# Create watcher from visualization of saved search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-watcher-from-visualization-of-saved-search/165940>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 28, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-watcher-from-visualization-of-saved-search/165940 "2019-01-28T06:12:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![justinw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/justinw/32/40277_2.png) [@justinw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justinw)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-watcher-from-visualization-of-saved-search/165940/1 "2019-01-28T06:12:39Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to create a watcher threshold alert from a visualization, say, a line graph?

Our query has quite a few filters, so it'd be convenient to be able to re-use the logic baked into a viz to generate the json query that is required for a watcher (or perhaps a saved search).

Is this discussed anywhere? Or perhaps I should make a feature request? I didn't find anything in my (brief) search online.

Best, Justin

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/larry_gregory/32/34969_2.png) [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-watcher-from-visualization-of-saved-search/165940/2 "2019-01-28T13:58:30Z")

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Hey @justinw,

This isn't currently possible, but I _think_ something like this is being proposed as part of an upcoming [Alerting Service](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/24214) that the team is working on.

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**Author:** ![justinw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/justinw/32/40277_2.png) [@justinw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justinw)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-watcher-from-visualization-of-saved-search/165940/3 "2019-01-29T03:05:12Z")

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Great, thanks @Larry_Gregory, I'll track that ticket.

Is that targeted for Elastic Stack 7?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/larry_gregory/32/34969_2.png) [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-watcher-from-visualization-of-saved-search/165940/4 "2019-01-29T12:49:36Z")

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We don't have a public release date for this yet, but it is a high priority for the Kibana team

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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:** [February 26, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-watcher-from-visualization-of-saved-search/165940/5 "2019-02-26T12:49:42Z")

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