# Active dashboard name variable for use in markdown

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-dashboard-name-variable-for-use-in-markdown/161859>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 21, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-dashboard-name-variable-for-use-in-markdown/161859 "2018-12-21T14:41:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gregpaskal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gregpaskal/32/26101_2.png) [@gregpaskal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gregpaskal)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-dashboard-name-variable-for-use-in-markdown/161859/1 "2018-12-21T14:41:40Z")

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Is there a variable that can be accessed providing the name of the currently, active dashboard? I would like to use this variable in a markdown visualization so the user knows the name of the currently active dashboard.

Thanks in advance,  
Greg

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**Author:** ![spalger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spalger/32/14092_2.png) [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-dashboard-name-variable-for-use-in-markdown/161859/2 "2018-12-22T00:32:41Z")

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Sorry, but that's not currently available, but adding custom visualizations is always an option if you want to do something really fancy 🙂

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**Author:** ![gregpaskal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gregpaskal/32/26101_2.png) [@gregpaskal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gregpaskal)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-dashboard-name-variable-for-use-in-markdown/161859/3 "2018-12-28T14:45:42Z")

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@spalger, not sure I am following you. Can you provide a bit more detail? I think what you are calling a custom visualization and what I might be calling a custom visualization are two different things.

Thanks in advance,  
Greg

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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:** [January 25, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-dashboard-name-variable-for-use-in-markdown/161859/4 "2019-01-25T14:45:43Z")

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