# Preset time ranges for dashboard or canvas

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preset-time-ranges-for-dashboard-or-canvas/283057>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 1, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preset-time-ranges-for-dashboard-or-canvas/283057 "2021-09-01T14:34:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Janujc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janujc/32/77336_2.png) [@Janujc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janujc)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preset-time-ranges-for-dashboard-or-canvas/283057/1 "2021-09-01T14:34:44Z")

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Hello,

I've managed to create a very useful dashboard and canvas but I'm having problems with the time selection. I know the time selection in Kibana has a high degree of flexibility, but I'm creating a dashboard for users that just want to select a specific month (e.g. January), quarter (Q1-4) or year. Therefore, I would need to somehow create a more restricted time selection. Does Kibana or Canvas have the possibility to create this? Is it possible to interact with the dashboard / canvas in a way that would enable me to create these time selections on my own?

Thank you for your help.

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preset-time-ranges-for-dashboard-or-canvas/283057/2 "2021-09-02T15:46:19Z")

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You can edit time picker quick select ranges by setting `timepicker:quickRanges` [advance setting](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/advanced-options.html)

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**Author:** ![Janujc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janujc/32/77336_2.png) [@Janujc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janujc)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preset-time-ranges-for-dashboard-or-canvas/283057/3 "2021-09-06T06:24:01Z")

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Thank you for your response. I've taken a look at this setting and it did help me to some degree. Is this the only way to make a custom time selection?

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preset-time-ranges-for-dashboard-or-canvas/283057/4 "2021-09-07T13:59:14Z")

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You can always use the relative or absolute tabs to pick custom ranges. But yes, `timepicker:quickRanges` is the only way to define predefined ranges.

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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:** [October 5, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preset-time-ranges-for-dashboard-or-canvas/283057/5 "2021-10-05T13:59:20Z")

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