# Is it possible for kibana to start with blank page before selecting options in control

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-for-kibana-to-start-with-blank-page-before-selecting-options-in-control/279289
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-for-kibana-to-start-with-blank-page-before-selecting-options-in-control/279289 "2021-07-21T17:10:06Z")
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### Author: ![Shreesh\_Narayanan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shreesh_narayanan/32/87312_2.png) [@Shreesh\_Narayanan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shreesh_Narayanan)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-for-kibana-to-start-with-blank-page-before-selecting-options-in-control/279289/1 "2021-07-21T17:10:06Z")

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I ingested a couple of log files, and it gets populated on the "maps" visualization perfectly . however i wanted to know if its possible for kibana to start with no plots on the map and have it plot only when we choose an option from the control visualization.

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### Author: ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-for-kibana-to-start-with-blank-page-before-selecting-options-in-control/279289/2 "2021-07-21T18:14:37Z")

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There is no explicit option for this, however one trick you can use is to set a dummy filter on the dashboard for the field the control vis is going to set to a value that doesn't exist (like `Forward Ip: not_set`), then save the dashboard. The filter will become part of the dashboard, so if a user loads it it will be active, effectively filtering out all data. Once the user choses an actual ip, the dummy filter will be replaced and data will be shown.

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### Author: ![Shreesh\_Narayanan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shreesh_narayanan/32/87312_2.png) [@Shreesh\_Narayanan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shreesh_Narayanan)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-for-kibana-to-start-with-blank-page-before-selecting-options-in-control/279289/3 "2021-07-21T19:43:25Z")

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Thanks @flash1293 , did you mean something like this ? use the filter on the dashboard ?

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### Author: ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-for-kibana-to-start-with-blank-page-before-selecting-options-in-control/279289/4 "2021-07-22T07:12:47Z")

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yes, exactly. You have to try it, but I believe you have to use the `is` operator for the filter, not the `exists` operator for this to work.

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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: [August 19, 2021, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-for-kibana-to-start-with-blank-page-before-selecting-options-in-control/279289/5 "2021-08-19T07:13:19Z")

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