# Need to enable Fielddata on message filed

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/need-to-enable-fielddata-on-message-filed/16129>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [June 30, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/need-to-enable-fielddata-on-message-filed/16129 "2020-06-30T07:35:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ankushchaudhari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/ankushchaudhari/32/4774_2.png) [@ankushchaudhari](https://community.graylog.org/u/ankushchaudhari)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/need-to-enable-fielddata-on-message-filed/16129/1 "2020-06-30T07:35:15Z")

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Hi,

By default, Fielddata is disabled on the text field i.e. message. Need to enable Fielddata on text filed (message field). How can I enable Fielddata on the message field?  
Can anyone please hep me.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ttsandrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@ttsandrew](https://community.graylog.org/u/ttsandrew)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/need-to-enable-fielddata-on-message-filed/16129/2 "2020-06-30T19:45:36Z")

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Hello @ankushchaudhari!

This document has information about fielddata.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.0/fielddata.html#\_enabling\_fielddata\_on\_literal\_text\_literal\_fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.0/fielddata.html#_enabling_fielddata_on_literal_text_literal_fields)

Enabling it can result in performance problems however. If you can provide more information on why you’re trying to enable it we may be able to help you identify a more performance friendly solution.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/need-to-enable-fielddata-on-message-filed/16129/3 "2020-07-14T19:45:37Z")

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