# Is there anyway to pass index name as a url parameter in Kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyway-to-pass-index-name-as-a-url-parameter-in-kibana/17274>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 30, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyway-to-pass-index-name-as-a-url-parameter-in-kibana/17274 "2014-04-30T05:49:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sumit\_gupta\_sgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@sumit\_gupta\_sgt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sumit_gupta_sgt)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyway-to-pass-index-name-as-a-url-parameter-in-kibana/17274/1 "2014-04-30T05:49:11Z")

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Hi All,

I am using Kibana for Dashboard Stuff.  
Is there anyway to pass index name as a url parameter in Kibana?

Thanks  
Sumit Gupta

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**Author:** ![sumit\_gupta\_sgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@sumit\_gupta\_sgt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sumit_gupta_sgt)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyway-to-pass-index-name-as-a-url-parameter-in-kibana/17274/2 "2014-04-30T07:48:05Z")

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Solve Using:

"default": "{{ARGS.index || 'sumit'}}"

Thanks  
Sumit Gupta

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyway-to-pass-index-name-as-a-url-parameter-in-kibana/17274/3 "2017-07-06T01:32:33Z")

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