# Can we add our own JSON format query and use it in Kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-our-own-json-format-query-and-use-it-in-kibana/26454>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 29, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-our-own-json-format-query-and-use-it-in-kibana/26454 "2015-07-29T04:13:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-our-own-json-format-query-and-use-it-in-kibana/26454/1 "2015-07-29T04:13:54Z")

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HI Experts ,

Is it possible in Kibana 4.1 to write my own query in JSON format and paste it in Kibana Search bar , or somewhere else to search the things ?

Thanks  
VG

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**Author:** ![PatrickKik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/patrickkik/32/619_2.png) [@PatrickKik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PatrickKik)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-our-own-json-format-query-and-use-it-in-kibana/26454/2 "2015-07-29T05:12:56Z")

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I think you're asking the same question as [JSON query in Kibana 4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-query-in-kibana-4/26128).

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**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-our-own-json-format-query-and-use-it-in-kibana/26454/3 "2015-08-04T10:41:13Z")

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Thanks Patrik, this helps.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-our-own-json-format-query-and-use-it-in-kibana/26454/4 "2017-07-06T14:15:24Z")

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