# Kibana drilldown on lens metrics doesn't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [December 6, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-drilldown-on-lens-metrics-doesnt-work/348698 "2023-12-06T06:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prakash\_Gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prakash_gupta/32/100267_2.png) [@Prakash\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prakash_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-drilldown-on-lens-metrics-doesnt-work/348698/1 "2023-12-06T06:30:37Z")
I am trying to add a dashboard drill for a lens metrics. It let's me add the dashboard link but the visualization is not clickable. I am using Kibana 8.10 version. Could someone tell me if I am missing some setting or this is a bug. I found some more discussion on this but they are closed the issue has been fixed. May be its re-introduced. ---
**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-drilldown-on-lens-metrics-doesnt-work/348698/2 "2023-12-12T17:28:47Z")
Tested on 8.10.4 with the eCommerce sample dataset, I could create a drilldown and link to another dashboard carrying over the filters as expected. ![Peek 2023-12-12 18-27](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/7/47cdbb8bb947f3821769fa2bb95dfd39072ed0d5.gif) Can you share a set of reproducible steps? ---
**Author:** ![Prakash\_Gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prakash_gupta/32/100267_2.png) [@Prakash\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prakash_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-drilldown-on-lens-metrics-doesnt-work/348698/3 "2023-12-12T18:51:08Z")
Sorry, I should have provided the steps to reproduce in my initial description. It works fine if you create have some aggregations on visualization but if you have a simple metric visualization where there is no filter to apply, it doesn't display the dashboard url option to click. Steps to reproduce are as follows: 1. Create a metric visualization -\> set metric aggregation as Count 2. Create a drilldown and add a dashboard to navigate. 3. Save and switch to view mode -\> hover on the visualization Expected output : It should allow you to click on it and give you the option to navigate to the dashboard you setup under drilldown. Actual result: The metric is not clickable. The same issue is reproducible on Vega visualization as well. Just create a simple vega visualization and try the same steps. ---
**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-drilldown-on-lens-metrics-doesnt-work/348698/4 "2023-12-13T11:41:45Z")
Ah, now that makes more sense, thanks. I could reproduce in 8.11.3. Unfortunately, this seems to be a regression, and I've reopened this issue to ping the team. > > > \*\*Describe the feature:\*\* > Allow a user to configure a lens metric vis to drill …down passing an \_exists\_ filter for the selected metric (and including any global filter state) > > \*\*Describe a specific use case for the feature:\*\* > \*\*When\*\* I see a metric is not performing well on a dashboard > \*\*And\*\* I have a separate "drilldown dashboard" that details a single metric's performance holistically > \*\*I need\*\* to create a drill down from the metric overall to a target dashboard > \*\*So I can\*\* investigate "all" of something without breaking it down Feel free to chime in there if you want to provide any further feedback. ---
**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-drilldown-on-lens-metrics-doesnt-work/348698/5 "2023-12-13T11:53:10Z")
.... and my colleague gave the correct answer and closed the issue again 😅 Just do a count for a specific field so the drilldown knows which field should filter. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/7/a7a0cb3df0692b87648718f62fef40f72af0198a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Prakash\_Gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prakash_gupta/32/100267_2.png) [@Prakash\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prakash_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-drilldown-on-lens-metrics-doesnt-work/348698/6 "2023-12-13T15:10:52Z")
That could be good workaround to count a field instead but actually I am having trouble with 2 types of visualizations: a lens metric where I am using percentile and a Vega visualization. This workaround won't work there. I just commented in the ticket. The navigate to a dashboard should work even if there is no filter. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-drilldown-on-lens-metrics-doesnt-work/348698/7 "2024-01-10T15:11:20Z")
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