# Kibana - Tie an index to a dashboard or Vizualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-tie-an-index-to-a-dashboard-or-vizualization/26528>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 29, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-tie-an-index-to-a-dashboard-or-vizualization/26528 "2015-07-29T21:10:53Z")\
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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 30, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-tie-an-index-to-a-dashboard-or-vizualization/26528/4 "2015-07-30T14:04:45Z")

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I don't quite understand this one.

When you have a saved visualization that you share via a link, it is already tied to an index pattern. In fact, once you create a visualization, the index pattern it's tied to is fixed and cannot be changed without messing with advanced options in Settings.

This is unlike the question about the time range in the [other thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-tied-to-an-absolute-date-range/26519). Once you share visualization through a link with someone, when they click on it, they are taken to the Kibana UI. Once there, they can adjust the date pretty easily. I commented with some details on future enhancements and suggested workarounds on that thread.

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