# Kibana - Visualisation Control Input Default value

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualisation-control-input-default-value/230468
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [April 30, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualisation-control-input-default-value/230468 "2020-04-30T06:00:17Z")
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### Author: ![charlz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charlz/32/70782_2.png) [@charlz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/charlz)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualisation-control-input-default-value/230468/1 "2020-04-30T06:00:18Z")

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Hi,

Control Input has Parent condition based on Country. Is there a possibility to set the value of the Control Input by default and hide, since the data has to displayed to country specific user which might have security breach?.

Even with the approach of having different Dashboard/Visualisation, but the Control Filter does not option for default value.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualisation-control-input-default-value/230468/2 "2020-05-04T21:09:58Z")

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There is no way to set a default value for input control, but you could try and set a filter on the dashboard and give the user view\_only permissions. Or, using DLS/FLS to not even allow the user to see specific documents or specific fields.

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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: [June 1, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualisation-control-input-default-value/230468/3 "2020-06-01T21:10:12Z")

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