# Markdown Widget Automation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-widget-automation/191002>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-widget-automation/191002 "2019-07-17T13:18:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![skor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@skor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skor)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-widget-automation/191002/1 "2019-07-17T13:18:48Z")

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Is there a way to display text in a markdown widget on a Kibana dashboard so that values in the text are automatically updated when new data comes in? For example, I would like the markup widget to show that X number of events happened in a time frame, and I want the number X to automatically update without manually changing the text in the markdown widget. Thanks!

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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:** [July 17, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-widget-automation/191002/2 "2019-07-17T23:51:46Z")

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Probably not using the markdown widget, but have you tried using the metric visualization with custom text?

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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:** [August 14, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-widget-automation/191002/3 "2019-08-14T23:51:55Z")

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