Can I set arbitrary elasticsearch query into Kibana graph?

Question

alternatively, is there a way to see and edit the queries generated by Kibana?

Answer 1

There is a way to see the queries generated by Kibana, you should set the option "Inspect" when you configure your histogram.

And then you can click over the i icon in the right corner of the histogram.

And then the raw query will appear.

I am using Kibana 3 milestone 4, but this feature was available in previous releases.

And at least for now, you can not edit the queries that Kibana does. I also do not understand why do you want to do that. There is some way to parameterize things with URL parameters, but I do not think that it is what you are asking in this question.