Access elasticsearch query from Kibana Dashboard

[Elaak (Hans)]

I have created a plugin created for Kibana 7.3.3 and want to access the elasticsearch query that I need in order to get the same set of data that is shown in my dashboard, including the time range.

I found in the documentation the VIS object, mentioning the queryFilter located at vis.API.queryFilter but it just returns "{}". Is there a different object I need to access, or do I have to fully reconstruct the ES query from the URL?

[bhavyarm]

Hello Tobias,

Have you tried to look at inspector to see if you can access the query?

But this is for individual visualizations though.

cc @timroes how do we access the whole query to a dashboard?

Thanks,
Bhavya

[Elaak (Hans)]

I finally managed to find it. It took a lot of digging, so to save some time for anyone needing it in the future, I post here an answer.

I used a React.Component to create my visualization. From the propsyou can access the filters used in your dashboard:

• time range: props.vis.API.timeFilter.getTime() - Gives an object which has from and to
• filters: props.vis.API.queryFilter.getFilters() - Gives an array of all currently applied filters