---
####
#### 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.
####
id: kibFieldFormatsPluginApi
slug: /kibana-dev-docs/api/fieldFormats
title: "fieldFormats"
image: https://source.unsplash.com/400x175/?github
description: API docs for the fieldFormats plugin
date: 2025-04-21
tags: ['contributor', 'dev', 'apidocs', 'kibana', 'fieldFormats']
---
import fieldFormatsObj from './field_formats.devdocs.json';

Index pattern fields and ambiguous values formatters

Contact [@elastic/kibana-data-discovery](https://github.com/orgs/elastic/teams/kibana-data-discovery) for questions regarding this plugin.

**Code health stats**

| Public API count  | Any count | Items lacking comments | Missing exports |
|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|-----------------|
| 293 | 5 | 254 | 3 |

## Client

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

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

### Classes
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldFormatsObj.client.classes}/>

## Server

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

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

### Classes
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldFormatsObj.server.classes}/>

## Common

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

### Functions
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldFormatsObj.common.functions}/>

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

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

### Enums
<DocDefinitionList data={fieldFormatsObj.common.enums}/>

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