# How can I establish the external links using Discover url link?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-establish-the-external-links-using-discover-url-link/287244>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 21, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-establish-the-external-links-using-discover-url-link/287244 "2021-10-21T03:42:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![philoskim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/philoskim/32/96165_2.png) [@philoskim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/philoskim)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-establish-the-external-links-using-discover-url-link/287244/1 "2021-10-21T03:42:34Z")

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I made the following Discover table using Kibana 7.15.

 ![discover](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/c/5c0a2fee3fe203261fad6b0b79e0c9f37f657a6d.png)

After that, I clicked the first row link of the msds-original column and encountered the following screen.

 ![click](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/2/e2182b6f8a849226cd598850efd2a761e11df4c3.png)

What I expect here is that the address bar content will be "file:///home/philos/work/metapdf/resources/msds/s3/companies/강남제비스코/68238.pdf",

not "[http://localhost:5601/app/file:///home/philos/work/metapdf/resources/msds/s3/companies/강남제비스코/68238.pdf](http://localhost:5601/app/file:///home/philos/work/metapdf/resources/msds/s3/companies/%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8%EC%A0%9C%EB%B9%84%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%94/68238.pdf)".

How can I remove the "[http://localhost:5601/app/](http://localhost:5601/app/)" part to click and see the pdf file directly in my browser(Chrome)?

Thanks, in advance!

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-establish-the-external-links-using-discover-url-link/287244/2 "2021-10-25T21:42:21Z")

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Hello,

Can you please check if using field formatters - (change it to url) helps you?

> **[Manage index pattern data fields | Kibana Guide \[7.15\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-index-patterns.html#string-field-formatters)**

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![philoskim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/philoskim/32/96165_2.png) [@philoskim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/philoskim)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-establish-the-external-links-using-discover-url-link/287244/3 "2021-10-26T02:20:31Z")

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Thanks for the reply.

My answer:

Yes, I used the field formatter Link feature. So I coiud click the link "file:///home/philos/work/metapdf/resources/msds/s3/companies/강남제비스코/68238.pdf" part and move to the "Application Not Found" error screen.

If I had not used the link feature, I could't have clicked the link. So I couldn't have moved to the error screen.

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-establish-the-external-links-using-discover-url-link/287244/4 "2021-11-23T02:20:49Z")

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