# How to create View only user in Kibana for dashboard and logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 17, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230 "2021-06-17T08:14:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bugsbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bugsbee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bugsbee)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230/1 "2021-06-17T08:14:30Z")

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hi all,  
I'm using elk cloud,now I created user but i see that the kibana\_dashboard\_only\_user ,kibana\_user is deprecated  
I need to be able to create user that can only view the logs and dashboard.

Only admin should be be beable to access other component.

how to achieve this?

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**Author:** ![Mik\_a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mik_a/32/78256_2.png) [@Mik\_a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mik_a)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230/2 "2021-06-17T09:39:07Z")

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You need to create your own roles and customize that.

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**Author:** ![Mik\_a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mik_a/32/78256_2.png) [@Mik\_a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mik_a)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230/3 "2021-06-17T09:41:17Z")

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same page where the default roles are is a create role button. upper right corner

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**Author:** ![matw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matw/32/13913_2.png) [@matw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matw)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230/4 "2021-06-17T10:36:07Z")

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Here's some more useful info about that:

> **[Kibana privileges | Kibana Guide \[7.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.13/kibana-privileges.html#kibana-feature-privileges)**

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**Author:** ![Bugsbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bugsbee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bugsbee)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230/5 "2021-06-22T16:01:10Z")

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all good.thanks for the advise. managed to do it . a

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**Author:** ![Bugsbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bugsbee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bugsbee)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230/6 "2021-06-22T16:01:30Z")

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all good.thanks for the advise. managed to do it . tnx

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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 20, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-view-only-user-in-kibana-for-dashboard-and-logs/276230/7 "2021-07-20T16:01:56Z")

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