# Change index dynamically in dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-dynamically-in-dashboard/133545>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-dynamically-in-dashboard/133545 "2018-05-28T13:01:45Z")\
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@azasypkin

this is the discussion I was referring to:

> [@Change Index on Visualisatons](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-on-visualisatons/58593/2):
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> Hi Alvaro, It's not possible to change the index pattern of an existing visualization. Instead, you will need to rebuild the visualization using the new index pattern. Thanks, CJ

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