---
####
#### This document is auto-generated and is meant to be viewed inside our experimental, new docs system.
#### Reach out in #docs-engineering for more info.
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id: kibFieldsMetadataPluginApi
slug: /kibana-dev-docs/api/fieldsMetadata
title: "fieldsMetadata"
image: https://source.unsplash.com/400x175/?github
description: API docs for the fieldsMetadata plugin
date: 2025-06-22
tags: ['contributor', 'dev', 'apidocs', 'kibana', 'fieldsMetadata']
---
import fieldsMetadataObj from './fields_metadata.devdocs.json';

Exposes services for async usage and search of fields metadata.

Contact [@elastic/obs-ux-logs-team](https://github.com/orgs/elastic/teams/obs-ux-logs-team) for questions regarding this plugin.

**Code health stats**

| Public API count  | Any count | Items lacking comments | Missing exports |
|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|-----------------|
| 45 | 0 | 45 | 9 |

## Client

### Setup
<DocDefinitionList data={[fieldsMetadataObj.client.setup]}/>

### Start
<DocDefinitionList data={[fieldsMetadataObj.client.start]}/>

### Interfaces
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldsMetadataObj.client.interfaces}/>

## Server

### Setup
<DocDefinitionList data={[fieldsMetadataObj.server.setup]}/>

### Start
<DocDefinitionList data={[fieldsMetadataObj.server.start]}/>

### Consts, variables and types
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldsMetadataObj.server.misc}/>

## Common

### Objects
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldsMetadataObj.common.objects}/>

### Classes
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldsMetadataObj.common.classes}/>

### Interfaces
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldsMetadataObj.common.interfaces}/>

### Consts, variables and types
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldsMetadataObj.common.misc}/>

