# Way to modify dashboard request backend and add some filter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 10, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/way-to-modify-dashboard-request-backend-and-add-some-filter/143884 "2018-08-10T14:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ravi432](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ravi432](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ravi432)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/way-to-modify-dashboard-request-backend-and-add-some-filter/143884/1 "2018-08-10T14:53:25Z")
I want to add some kind of filter to the request before elasticsearch. I Need to show dashboards based on user filter so is there a way to do it? if not do i need to write any plugin any thoughts on this would of great help. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/way-to-modify-dashboard-request-backend-and-add-some-filter/143884/2 "2018-08-13T17:43:41Z")
Hi Ravi, could you give me some more context on what you're trying to do? Are you trying to filter the list of dashboards by the user who created the dashboard? Here's an issue we have for this kind of feature: elastic/kibana/issues/9202#issuecomment-262582276 Thanks, CJ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/way-to-modify-dashboard-request-backend-and-add-some-filter/143884/3 "2018-09-10T17:43:45Z")
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