# Filtering based on \_index in kibana dashboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [December 10, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-based-on-index-in-kibana-dashboard/160170 "2018-12-10T12:43:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlueSpirit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bluespirit/32/44056_2.png) [@BlueSpirit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BlueSpirit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-based-on-index-in-kibana-dashboard/160170/1 "2018-12-10T12:43:08Z")
I have multiple visualizations added to a dashboard. All visualizations use an index pattern 'raw\_request\*'. Now my data comes in different indices like 'raw\_requests\_p1' and 'raw\_requests\_p2'. So, in dashboard, I applied a filter as \_index: "raw\_requests\_p1" to fetch only relevant records. But this does not fetch me any records. Is this not possible or I might be doing something wrong? P.S. the individual indices do have records for the set time range. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-based-on-index-in-kibana-dashboard/160170/2 "2018-12-10T22:42:48Z")
Using the `_index` field seems to work on my local dataset, so it should be possible. Are you creating a filter, or just adding that to the query bar at the top? Can you share a screenshot of what you're doing? Ideally with the filter open if it's a filter, like this: ![29](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/0/60982cbf6be6795e7472922b10f1043e7d9d5c23.png) ---
**Author:** ![BlueSpirit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bluespirit/32/44056_2.png) [@BlueSpirit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BlueSpirit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-based-on-index-in-kibana-dashboard/160170/3 "2018-12-11T04:14:23Z")
So, I am using Kibana version 5.7 Also, I tried both ways and the results did not vary. Right now, I do not have access to my system, but its exactly like the way you have done in your screenshot. Except that, the 'index field is not a drop down but a text box'. ---
**Author:** ![BlueSpirit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bluespirit/32/44056_2.png) [@BlueSpirit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BlueSpirit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-based-on-index-in-kibana-dashboard/160170/4 "2018-12-11T19:04:20Z")
Fixed now!! I had modified the visualization objects in kibana to now point to the index pattern 'raw\_requests\*' rather than 'raw\_requests\_p1' which was present before hand. The changes got lost in b/w snapshot recovery and other operations on dashboard. So, it works correctly now. Also, later I still had similar issue which happened because I forgot to reapply mapping to one of the indices while recreating it. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-based-on-index-in-kibana-dashboard/160170/5 "2018-12-13T23:20:51Z")
> All visualizations use an index pattern 'raw\_request\*'. Ah, so we were both operating under the wrong assumption here 😉 Glad you got it working, and thank you for following up with the solution here! ---
**Author:** ![BlueSpirit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bluespirit/32/44056_2.png) [@BlueSpirit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BlueSpirit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-based-on-index-in-kibana-dashboard/160170/6 "2018-12-14T09:10:50Z")
Yeah, my bad. Patient debugging got it right. Thank you for helping out. Hopefully this will fix someone else's issue too. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-based-on-index-in-kibana-dashboard/160170/7 "2019-01-11T09:10:51Z")
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