diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/ElasticBackend.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/ElasticBackend.java
index 2f3b4539c..fc4a1290d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/ElasticBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/ElasticBackend.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.jenkins.ui.icon.Icon;
@@ -31,9 +32,11 @@
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import hudson.util.FormValidation;
+import io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.JenkinsOpenTelemetryPluginConfiguration;
 import io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.TemplateBindingsProvider;
 import io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.backend.elastic.ElasticLogsBackend;
 import io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.job.log.LogStorageRetriever;
+import jenkins.model.GlobalConfiguration;
 
 public class ElasticBackend extends ObservabilityBackend {
 
@@ -157,15 +160,19 @@ public String getMetricsVisualizationUrlTemplate() {
             return null;
         }
         // see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.8/sharing-dashboards.html
-        String kibanaSpaceBaseUrl;
+        String kibanaSpaceBaseUrl = "${kibanaBaseUrl}";
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(this.getKibanaSpaceIdentifier())) {
-            kibanaSpaceBaseUrl = "${kibanaBaseUrl}";
+            kibanaSpaceBaseUrl += "/app/kibana#/dashboards?";
         } else {
-            kibanaSpaceBaseUrl = "${kibanaBaseUrl}/s/" + URLEncoder.encode(this.getKibanaSpaceIdentifier(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            kibanaSpaceBaseUrl += "/s/" + URLEncoder.encode(this.getKibanaSpaceIdentifier(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8) + "/app/kibana#/dashboards?";
         }
-        return kibanaSpaceBaseUrl + "/app/kibana#/dashboards?" +
-            "title=" + URLEncoder.encode(getKibanaDashboardTitle(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8) + "&" +
-            "_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-24h%2Fh,to:now))";
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(this.getKibanaDashboardUrlParameters())){
+            kibanaSpaceBaseUrl += this.getKibanaDashboardUrlParameters();
+        } else {
+            kibanaSpaceBaseUrl += "title=" + URLEncoder.encode(getKibanaDashboardTitle(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8) + "&" +
+                "_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-24h%2Fh,to:now))";
+        }
+        return kibanaSpaceBaseUrl;
     }
 
     public ElasticLogsBackend getElasticLogsBackend() {
@@ -298,4 +305,17 @@ public interface TemplateBindings extends ObservabilityBackend.TemplateBindings{
         String KIBANA_DASHBOARD_TITLE = "kibanaDashboardTitle";
         String KIBANA_SPACE_IDENTIFIER = "kibanaSpaceIdentifier";
     }
+
+
+    public static Optional<ElasticBackend> get(){
+        Optional<ElasticBackend> ret = null;
+        final JenkinsOpenTelemetryPluginConfiguration configuration = GlobalConfiguration.all().get(JenkinsOpenTelemetryPluginConfiguration.class);
+        if (configuration != null) {
+            Optional<ObservabilityBackend> backend = configuration.getObservabilityBackends().stream().filter(x -> x instanceof ElasticBackend).findFirst();
+            if (!backend.isEmpty()) {
+                ret = Optional.of((ElasticBackend) backend.get());
+            }
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/elastic/ElasticLogsBackend.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/elastic/ElasticLogsBackend.java
index 97f74a3ab..96363d5ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/elastic/ElasticLogsBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/elastic/ElasticLogsBackend.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 import hudson.model.AbstractDescribableImpl;
 import hudson.model.Descriptor;
 import io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.TemplateBindingsProvider;
+import io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.backend.ElasticBackend;
 import io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.backend.ObservabilityBackend;
 import io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.job.log.LogStorageRetriever;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
@@ -54,10 +56,11 @@ public Template getBuildLogsVisualizationUrlTemplate() {
 
         if (this.buildLogsVisualizationUrlGTemplate == null) {
             String kibanaSpaceBaseUrl;
-            if (StringUtils.isBlank(this.getKibanaSpaceIdentifier())) {
+            String spaceIdentifier = this.getKibanaSpaceIdentifier();
+            if (StringUtils.isBlank(spaceIdentifier)) {
                 kibanaSpaceBaseUrl = "${kibanaBaseUrl}";
             } else {
-                kibanaSpaceBaseUrl = "${kibanaBaseUrl}/s/" + URLEncoder.encode(this.getKibanaSpaceIdentifier(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                kibanaSpaceBaseUrl = "${kibanaBaseUrl}/s/" + URLEncoder.encode(spaceIdentifier, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             }
 
             String urlTemplate = kibanaSpaceBaseUrl + "/app/logs/stream?" +
@@ -79,8 +82,13 @@ public Map<String, String> getOtelConfigurationProperties() {
     }
 
     private String getKibanaSpaceIdentifier() {
-        // FIXME implement getKibanaSpaceIdentifier
-        return "";
+        String ret = "";
+        Optional<ElasticBackend> backend = ElasticBackend.get();
+        if (!backend.isEmpty()) {
+            ElasticBackend elasticLogsBackend = backend.get();
+            ret = elasticLogsBackend.getKibanaSpaceIdentifier();
+        }
+        return ret;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/elastic/ElasticLogsBackendWithJenkinsVisualization.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/elastic/ElasticLogsBackendWithJenkinsVisualization.java
index 4c297689a..e0bab4ec7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/elastic/ElasticLogsBackendWithJenkinsVisualization.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/elastic/ElasticLogsBackendWithJenkinsVisualization.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.http.auth.Credentials;
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 
 public class ElasticLogsBackendWithJenkinsVisualization extends ElasticLogsBackend {
+    private static final String MSG_ELASTICSEARCH_URL_IS_BLANK = "Elasticsearch URL is blank, logs will not be stored in Elasticsearch";
+
+    private final static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ElasticLogsBackendWithJenkinsVisualization.class.getName());
+
     private String elasticsearchUrl;
     private boolean disableSslVerifications;
     private String elasticsearchCredentialsId;
@@ -52,9 +57,8 @@ public ElasticLogsBackendWithJenkinsVisualization() {
     public LogStorageRetriever newLogStorageRetriever(TemplateBindingsProvider templateBindingsProvider) {
         Template buildLogsVisualizationUrlTemplate = getBuildLogsVisualizationUrlTemplate();
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(elasticsearchUrl)) {
-            return null; // FIXME handle case where this logs retriever is miss configured lacking of an
-                         // Elasticsearch URL. We should use the rendering
-                         // ElasticLogsBackendWithVisualizationOnlyThroughKibana
+            logger.warning(MSG_ELASTICSEARCH_URL_IS_BLANK);
+            throw new IllegalStateException(MSG_ELASTICSEARCH_URL_IS_BLANK);
         } else {
             Credentials credentials = new JenkinsCredentialsToApacheHttpCredentialsAdapter(
                     () -> elasticsearchCredentialsId);