# How to access to "observability-annotations" index in elastic apm

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-to-observability-annotations-index-in-elastic-apm/332276>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** server\
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-to-observability-annotations-index-in-elastic-apm/332276 "2023-05-02T12:51:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Cohen\_Solal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jeremy_cohen_solal/32/118520_2.png) [@Jeremy\_Cohen\_Solal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jeremy_Cohen_Solal)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-to-observability-annotations-index-in-elastic-apm/332276/1 "2023-05-02T12:51:48Z")

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Hello

is there a way to access to the index "observability-annotations" in kibana (and outside) ?  
Actually this index is nowhere to be seen (even with full admin permissions).

The index is described in kibana documentation about the annotations: [Annotation API | Kibana Guide [8.7] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/apm-annotation-api.html)

My goal is to display all "releases" on my **grafana** dashboard (yes I use both Grafana and Kibana).

**Kibana version** : 8.6.2 (community and on prem)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![willemdh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/willemdh/32/16922_2.png) [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-to-observability-annotations-index-in-elastic-apm/332276/2 "2023-05-03T18:35:24Z")

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Love this question. I noticed a lot of unauthorized events in our audit logs on observability-annotations for apm users.

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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:** [May 24, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-to-observability-annotations-index-in-elastic-apm/332276/3 "2023-05-24T14:36:04Z")

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