# Timelion filter
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-filter/75787
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** timelion
**Created:** [February 20, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-filter/75787 "2017-02-20T18:55:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Tomaz\_Bratanic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomaz_Bratanic)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-filter/75787/1 "2017-02-20T18:55:19Z")
I have created my timelion visualization using for month over month % of new users
> .es(index=index,timefield=time,metric=cardinality:company)
> .divide(.es(index=index,timefield=time,metric=cardinality:company,offset=-1M)
> .cusum()).bars()
Is there any way to put filter directly into timelion expression, lets say sequence : 1,
which means the only the first orders, so that numbers are correct, otherwise it is not.
I know I can set the filter on the dashboard but i dont like that because it ruins my other stats.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-filter/75787/2 "2017-02-20T19:57:18Z")
Hi @Tomaz_Bratanic,
you can specify a [lucene query string](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html#query-string-syntax) as the `q` argument to `.es()` as in
```
.es(q=sequence:1,index=index,timefield=time,metric=cardinality:company)
```
That query string would only affect this time series and not interfere with the rest of your dashboard.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-filter/75787/3 "2017-03-20T19:57:32Z")
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