# Grafana variable not working right (elasticsearch datasource)

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-variable-not-working-right-elasticsearch-datasource/50898>\
**Category:** Graphite\
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-variable-not-working-right-elasticsearch-datasource/50898 "2021-07-23T07:51:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![idfidfidf89520](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/958977/32.png) [@idfidfidf89520](https://community.grafana.com/u/idfidfidf89520)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-variable-not-working-right-elasticsearch-datasource/50898/1 "2021-07-23T07:51:51Z")

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i have set the variables and save it.  
when I use it on the dashboard.  
it does not filter out what i want.

 ![螢幕擷取畫面 2021-07-23 154843](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/d/3/d316670cefad482aa3ebbcd64bb1d17305a48d5f.png)  
 ![螢幕擷取畫面 2021-07-23 154949](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/8/2/828866ccad8340f93a755c64eb8b01c85cc1f728.png)

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**Author:** ![idfidfidf89520](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/958977/32.png) [@idfidfidf89520](https://community.grafana.com/u/idfidfidf89520)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-variable-not-working-right-elasticsearch-datasource/50898/2 "2021-07-24T11:01:55Z")

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i forget to add lucene query  
stupid mistake