# Dropdown suggestions not showing up for Filters in Kibana Dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** search\
**Created:** [December 2, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811 "2025-12-02T12:35:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Lakshay\_Choube](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lakshay_choube/32/139687_2.png) [@Lakshay\_Choube](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lakshay_Choube)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811/1 "2025-12-02T12:35:35Z")

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How can we have auto-suggestions and options to show in filters for say Program Names - with account\_id restriction on the documents the user can see.

Basically my account has all granted fields access but when an account has restriction like this  
```  
{

"bool": {

"filter": [

{

"match": {

"account\_id": "3327"

}

},

{

"match": {

"hide": false

}

}

],

"must\_not" : [

{

"match" : {

"ServiceName":"N/A"

}

},

{ "match": {"plunet\_site" : "Beyont"} }

]

}

}  
```

So how can we have a workaround for this??

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**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811/2 "2025-12-02T13:22:33Z")

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Hello @Lakshay_Choube

Welcome to the community!!

Just to be clear can you please confirm if below understanding is correct :

You have user A, user B both have access to same dashboard

When user A logs in the user should see drop-down in kibana dashboard with data 1,2,3

When user B logs in the user should see drop-down in kibana dashboard with data 1,2,3,4,5

If not kindly share an example of what is the scenario you want on kibana dashboard for various accounts (example : user)

Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![Lakshay\_Choube](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lakshay_choube/32/139687_2.png) [@Lakshay\_Choube](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lakshay_Choube)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811/3 "2025-12-02T14:51:34Z")

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Hi there,

Basically user A should be able to see only their own orders, no one elses.

So there is an account\_id filter added in documents query in its user role section as I pasted above - similarly for each other user.

Now when I login with that user in my site and go to see the Kibana Dashboard and try to add filters - when selecting for example Program Name as a filter, it shows a dropdown in each the suggested Program Names should show.

But I think due to the account\_id restriction, it fetches nothing. and if I, let’s say, login from a user with no such restrictions, the dropdown does fetch values

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/c/9cc1218ae9206501130cbaf7d4a30a6ccda3bf56.png)  
With restriction

Without any restrictions - it shows values in dropdown but can’t add 2 image embed

I wanted to know if there was any workaround method, so the autosuggestions and values can still be fetched and shown in the filter in my Kibana Dashboard embed.

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**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811/4 "2025-12-03T12:56:20Z")

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Thank you @Lakshay_Choube for the details.

I see that the issue reported by you is at the Dataview level where i also observe the same behavior. With user elastic, the filters can be applied at dataview level but for individual user if we login the filters do not give as auto-complete :

With elastic :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/7/171a40570c7ac597b0820e76255cda8cda962ef7.png)

With user user\_3327

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/c/fcd451a4b3141225b7014e87c578e59a0a760b10.png)

Workaround :

You create a saved search from the Discover of the fields interested.  
put this saved search on the dashboard as shown below, now filter on the ProgramName or any other fields you need :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/8/f803fbde79b1555fecf68a1ae178ff28f4ba7921.png)

If you still want to have this autosuggestion at discover level you might need to create seperate indexes as per account & create roles without query filter but this might not be feasible as it will increase count of indices/role.

Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![Lakshay\_Choube](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lakshay_choube/32/139687_2.png) [@Lakshay\_Choube](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lakshay_Choube)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811/5 "2025-12-04T06:03:54Z")

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Hi @Tortoise

Thanks for the workaround suggestion - this might be a good solution.

Can you tell me more about it? How I can achieve it?

Or maybe point to the docs I can refer for the same?

Thanks again

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**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811/6 "2025-12-04T14:02:05Z")

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Hello @Lakshay_Choube

you already have a dataview . now create a saved search from the dataview :

> **[Save a search for reuse | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/save-open-search)**
>
> Save Discover sessions to reuse searches, queries, and configured views. Add saved searches to dashboards or use them as a foundation for building visualizations.

Using below option :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/c/dc1c3447dd62040d0a85196477fbb2b79778aff7.png)

now you have dataview & saved search…

Go to dashboard and create using this information, add save serarch , add drop down :

> **[Add filter controls | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/dashboards/add-controls)**
>
> Controls are interactive panels that you add to your dashboards to help viewers filter and display only the data they want to explore quicker. Controls...

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/4/a4f41243a9418ef8bd3248008e66a7d0adb9325d.png)

Post this see if it works for individual users.

Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![PeterDK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/peterdk/32/49432_2.png) [@PeterDK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PeterDK)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-suggestions-not-showing-up-for-filters-in-kibana-dashboard/383811/7 "2026-07-17T09:41:49Z")

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Hello,

The workaround works, but is there already a proper solution for this?

Because it seems to be a permissions issue.

Simple example:

I'm an admin and another user has read and view index\_metadata on an index.

In discover on the same dataview, I can add a filter and see suggestions.

The other user wants to add the same filter but doesn't see the suggestions.

Kind regards,

Peter