# Trouble with filtered dashboard links
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-with-filtered-dashboard-links/55889
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 19, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-with-filtered-dashboard-links/55889 "2016-07-19T15:19:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Mick\_Mahoney](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mick_Mahoney)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-with-filtered-dashboard-links/55889/1 "2016-07-19T15:19:00Z")
I'm using metricbeat to gather machine metrics across several servers.
I have a single generic 'server dashboard' and a Markdown Menu to flip between the servers using URLs generated in 'share'/'share a link'.
The issue I have is that after I click a link in the markdown menu the filter on the dashboard changes. However it does not take effect until I hit a .
The works as a workaround but is a bit rubbish.
Does anyone know of a way of doing this so that the screen refreshes when the link is clicked ?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-with-filtered-dashboard-links/55889/2 "2016-07-20T10:26:01Z")
> [@Mick\_Mahoney](#):
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> However it does not take effect until I hit a .
Do you mean you hit fullstop?
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### Author:  [@Mick\_Mahoney](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mick_Mahoney)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-with-filtered-dashboard-links/55889/3 "2016-07-20T11:16:25Z")
That should be a "carriage return" 🙂
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-with-filtered-dashboard-links/55889/4 "2016-07-20T11:18:31Z")
What version are you on?
Are these saved (with the dashboard) filters?
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### Author:  [@Mick\_Mahoney](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mick_Mahoney)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-with-filtered-dashboard-links/55889/5 "2016-07-20T11:22:43Z")
version 5.0.0 alpha 4
No the filters are not saved with the dashboard. So I only have 1 dashboard saved. But pass filters in the URL.
I'm thinking of dropping this however as its so unwieldy.
Am I better to develop 1x dashboard with a filer on, save as JSON, and have shell script to make all the versions that I want (each with its own filter), and save them back into Kibana ? i.e. many versions of the same dashboard.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-with-filtered-dashboard-links/55889/6 "2017-07-06T13:45:33Z")