# Is it possible to create custom variables for use on the visualization?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-custom-variables-for-use-on-the-visualization/227145>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-custom-variables-for-use-on-the-visualization/227145 "2020-04-08T14:04:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![uids2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@uids2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uids2)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-custom-variables-for-use-on-the-visualization/227145/1 "2020-04-08T14:04:21Z")

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Hi all,

I have a question, my architecture in this moment is:

Kibana
Elasticsearch
logstash
filebeat
metricbeat
heartbeat

In this moment i have created for every visualization an filter with custom label "MyApp_HostGroup" with list of hostname (Field: host.hostname - Operator: is one of - and in the input box the list of hostname).

Is possible create a "MyApp_HostGroup" variable and if so how can you use it within a visualization?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Caldwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron_caldwell/32/45755_2.png) [@Aaron\_Caldwell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aaron_Caldwell)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-custom-variables-for-use-on-the-visualization/227145/2 "2020-04-08T23:22:52Z")

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Hello Alessandro,

It sounds like you might want [saved queries](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/save-load-delete-query.html) which can save filters for reuse.

Regards,  
Aaron

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**Author:** ![uids2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@uids2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uids2)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-custom-variables-for-use-on-the-visualization/227145/3 "2020-04-14T10:19:17Z")

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Hello,

Thanks for answare i have another question, in your link for "saved queries" i see that option for save queries is available when xpack is enabled?  
The xpack features is only available on complete elasticsearch packages (not OSS or opendistro) ?

Thanks.

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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:** [May 12, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-custom-variables-for-use-on-the-visualization/227145/4 "2020-05-12T10:19:22Z")

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