# Document level security for watchers

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-level-security-for-watchers/267749>\
**Category:** Elastic Observability\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [March 19, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-level-security-for-watchers/267749 "2021-03-19T05:16:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sireesha\_m](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sireesha_m/32/85688_2.png) [@sireesha\_m](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sireesha_m)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-level-security-for-watchers/267749/1 "2021-03-19T05:16:22Z")

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Hi all,  
I would like to have document level security for watches. I saw that unless I give "manage\_watcher" role, I was not able to create watches.  
Is it possible to give a query on metadata of watch for example? I tried It out, but don't see it working.

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-level-security-for-watchers/267749/2 "2022-11-04T08:26:53Z")

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