# Explain the kibana dashboard link **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 18, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explain-the-kibana-dashboard-link/86317 "2017-05-18T18:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ELKibana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@ELKibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELKibana)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explain-the-kibana-dashboard-link/86317/1 "2017-05-18T18:18:43Z")
I have created a dashboard in kibana. It has a share link that goes llike this [https://localhost:5601/txg/app/kibana#/dashboard/934c1210-3bf2-11e7-8d3e-e77474f85c64?\_g=()](https://localhost:5601/txg/app/kibana#/dashboard/934c1210-3bf2-11e7-8d3e-e77474f85c64?_g=()) I am using kibana 6.0 in dev mode. First the txg part, it keeps on changing every time I start up kibana. Second where is this app/kibana folder. Lastly please explain this 934c1210 number is this index number or something else. ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explain-the-kibana-dashboard-link/86317/2 "2017-05-19T21:25:13Z")
The `txg` is the base path. This gets automatically generated in dev mode to help us test the scenario where users run Kibana behind a proxy which makes kibana available under a different root than `/`. `app/kibana` isn't a physical folder, it's a route defined and handled by the Kibana backend. The number is the ID of the dashboard document stored in the .kibana index in Elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![ELKibana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@ELKibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELKibana)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explain-the-kibana-dashboard-link/86317/3 "2017-05-20T04:12:47Z")
> [@Bargs](#): > > s the ID of the dashboard document stored in the .kibana index in Elasticsea Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![ELKibana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@ELKibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELKibana)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explain-the-kibana-dashboard-link/86317/4 "2017-05-20T04:19:31Z")
One more ques where is this .kibana index in ES..is it in the config file. ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explain-the-kibana-dashboard-link/86317/5 "2017-05-22T15:03:27Z")
No, it's a regular Elasticsearch index. Kibana's data is stored just like any other data in Elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![ELKibana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@ELKibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELKibana)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explain-the-kibana-dashboard-link/86317/6 "2017-05-22T15:31:43Z")
thanks for the reply ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explain-the-kibana-dashboard-link/86317/7 "2017-06-19T15:32:04Z")
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