Add default field format based on field name

[kurtado]

It would be nice to configure (in the Kibana-wide settings) a default field formatter based on the field name.

For example, every time I configure an index pattern, if Kibana encounters a field called "bytes", it should automatically configure the bytes format.

Similarly, for a field named "url" or request", it could configure the field as a URL/link automagically.

[chrisronline]

I really like this idea. We've been playing with the idea of promoting field formatters to first class objects within Kibana and the ability to manage them outside of an index pattern entirely. Then, we can add some nifty ways to connect them to index pattern fields, either manually or automatically.

[timroes]

We're trying to stay away from that kind of implicit behavior that might cause weird unknown side-effects. I'll close this in reference to discussion around semantic data for fields that could indicate if a field is bytes, and e.g. Elastic Common Schema conform data could automatically prefill those semantic information, which itself would e.g. configure field formatters as you describe.