diff --git a/istio-telemetry/kiali/templates/configmap.yaml b/istio-telemetry/kiali/templates/configmap.yaml
index 5fc66038..cb626141 100644
--- a/istio-telemetry/kiali/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/istio-telemetry/kiali/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,8 @@ data:
       cert_file: {{ .Values.kiali.security.cert_file }}
       private_key_file: {{ .Values.kiali.security.private_key_file }}
 {{- end}}
+{{- if .Values.kiali.excludedWorkloads }}
+    kubernetes_config:
+      excluded_workloads:
+{{ toYaml .Values.kiali.excludedWorkloads | indent 8 }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/istio-telemetry/kiali/values.yaml b/istio-telemetry/kiali/values.yaml
index 7dda4d01..19d336d1 100644
--- a/istio-telemetry/kiali/values.yaml
+++ b/istio-telemetry/kiali/values.yaml
@@ -80,3 +80,10 @@ kiali:
     enabled: false
     cert_file: /kiali-cert/cert-chain.pem
     private_key_file: /kiali-cert/key.pem
+
+  excludedWorkloads:
+    - CronJob
+    - Job
+    # - DeploymentConfig
+    # - ReplicationController
+    # - StatefulSet 
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