# Cannot add filters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-add-filters/68096>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-add-filters/68096 "2016-12-05T19:46:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_153](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@Alex\_153](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_153)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-add-filters/68096/1 "2016-12-05T19:46:10Z")

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I cannot add a new filter in Kibana if a custom filter is already present.

Repro:

1. In Discover tab, expand a log entry.
2. Add a filter for any value (click on the looking glass with plus sign in it)  
Result: a new filter is added to the filters bar.
3. Repeat step 2 for a different field.  
Result: a new filter is added to the filters bar.
4. Edit the last filter. E.g. enclose the existing "match" clause into a "bool|should" clause.
5. Repeat step 2 for a different field.  
Result: NO new filter is added.

Basically, as soon as I edit a filter I cannot add any new filters after that. And so I'm unable to further filter the query results using the filters functionality. I can, of course, use the search bar and type queries there, but that is much slower and much less manageable than point-and-click filters interface.

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-add-filters/68096/2 "2016-12-05T21:21:18Z")

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Hi Alex,

I reproduced it and filed this issue. [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/9382](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/9382)

It would be helpful if you added what version of Kibana you were on if it was something other than 5.0.2 that I reproduced it on. Also, feel free to add another other comments if I missed something.

Thanks,  
Lee

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-add-filters/68096/3 "2016-12-08T18:05:48Z")

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Looks like it's been fixed and will be in the 5.1.1 release [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/8614](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/8614)

which just happened this morning!  
[https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana)

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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 5, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-add-filters/68096/4 "2017-01-05T18:05:54Z")

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