# Inserting a list of values into a filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-a-list-of-values-into-a-filter/179832>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 6, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-a-list-of-values-into-a-filter/179832 "2019-05-06T18:08:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![anbary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@anbary](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anbary)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-a-list-of-values-into-a-filter/179832/1 "2019-05-06T18:08:37Z")

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Hello,  
When building a filter for a large number of values, the current approach requires us to save values individually one by one. Is there a way to upload or copy/paste the whole list instead?

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**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-a-list-of-values-into-a-filter/179832/2 "2019-05-09T03:14:20Z")

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@anbary that is not possible in the dropdown editor.

You could always open the JSON filter-editor of the filter pill. If the values are in the correct JSON format, you could paste them there.

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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:** [June 6, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-a-list-of-values-into-a-filter/179832/3 "2019-06-06T03:14:26Z")

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