# Top N - how to link to dashboard with filter instead of query
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-how-to-link-to-dashboard-with-filter-instead-of-query/141687
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-how-to-link-to-dashboard-with-filter-instead-of-query/141687 "2018-07-26T04:15:17Z")
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### Author:  [@derentis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/derentis)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-how-to-link-to-dashboard-with-filter-instead-of-query/141687/1 "2018-07-26T04:15:17Z")
I have a customized Systems Overview dashboard for Beats data, and I wanted it to link to a Host Details dashboard by drilling down not by query, because query doesn't correctly filter some of the visualizations, but by filter from the Top N visualizations on the page.
I've been trying to work this out for a while and couldn't find reliable help instructions anywhere through searching, so I picked apart a URL to figure it out.
I thought I'd share since I'm sure someone else out there would like to use this.
When editing a Top N visualization and navigating to Item Url, you can define a URL and it can use {{key}} so if your Top N viz is by beat.hostname, you can use the following URL.
Just two parts of the string to replace with your own details (_ **REPLACEWithYourDesiredDashboardIDENTIFIER** _ and _ **REPLACEWithYourIndexNUMBER** _).
**Item Url:**
../app/kibana#/dashboard/REPLACEWithYourDesiredDashboardIDENTIFIER?\_a=(description:'',filters:!(('$state':(store:appState),meta:(alias:!n,disabled:!f,index:'REPLACEWithYourIndexNUMBER',key:beat.hostname,negate:!f,params:(query:{{key}},type:phrase),type:phrase,value:{{key}}),query:(match:(beat.hostname:(query:{{key}},type:phrase))))))
If all you want to do is link by query, you can use this:
../app/kibana#/dashboard/REPLACEWithYourDesiredDashboardIDENTIFIER?\_a=(query:(query\_string:(analyze\_wildcard:!t,query:'beat.hostname:"{{key}}"')))
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### Author:  [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-how-to-link-to-dashboard-with-filter-instead-of-query/141687/2 "2018-07-26T18:54:34Z")
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-how-to-link-to-dashboard-with-filter-instead-of-query/141687/3 "2018-08-23T18:54:46Z")
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