# Allow Kibana Reporting and CSV Export via "Roles" with "kibana\_dashboard\_only\_user"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allow-kibana-reporting-and-csv-export-via-roles-with-kibana-dashboard-only-user/184662>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 6, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allow-kibana-reporting-and-csv-export-via-roles-with-kibana-dashboard-only-user/184662 "2019-06-06T20:31:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![lanelivingston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@lanelivingston](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lanelivingston)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allow-kibana-reporting-and-csv-export-via-roles-with-kibana-dashboard-only-user/184662/1 "2019-06-06T20:31:45Z")

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Currently, it appears, that only a user with the kibana\_user role can access reporting and CSV export.

However, according to this:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-settings-kb.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-settings-kb.html)

it appears that I should be able to have a kibana\_dashboard\_only\_user role with reporting\_user also work?

That is what I need. I need a restricted dashboard user to be able to create reports.

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**Author:** ![lukeelmers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukeelmers/32/35230_2.png) [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allow-kibana-reporting-and-csv-export-via-roles-with-kibana-dashboard-only-user/184662/2 "2019-06-06T23:20:34Z")

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Hi @lanelivingston,

Unfortunately, `kibana_dashboard_only_user` itself doesn't really work with reporting... The roles themselves actually work fine behind the scenes, it's just dashboard only mode always hides the menu items to create reports, and the user can't navigate to the reporting page in management.

BUT, the good news is, we'll be introducing [Feature Controls](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/20277) in 7.2, which will make it really easy for you to do exactly what you are looking for: a user that only has dashboard & reporting access. So keep an eye out on [our blog](https://www.elastic.co/blog/); we're hoping to release 7.2 in the near future 😉

Thanks,

Luke

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**Author:** ![lanelivingston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@lanelivingston](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lanelivingston)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allow-kibana-reporting-and-csv-export-via-roles-with-kibana-dashboard-only-user/184662/3 "2019-06-06T23:36:24Z")

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Thank you. It is always great to have a definitive answer.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allow-kibana-reporting-and-csv-export-via-roles-with-kibana-dashboard-only-user/184662/4 "2019-07-04T23:36:26Z")

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