# How can I pass filters to graph through URL in kibana 6.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [February 11, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-pass-filters-to-graph-through-url-in-kibana-6-1/167915 "2019-02-11T18:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![patil-akshay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/patil-akshay/32/15295_2.png) [@patil-akshay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patil-akshay)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-pass-filters-to-graph-through-url-in-kibana-6-1/167915/1 "2019-02-11T18:32:52Z")
I want to filter the link graph dynamically based on user selection how can I pass filter to graph through URL? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-pass-filters-to-graph-through-url-in-kibana-6-1/167915/2 "2019-02-12T18:40:53Z")
I don't believe that Graph stores filter information in the URL, so passing filters in that way isn't possible. ---
**Author:** ![patil-akshay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/patil-akshay/32/15295_2.png) [@patil-akshay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patil-akshay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-pass-filters-to-graph-through-url-in-kibana-6-1/167915/3 "2019-02-13T09:29:51Z")
Is there any other way? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-pass-filters-to-graph-through-url-in-kibana-6-1/167915/4 "2019-02-13T20:55:22Z")
Not that I'm aware of, but I also don't really know much about Graph. @Mark_Harwood maybe you know; is there a way to control the Graph application besides the UI? ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-pass-filters-to-graph-through-url-in-kibana-6-1/167915/5 "2019-02-13T22:39:35Z")
There’s a ‘query=‘ param you can pass to a saved workspace URL which can be a Lucene query string or Graph explore api JSON 19 minutes into this video shows how [https://youtu.be/liMhiiyQ9co](https://youtu.be/liMhiiyQ9co) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-pass-filters-to-graph-through-url-in-kibana-6-1/167915/6 "2019-03-13T22:39:36Z")
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