# How to edit the query of a lens?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-edit-the-query-of-a-lens/321467>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** lens\
**Created:** [December 17, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-edit-the-query-of-a-lens/321467 "2022-12-17T18:52:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![learningelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/958977/32.png) [@learningelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/learningelastic)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-edit-the-query-of-a-lens/321467/1 "2022-12-17T18:52:07Z")

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Packetbeat made this lens for me:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/8/98fd4b3dd6953e97abc1931bbbd58a164358390c.jpeg)

But it's not clear to me what constructed the query under Inspect\>Requests\>Data\>Requests and how I am supposed to edit it, see this image:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/9/f9bba3d26f48a77da596467e9b12deb79e0a01ae.png)

I looked through all the other panel settings as shown in image below, but there's nothing that indicates how the query is constructed or how to edit it:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/5/b5f4930e4e374f3f4c1ad075852838ac334a155e.png)

How can I update this lens with a new query?

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**Author:** ![learningelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/958977/32.png) [@learningelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/learningelastic)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-edit-the-query-of-a-lens/321467/2 "2022-12-18T01:06:41Z")

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Click on this:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/5/15af80d8178000145d8827180d5550be1f953469.png)

Then you'll be in Discover area where you can edit the query and Save it.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-edit-the-query-of-a-lens/321467/3 "2022-12-18T02:30:54Z")

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Good Job... You got to it first.. .and just to be precise that is not a Lens Visualization the is a "Legacy Visualization) that was created pre-Lens. That dashboard still uses some of the older visualizations.

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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 15, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-edit-the-query-of-a-lens/321467/4 "2023-01-15T02:31:31Z")

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