# How to enable Document-level security in Kibana Dashboard

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [July 28, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885 "2021-07-28T15:34:26Z")
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### Author: ![tong6462](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tong6462](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tong6462)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885/1 "2021-07-28T15:34:26Z")

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Hi,

Is there any way to enable Document-level security in Kibana Dashboard ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/7/2754baf347ddcce7392c01709b830e74a837b92a.png)

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885/2 "2021-07-28T23:40:55Z")

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Document level security is a Platinum and above license feature, so you'd need to check what level license you have.

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### Author: ![tong6462](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tong6462](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tong6462)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885/3 "2021-07-29T01:00:56Z")

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> [@tong6462](#):
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> Document-level security in Kibana Dashboard

My license is free.

Can I grants read access only to some documents through the elasticsearch api?

> **[Document level security | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/document-level-security.html)**

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885/4 "2021-07-29T01:08:31Z")

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The free, Basic license doesn't include that functionality sorry.

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### Author: ![tong6462](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tong6462](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tong6462)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885/5 "2021-07-29T08:45:27Z")

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> [@warkolm](#):
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> Document level security is a Platinum and above license feature, so you'd need to check what level license you have.

Is there any way to grant Document-level security in backend via elastic API ?

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885/6 "2021-07-30T00:56:26Z")

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Only if you have the license for it.

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### Author: ![tong6462](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tong6462](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tong6462)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885/7 "2021-07-30T02:03:42Z")

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Okey. Thank for you reply.

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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: [August 27, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-document-level-security-in-kibana-dashboard/279885/8 "2021-08-27T02:04:19Z")

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