# How can I setup a role for an elastic user to just view a shared dashboard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 6, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-setup-a-role-for-an-elastic-user-to-just-view-a-shared-dashboard/92113 "2017-07-06T13:33:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pobrejuanito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@pobrejuanito](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pobrejuanito)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-setup-a-role-for-an-elastic-user-to-just-view-a-shared-dashboard/92113/1 "2017-07-06T13:33:23Z")
Greetings, I am having trouble finding the right settings for a role for a user to view a dashboard I shared. I don't want to give them superuser role. What is a recommended role setting just to view, a custom dashboard? ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-setup-a-role-for-an-elastic-user-to-just-view-a-shared-dashboard/92113/2 "2017-07-11T12:41:35Z")
@pobrejuanito you'll want to give them the following privileges to the `.kibana` index: `read` and `view_index_metadata`. You'll also have to grant them `read` privileges to the indices that contain the underlying data. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-setup-a-role-for-an-elastic-user-to-just-view-a-shared-dashboard/92113/3 "2017-08-08T12:41:38Z")
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