# How to create a hidden control to my dashboard?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005 "2024-03-22T15:54:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Federico\_Ruso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/federico_ruso/32/131987_2.png) [@Federico\_Ruso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Federico_Ruso)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005/1 "2024-03-22T15:54:35Z")

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Hello, i need to create a hidden control to my dashboard.  
I'm using ES v 8.12.1.  
Thks!!

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005/2 "2024-03-22T16:29:09Z")

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What does this mean?

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**Author:** ![Federico\_Ruso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/federico_ruso/32/131987_2.png) [@Federico\_Ruso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Federico_Ruso)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005/3 "2024-03-22T16:53:56Z")

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sorry.. a hidden filter control or a read only filter control in the dashboard.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005/4 "2024-03-22T17:33:56Z")

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What's the usage or use case?

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**Author:** ![Federico\_Ruso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/federico_ruso/32/131987_2.png) [@Federico\_Ruso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Federico_Ruso)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005/5 "2024-03-22T18:08:47Z")

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I need to create a filter for an entire dashboard so that no one can modify it.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005/6 "2024-03-22T19:39:17Z")

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What about creating an alias to the index with a built-in filter?

See [Aliases | Elasticsearch Guide [8.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/aliases.html#filter-alias)

And then create the dashboard on this alias...

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**Author:** ![Federico\_Ruso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/federico_ruso/32/131987_2.png) [@Federico\_Ruso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Federico_Ruso)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005/7 "2024-03-25T14:26:58Z")

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Perfect!!!!... thanks!!

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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:** [April 22, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-hidden-control-to-my-dashboard/356005/8 "2024-04-22T14:27:26Z")

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Closed on April 22, 2024, 2:27pm UTC

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