# Saving filters with visualizations and dashboards?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saving-filters-with-visualizations-and-dashboards/173361>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 21, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saving-filters-with-visualizations-and-dashboards/173361 "2019-03-21T17:19:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dpr)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saving-filters-with-visualizations-and-dashboards/173361/1 "2019-03-21T17:19:04Z")

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Hi there!

Sorry for the newbie question....

I've got a visualization that shows computer memory usage over the past 24 hours. I'd like to build a dashboard with 10 of these visualizations on it, each filtered for a different computer.

I'm not sure how to approach this - filters seem to apply to all the visualizations on the dashboard, not to an individual visualization on that dashboard... is there a method for saving a visualization with a filter so I can load multiple visualizations on a dashboard, each with an individual filter?

If that's not possible, can you recommend an alternate approach I might take to achieve my goal?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dpr)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saving-filters-with-visualizations-and-dashboards/173361/2 "2019-03-21T17:39:24Z")

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While I haven't found an answer to the above question, I've identified an alternate approach that might do what I want. Does this sound like the best solution?

I can build a saved search for each of my 10 computers, then build a different visualization for each of my 10 computers, each based on that saved search. Then I will have 10 different visualizations that I can drop on to a dashboard.

What do you think?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saving-filters-with-visualizations-and-dashboards/173361/3 "2019-03-22T15:11:28Z")

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The alternative approach is a good one to follow.

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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:** [April 19, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saving-filters-with-visualizations-and-dashboards/173361/4 "2019-04-19T15:11:41Z")

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