### Author:  [@jmrozi1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmrozi1)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-href-query-string-in-vega/227395/1 "2020-04-09T19:12:27Z")
I figured out how to make it so text acts as a URL:
```auto
marks: [
{
type: "text",
encode: { enter: { href: { value: "/path/from/base/href//?myParam=myValue" }}}
}
]
```
The problem is that I just need to update the query string (i.e. the part of the URL after the question mark). Is this possible? We have a bunch of dashboards (10+), so if I set the full href, I need to create a separate plugin for every dashboard. It doesn't seem that specifying the dashboard ID as part of the href is possible, but is it possible just to set the query string?
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### Author:  [@jmrozi1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmrozi1)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-href-query-string-in-vega/227395/2 "2020-04-13T15:07:19Z")
Just to clarify a little more, what I'm trying to do is to click on a link inside a Vega plugin that stays on the current dashboard. I don't care how this is done - it could be by specifying a relative path, replacing the query string, or getting the dashboard ID as a signal. I'm just trying to figure out whether or not it's possible to do this so I know wheter or not I need to create a separate plugin for every dashboard.
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### Author:  [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-href-query-string-in-vega/227395/3 "2020-04-15T08:33:02Z")
If you want to stay on the current dashboard, why do you need a link? If you are trying to set a filter from within the Vega chart (e.g. by clicking a series), you can use the `kibanaAddFilter` integration. This is an example how this works: [https://gist.github.com/nyurik/3c579fb8e81c8a981d4b267ad1767227](https://gist.github.com/nyurik/3c579fb8e81c8a981d4b267ad1767227)
You basically have to piece together an object containing the thing you want to filter and then call `kibanaAddFilter` with it on click.
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### Author:  [@jmrozi1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmrozi1)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-href-query-string-in-vega/227395/4 "2020-04-28T15:53:12Z")
Joe,
Sorry for the really long delay - covid is definitely making things interesting here. At any rate, the reason for the link is that I need all visualizations on the dashboard to be updated. I believe the filter will only apply to the one visalization.
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### Author:  [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-href-query-string-in-vega/227395/5 "2020-04-29T07:58:07Z")
The filter will apply to all visualizations on the dashboard when triggered like this (given you are embedding the vega visualization in a panel on a dashboard, of course).
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### Author:  [@jmrozi1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmrozi1)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-href-query-string-in-vega/227395/6 "2020-04-30T14:24:48Z")
Joe,
Got it! I'll give it a shot soon, and thanks for looking into this!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-href-query-string-in-vega/227395/7 "2020-05-28T14:24:51Z")
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