# JSON query in Kibana 4

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-query-in-kibana-4/26128>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 23, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-query-in-kibana-4/26128 "2015-07-23T06:01:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbragin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbragin/32/45166_2.png) [@tbragin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbragin)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-query-in-kibana-4/26128/4 "2015-07-29T14:35:11Z")

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You can put the query/filter part of the Elasticsearch Query DSL (no aggregations) into the Kibana search bar. The intent is to filter down the number of documents return from Elasticsearch. There is an example of doing that here: [Where to add a missing filter in this Kibana search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-add-a-missing-filter-in-this-kibana-search/24845/2)

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