# How to display \_source in a dashboard?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-source-in-a-dashboard/111154>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 11, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-source-in-a-dashboard/111154 "2017-12-11T17:44:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Pelletier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Michael\_Pelletier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Pelletier)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-source-in-a-dashboard/111154/1 "2017-12-11T17:44:25Z")

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Hello,  
I can see the \_source data in the Kibana discovery page. However, I can not create a visualization for a dash board. How can I achieve this?

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**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-source-in-a-dashboard/111154/2 "2017-12-11T18:49:20Z")

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You should be able to add a saved search to a dashboard, like this:

 ![22 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/7/e7ea879e359bbb98b42b63aa822d51d1fd578426.png)

Is that what you are looking for?

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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:** [January 8, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-source-in-a-dashboard/111154/3 "2018-01-08T18:49:31Z")

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