# Kibana filter regex 'string starts with' doesn't work

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-filter-regex-string-starts-with-doesnt-work/131131
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [May 9, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-filter-regex-string-starts-with-doesnt-work/131131 "2018-05-09T08:47:34Z")
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### Author: ![MichaelDz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@MichaelDz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MichaelDz)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-filter-regex-string-starts-with-doesnt-work/131131/6 "2018-05-11T09:50:41Z")

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Are you saying that it's impossible to add regex filters to a chart? Are filters in logstash only workaround?

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