# Cannot save Searches or visulation in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-save-searches-or-visulation-in-kibana/109821>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 30, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-save-searches-or-visulation-in-kibana/109821 "2017-11-30T19:07:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![pgervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@pgervais](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pgervais)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-save-searches-or-visulation-in-kibana/109821/1 "2017-11-30T19:07:44Z")

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When i try to save either a new search/visualization from discover/Visualize i get the follwoing error:  
Blocked by:[FORBIDDEN/12/index read only / allow delete (api):: [cluster\_block\_exception] blocked by : [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only/ allow delete (api).

As well i cannot even delete either a dashboard, saved searches or visulalization.  
It looks like everything has gone read-only?

Can anyone explain to me what this means ?

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**Author:** ![Shwetank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Shwetank](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shwetank)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-save-searches-or-visulation-in-kibana/109821/2 "2017-11-30T21:56:18Z")

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Please check the privileges assigned to your user role.

They can be looked under Management\>Elasticsearch\>Security\>Roles

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**Author:** ![pgervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@pgervais](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pgervais)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-save-searches-or-visulation-in-kibana/109821/3 "2017-11-30T22:08:01Z")

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I have not installed x-pack , therefore no user/role in place. This is a generic out of teh box install of elasticsearch/kabana 6.0 on linux.  
All directory permissions are 755.

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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:** [December 28, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-save-searches-or-visulation-in-kibana/109821/4 "2017-12-28T22:08:12Z")

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