characters/364994 "2024-08-16T03:23:47Z")
Elasticsearch Version 8.14.1 Installed Plugins No response Java Version openjdk 22.0.1 2024-04-16 OS Version CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) Problem Description Problem Description Kibana KQL query index " inter… --- ## [Discover: alerts-\* threshold/value displayed as 0 and not the actual decimal values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-alerts-threshold-value-displayed-as-0-and-not-the-actual-decimal-values/363874)
**Author:** [@kbujold\_wr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kbujold_wr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-alerts-threshold-value-displayed-as-0-and-not-the-actual-decimal-values/363874 "2024-07-30T17:48:33Z")
It appears Kibana is not displaying the decimal values for threshold/value in the alerts-\* indices on the Discover page. If you navigate to the "Expanded document" and select JSON then you see the actual values W… --- ## [Both Visualization tools and discover tab are showing nothing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/both-visualization-tools-and-discover-tab-are-showing-nothing/363111)
**Author:** [@Hipper\_Ride](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hipper_Ride)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/both-visualization-tools-and-discover-tab-are-showing-nothing/363111 "2024-07-15T14:46:34Z")
Hi, I have encountered a issue that I dont know why there is no result inside the discover tab. I have also tried to do some visualization based on the dataset. But the results shows there is no results found. I have se… --- ## [The value in this field is too long and cannot be searched or filtered](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-value-in-this-field-is-too-long-and-cannot-be-searched-or-filtered/360699)
**Author:** [@Subrahmanyam\_Veerank](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Subrahmanyam_Veerank)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-value-in-this-field-is-too-long-and-cannot-be-searched-or-filtered/360699 "2024-07-12T17:00:44Z")
In the kibana discover the sql\_query field is there which is of type keyword and it is not displaying in the dashboard and when i checked in the discover it is showing as ignored value. How to resolve this issue? Kindly … --- ## [KQL Inline Comments?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kql-inline-comments/362977)
**Author:** [@jscheitel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jscheitel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kql-inline-comments/362977 "2024-07-12T14:17:44Z")
Does anyone know any tricks to let you have an inline comment in search dialog of Discover? For instance for a "Firewall Drops" saved search I want to have something like this: panw.panos.sub\_type : ("drop" or "deny") /… --- ## [No histogram for filebeat logstream in Kibana 8? (Discover mode)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-histogram-for-filebeat-logstream-in-kibana-8-discover-mode/361260)
**Author:** [@Romano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Romano)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-histogram-for-filebeat-logstream-in-kibana-8-discover-mode/361260 "2024-06-12T11:21:45Z")
Hi. My previous stack was on version 7 - syslog-\>filebeat-\>elasticsearch, and in this setup I had two working bits: filebeat-\* log index in Discover mode I had a histogram and time range, so I was able to search by da… --- ## [How to remove toggle dialogue with details from save search table used in dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-toggle-dialogue-with-details-from-save-search-table-used-in-dashboard/358513)
**Author:** [@kishorkumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kishorkumar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-toggle-dialogue-with-details-from-save-search-table-used-in-dashboard/358513 "2024-05-03T12:22:54Z")
How to remove toggle dialogue with details from save search table used in dashboard i want to removed that is marked in red when you click on that it will expand the document of that id like this that i don't want … --- ## [Adding chromeNavControls to default apps in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-chromenavcontrols-to-default-apps-in-kibana/355251)
**Author:** [@Neeecu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neeecu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-chromenavcontrols-to-default-apps-in-kibana/355251 "2024-03-14T10:55:37Z")
Hello! I was wondering if there is a way to add custom navigation controls (like a logout button for a custom authentification) in the default Kibana apps (e.g. home, discover, dashboard, visualize etc.). It is possibl… --- ## [Can I create a URL link for each data view on the Discover page?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-create-a-url-link-for-each-data-view-on-the-discover-page/353222)
**Author:** [@its-ogawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/its-ogawa)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-create-a-url-link-for-each-data-view-on-the-discover-page/353222 "2024-02-15T12:52:08Z")
I have multiple data views maintained in Kibana's Discover. I am happy to switch between data views from the UI on Discover and see the contents of each data view, but I noticed that the URL does not contain any informa… --- ## [Index not showing current metric data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-not-showing-current-metric-data/352643)
**Author:** [@sajmeister](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sajmeister)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-not-showing-current-metric-data/352643 "2024-02-08T11:24:02Z")
Hi, Our newly created Index named 'alerts\_to\_snow' used to show us the latest metric data when in Kibana \> Discover and then select data view named 'alerts\_to\_snow'. The data we get presented is up to Jan 29th 2024 on… --- ## [Highlighting the latest logs within Visualization/Discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-latest-logs-within-visualization-discover/352285)
**Author:** [@ksaimohan2k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ksaimohan2k)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-latest-logs-within-visualization-discover/352285 "2024-02-05T05:41:52Z")
Is there any way to highlight the new logs within the discovery or visualization ? I just want to highlight the latest, like the top 10 latest logs. or any coloring mechanism that should be erased when the user clicks o… --- ## [Disable ES|QL in kibana.yml for multiple spaces](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-es-ql-in-kibana-yml-for-multiple-spaces/352281)
**Author:** [@toki0709](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/toki0709)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-es-ql-in-kibana-yml-for-multiple-spaces/352281 "2024-02-02T16:33:01Z")
Hi, for multiple spcaes I would to like to disable ES|QL feature. I could disable from advance settings but would like to do it from kibana.yml. Could any one give me an hint how to do so? Thanks in advance … --- ## [Can't find "enableEsql" option on advanced settings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-find-enableesql-option-on-advanced-settings/348933)
**Author:** [@ton1uwu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ton1uwu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-find-enableesql-option-on-advanced-settings/348933 "2023-12-09T15:50:19Z")
Hello there guys, I have kibana 8.11.1 running, went to stack management and to advanced settings, I search for discover: or esql and the only option showing up is discover:enableSql, the option discover:enableESQL is n… --- ## [Ad-hoc data views rationale](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ad-hoc-data-views-rationale/345355)
**Author:** [@tancredi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tancredi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ad-hoc-data-views-rationale/345355 "2023-11-22T18:01:24Z")
I'm not sure about the ad-hoc data views use case. I cannot find any rationale behind it in documentation. For now I have a lot of problems as many of lens/visualisations from integrations are using them, then I cannot c… --- ## [Busqueda con error en Discoverc](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/busqueda-con-error-en-discoverc/345314)
**Author:** [@volivares](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/volivares)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/busqueda-con-error-en-discoverc/345314 "2023-10-18T20:34:08Z")
Hola Estoy queriendo realizar una búsqueda de una frase dentro de un conjunto de palabras en el "message" y me devuelve el siguiente error: Response: { "took": 1963, "timed\_out": false, "\_shards": { "tota… --- ## [Table visualization in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/table-visualization-in-kibana/341946)
**Author:** [@Neelam\_Zanvar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neelam_Zanvar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/table-visualization-in-kibana/341946 "2023-08-31T05:31:15Z")
I want to create a table visualization in kibana in which i want to display short\_date which is in date format for every entry the bytes and the duration as a separate row. If i select top values in the rows section it… --- ## [Kibana discover page does not show all documents in list, the timeline does](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-page-does-not-show-all-documents-in-list-the-timeline-does/339710)
**Author:** [@jori-be](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jori-be)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-page-does-not-show-all-documents-in-list-the-timeline-does/339710 "2023-08-01T06:13:20Z")
Hi guys, I see strange behavior in Kibana 8.5.3 in the discover page. When I'm filtering on data in discover page, I do not see all the documents that exist in the index-pattern. As you see on the screenshot above,… --- ## [Not able to download all rows of data in CSV](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-download-all-rows-of-data-in-csv/338638)
**Author:** [@hjazz6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hjazz6)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-download-all-rows-of-data-in-csv/338638 "2023-07-24T22:53:12Z")
Hi, I have a query that generated 25 hits, and I have selected a few columns to display in the tabular format. When I tried to export the results by generating a CSV report, I'm only able to export 15 rows, not all 25 r… --- ## [Mapping an object field in order to show in the Kibana discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-an-object-field-in-order-to-show-in-the-kibana-discover/336843)
**Author:** [@JasonREC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonREC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-an-object-field-in-order-to-show-in-the-kibana-discover/336843 "2023-07-10T09:37:11Z")
HI, I have a field called "unqiue\_db\_tag" in my document. somehow it does not show on the table but only on JSON I looked at other discussion says it could be due to this field is not yet dont the mapping since I add … --- ## [Kibana Discover field statistics not showing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-field-statistics-not-showing/335466)
**Author:** [@joshuachough](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshuachough)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-field-statistics-not-showing/335466 "2023-06-22T21:03:09Z")
I have some data I am trying to get statistics on (e.g. what percentage of documents have a description?). However, the field statistics are not showing, even when I hit refresh... When I click on one of the fields, … [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/tag/discover/128.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=discover)