# Filter based on Alias in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-based-on-alias-in-kibana/189377>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 8, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-based-on-alias-in-kibana/189377 "2019-07-08T15:37:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![arjuncec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arjuncec/32/40593_2.png) [@arjuncec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arjuncec)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-based-on-alias-in-kibana/189377/1 "2019-07-08T15:37:32Z")

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I have huge number of indices starting with the word user-, so I created the index pattern user-_. Also I have some aliases adding multiple indices. Now how can I filter user-_ indices based on the alias.  
The ultimate goal is I need to fetch the data from all the indices from the alias in single dash board.

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-based-on-alias-in-kibana/189377/2 "2019-07-08T16:10:06Z")

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Can you add the alias as an index pattern? As far as I know it should behave transparently.

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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:** [August 5, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-based-on-alias-in-kibana/189377/3 "2019-08-05T16:10:18Z")

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