# Kibana Positive/Negative Filter on Metric Vis

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-positive-negative-filter-on-metric-vis/119795
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-positive-negative-filter-on-metric-vis/119795 "2018-02-14T12:39:57Z")
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### Author: ![dcam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dcam/32/51518_2.png) [@dcam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dcam)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-positive-negative-filter-on-metric-vis/119795/1 "2018-02-14T12:39:57Z")

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Why cant we filter/unfilter a field with positive or negative filters in Kibana 6 having a metric dashboard?

Kibana 5 allows it but new Kibana does not.

On Pie I can filter by term but on metrics not

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### Author: ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-positive-negative-filter-on-metric-vis/119795/2 "2018-02-14T21:11:46Z")

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I think this is the issue you're describing? [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/9120](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/9120)

If so, I'd recommend adding a 👍 reaction on that issue to vote for it being fixed.

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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: [March 14, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-positive-negative-filter-on-metric-vis/119795/3 "2018-03-14T21:12:45Z")

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