# How to show field name in Legend?

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-show-field-name-in-legend/13262>\
**Category:** InfluxDB\
**Created:** [January 6, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-show-field-name-in-legend/13262 "2019-01-06T12:00:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![wagner2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wagner2](https://community.grafana.com/u/wagner2)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-show-field-name-in-legend/13262/6 "2020-05-22T14:52:28Z")

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In influxDB, use $tag\_[tag\_name] , ex: **$tag\_path**

[https://community.grafana.com/t/influxdb-alias-by-other-column-value/12222/3](https://community.grafana.com/t/influxdb-alias-by-other-column-value/12222/3)

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