diff --git a/config_example.php b/config_example.php
index 6b6bc62..ab7f2cd 100644
--- a/config_example.php
+++ b/config_example.php
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
      *              All other strings are interpretted via PHP's date formatting syntax.
      * 'src_url': A server name for generating source links.
      *            Ex: 'https://localhost:5601'
+     *
+     * 'src_index_pattern_id': index pattern id to use in source links
      */
 
     # Configuration for the 411 Alerts index.
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@
         'date_field' => '@timestamp',
         'date_type' => null,
         'src_url' => null,
+        'src_index_pattern_id' => null
     ],
 ];
 
diff --git a/phplib/Search/Elasticsearch.php b/phplib/Search/Elasticsearch.php
index d1e82ba..91449bb 100644
--- a/phplib/Search/Elasticsearch.php
+++ b/phplib/Search/Elasticsearch.php
@@ -37,8 +37,15 @@ protected function _getLink(Alert $alert) {
 
     public function generateAlertLink($index, $type, $id) {
         $cfg = $this->getConfig();
-        $index_pattern = $cfg['date_based'] ? \ESQuery\Util::generateKibanaPattern($cfg['index']):$cfg['index'];
-        return sprintf('%s/app/kibana#/doc/%s/%s/%s?%s', $cfg['src_url'], $index_pattern, $index, $type, http_build_query(['id' => $id]));
+
+        if($cfg['src_index_pattern_id']) {
+            $index_id = $cfg['src_index_pattern_id'];
+
+        } else {
+            $index_id = $cfg['date_based'] ? \ESQuery\Util::generateKibanaPattern($cfg['index']) : $cfg['index'];
+        }
+
+        return sprintf('%s/app/kibana#/doc/%s/%s/%s?%s', $cfg['src_url'], $index_id, $index, $type, http_build_query(['id' => $id]));
     }
 
     public function generateLink($query, $start, $end) {
@@ -47,10 +54,16 @@ public function generateLink($query, $start, $end) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        $index_pattern = $cfg['date_based'] ? \ESQuery\Util::generateKibanaPattern($cfg['index']):$cfg['index'];
+        if($cfg['src_index_pattern_id']) {
+            $index_id = $cfg['src_index_pattern_id'];
+
+        } else {
+            $index_id = $cfg['date_based'] ? \ESQuery\Util::generateKibanaPattern($cfg['index']) : $cfg['index'];
+        }
+
         $parser = new \ESQuery\Parser;
         try {
-            return $parser->generateUrl($query, $start, $end, $cfg['src_url'], $index_pattern);
+            return $parser->generateUrl($query, $start, $end, $cfg['src_url'], $index_id);
         } catch(\ESQuery\Exception $e) {
             return null;
         }