# \[kibana3\] specifying an index pattern in the URL

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana3-specifying-an-index-pattern-in-the-url/13199>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 13, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana3-specifying-an-index-pattern-in-the-url/13199 "2013-08-13T13:45:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![radu\_gheorghe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/radu_gheorghe/32/556_2.png) [@radu\_gheorghe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radu_gheorghe)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana3-specifying-an-index-pattern-in-the-url/13199/1 "2013-08-13T13:45:55Z")

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Hello,

I'd like to be able to specify the index pattern or the default index (any  
one will do) in the URL. The use-case is one user per index, and I'd like  
to be able to direct each user to their own index. So far, the solution I  
have is for each user to have their own dashboard, but it's not very nice.

AFAIK this isn't possible, but if it is, please let me know how 🙂 If it's  
not possible, would you welcome a pull request with this feature? I'm  
thinking about using URL parameters, like Elasticsearch does. Something  
like:

[http://demo.kibana.org/#/dashboard?default\_index=radu-index](http://demo.kibana.org/#/dashboard?default_index=radu-index)

I guess this might be expanded for all sorts of parameters, like themes. If  
you think it's a good idea, does anyone have hints/pointers on how to  
implement this nicely?

## Best regards, Radu

[http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) -- Elasticsearch -- Solr -- Lucene

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana3-specifying-an-index-pattern-in-the-url/13199/2 "2017-07-06T02:21:20Z")

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