# Using query in visualize

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-query-in-visualize/143215
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 6, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-query-in-visualize/143215 "2018-08-06T20:09:33Z")
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### Author: ![Bill\_McConaghy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Bill\_McConaghy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bill_McConaghy)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-query-in-visualize/143215/2 "2018-08-06T20:36:07Z")

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This answer may help: [Custom queries in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-queries-in-kibana/91313) So basically you could create a query in discover, save it, then use it in a visualization. This would only allow a subset of the full Elastic DSL to be used.

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