# Exclude fields from add filter dropdown
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-fields-from-add-filter-dropdown/315764
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-fields-from-add-filter-dropdown/315764 "2022-10-04T10:57:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Jonas\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonas_S)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-fields-from-add-filter-dropdown/315764/1 "2022-10-04T10:57:23Z")
Hello,
i have an already existing Dashboard with personal information for a small user group. Now a new user group also needs some of that information, but should only see their part. The data comes from a logstash pipeline executed once a month, creating a new index. All indices are grouped with a data view for the Dashboard.
I was thinking: Do i need to seperate it all the way to make sure the new users only see their part? So create a new logstash pipeline fetching only the fields they should see and creating seperate indices. Or is it possible to reuse the already existing indices?
I was trying to create a new data view based on the existing indices and add field filters for the fields they should not see:
But the field is still present in the add filters dropdown:
And even though there is no visualisation containing the field, setting a filter would still give information about it.
So is there a way to completely exclude fields with a data view? Why is there even a filter fields functionallity if it is not consequent?
Best regards
Jonas
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### Author:  [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-fields-from-add-filter-dropdown/315764/2 "2022-10-05T17:39:17Z")
The data view level is not sufficient for security, it's a tool for improving performance - the user can work around this quite easily (as the query is built in the browser).
Check out [Field level security | Elasticsearch Guide [8.4] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/field-level-security.html) and [Document level security | Elasticsearch Guide [8.4] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/document-level-security.html) for fine grained access rules which can't be circumvented.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-fields-from-add-filter-dropdown/315764/3 "2022-11-02T17:39:59Z")
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