# User-friendly option to do large filtering with an option to save the queries **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [December 13, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-friendly-option-to-do-large-filtering-with-an-option-to-save-the-queries/160690 "2018-12-13T08:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikhil\_Utane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhil_utane/32/27547_2.png) [@Nikhil\_Utane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikhil_Utane)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-friendly-option-to-do-large-filtering-with-an-option-to-save-the-queries/160690/1 "2018-12-13T08:59:23Z")
Hi, ours is a log analytics solution. I have received a feature request to provide a way where users can provide many filter strings (both include and exclude category). For e.g. assume there are a million log messages, as the user analyses the issues, he may want to filter in or filter out particular strings. I understand we have "Add a filter" option on Kibana using which users can add whatever filters are needed. But its not convenient to define say a 50 odd strings at run-time. Here the ask would be that, we have a pre-defined set of filters which the user can start with and then should be able to modify with ease. Right now I am thinking, I will create a separate web-page where user can specify the search strings and the web-page will create and open the kibana link with those filters set. Are there better options available that I am unaware of? Thank You. ---
**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-friendly-option-to-do-large-filtering-with-an-option-to-save-the-queries/160690/2 "2018-12-20T20:20:41Z")
There's the controls visualization if you are working on a dashboard. Is that kind of what you're talking about? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-friendly-option-to-do-large-filtering-with-an-option-to-save-the-queries/160690/3 "2019-01-17T20:20:44Z")
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