# Access the filters in search bar from within plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-the-filters-in-search-bar-from-within-plugin/242765>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 27, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-the-filters-in-search-bar-from-within-plugin/242765 "2020-07-27T14:19:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elaak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elaak/32/55014_2.png) [@Elaak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elaak)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-the-filters-in-search-bar-from-within-plugin/242765/1 "2020-07-27T14:19:27Z")

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I am using Elastic stack 7.6.3.

I want to access the entered **queries in the search bar** of Kibana from inside my visualization plugin:

 ![searchbar](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/6/06d185ad730558b406a4868f2a0726604a836b31.png)

I have managed to get the time filter and the filter queries, but the only thing I am unable to access is the queries entered into the search bar. I have tried to access it through the vis object in my plugin, but cannot find it, only saved queries etc.

I would highly appreciate if anyone can help me with this.

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**Author:** ![myasonik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/myasonik/32/62369_2.png) [@myasonik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/myasonik)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-the-filters-in-search-bar-from-within-plugin/242765/2 "2020-07-27T19:32:15Z")

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Hey @Elaak!

The state of a Dashboard comes from a few different sources. The current search query is saved in the URL. As an example, you can see lots of usage of the search state in [discover.js](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover.js)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-the-filters-in-search-bar-from-within-plugin/242765/3 "2020-08-24T19:32:24Z")

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