# Text box and button to filter by index
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-box-and-button-to-filter-by-index/60894
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-box-and-button-to-filter-by-index/60894 "2016-09-19T13:33:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@maarthala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maarthala)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-box-and-button-to-filter-by-index/60894/1 "2016-09-19T13:33:01Z")
HI,
As part of my requirement, i am thinking to place a text box and button on the dashboad to filter data by index name. Index name is same as RunID and I would like show dashboard data only for the entered Index name. Any possibility ?
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### Author:  [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-box-and-button-to-filter-by-index/60894/2 "2016-09-19T14:49:45Z")
You can search for an index in the searchbox at the top of discover, for example : index:logstash-\*`. Another option is to create a data table visualization listing your index names, and clicking on one will create a filter.
You can also create your own visualization plugin if you need more customization, [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/wiki/Plugin-Resources](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/wiki/Plugin-Resources) is a good resource to get started
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-box-and-button-to-filter-by-index/60894/3 "2017-07-06T13:38:44Z")