# Metric without the dashboard filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-without-the-dashboard-filter/128677>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 19, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-without-the-dashboard-filter/128677 "2018-04-19T10:49:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![ljeremias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@ljeremias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ljeremias)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-without-the-dashboard-filter/128677/1 "2018-04-19T10:49:07Z")

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Hello all,

Is it possible/how can I have a metric visualization inside a dashboard, with data that will not be filtered by the global dashboard filter ? Like a complete different query using the same index ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![emil.mirzayev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@emil.mirzayev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emil.mirzayev)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-without-the-dashboard-filter/128677/3 "2018-04-19T11:15:36Z")

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Hi @ljeremias, I am not sure about the Kibana default metric visualization, but if you use Vega plug-in and create a metric, you can make it not accept any global filters within the dashboard it is in, by declaring the parameter `"%contenxt%": false`  
If you don't know about Vega, I strongly advise you to check it out. A simple implementation can be found [here](https://www.elastic.co/blog/custom-vega-visualizations-in-kibana)

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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:** [May 17, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-without-the-dashboard-filter/128677/4 "2018-05-17T11:15:53Z")

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