# restrict time period in Kibana

**URL:** <https://forum.search-guard.com/t/restrict-time-period-in-kibana/694>\
**Category:** Search Guard\
**Created:** [November 27, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/restrict-time-period-in-kibana/694 "2017-11-27T21:55:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tom\_Ryan](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Tom_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/restrict-time-period-in-kibana/694/1 "2017-11-27T21:55:13Z")

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Is it possible to restrict the number of indices queried in Kibana, and/or the time period?

For example, I would like most users to be restricted to querying a 3-month period, to avoid excessive load on the cluster. I don’t mind whether those 3 months are this year, last year, etc.

Thanks,

Tom

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**Author:** ![jkressin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/jkressin/32/9_2.png) [@jkressin](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/jkressin)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/restrict-time-period-in-kibana/694/2 "2017-11-30T15:46:13Z")

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Do you mean you want to restrict the time filters that are available in Kibana to say, 3 months only? If this is the case then the answer is no, this is Kibana code we can’t control or change from the Search Guard plugin.

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> On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 10:55:13 PM UTC+1, Tom Ryan wrote:
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> > Is it possible to restrict the number of indices queried in Kibana, and/or the time period?
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> > For example, I would like most users to be restricted to querying a 3-month period, to avoid excessive load on the cluster. I don’t mind whether those 3 months are this year, last year, etc.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Tom