# Make file URL open file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-file-url-open-file/307655>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 20, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-file-url-open-file/307655 "2022-06-20T13:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marouene\_dakhlaoui](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marouene_dakhlaoui/32/107018_2.png) [@Marouene\_dakhlaoui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marouene_dakhlaoui)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-file-url-open-file/307655/1 "2022-06-20T13:09:41Z")

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I have document with value file:///C:/image\_data/images/audi.png, in my Data views dashboard I formatted the value to a URL like the following.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/c/acc643fef0cfa4fa36b82f54a5b0945e881843e2.png)  
The problem, is that when I click on the link it becomes :  
[http://localhost:5601/app/file:/C:/image\_data/images/audi.png](http://localhost:5601/app/file:/C:/image_data/images/audi.png)  
and gives me error : Application Not Found  
No application was found at this URL. Try going back or choosing an app from the menu.  
I found this error is common, but could not find a solution, is there a way to authorize file:/// links in Kibana ?  
Link to similar unsolved problems :

[link](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-a-file-link-clickable-in-a-visualisation/124105)

Also added "file://" to allowed allowedUrlSchemes as [here](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/112774)

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-file-url-open-file/307655/2 "2022-06-20T15:56:39Z")

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I don't believe this is currently possible, but you can follow the enhancement request on GitHub: [file:// URLs get mangled · Issue #16983 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/16983)

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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 18, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-file-url-open-file/307655/3 "2022-07-18T15:57:07Z")

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