# How to update the state/props of a custom visualisation component after the initial render?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-the-state-props-of-a-custom-visualisation-component-after-the-initial-render/181242>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-the-state-props-of-a-custom-visualisation-component-after-the-initial-render/181242 "2019-05-15T16:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![reillye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@reillye](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/reillye)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-the-state-props-of-a-custom-visualisation-component-after-the-initial-render/181242/7 "2019-06-06T13:35:43Z")

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@timroes It's great to hear this is being addressed, thanks for the update and for the link to the blog posts for the API changes, I wasn't aware that existed!

On an semi related note, I have opened a new post regarding how to add custom ui drop down boxes and how to pass their values into my search query as filters in a custom visualisation. I haven't been able to find any examples of how to do this within the plugin development documentation. I'd be incredibly greatly if you could take a look at [the post](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-drop-down-box-with-filter-options-for-query-on-custom-visualisation/184590) to see if you are able to offer any advice/links/code examples to help me achieve this. From what I have read you know the plugin development platform inside out.

Thanks very much for you help 🙂

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