# Kibana "error fetching fields" forbidden

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-fetching-fields-forbidden/215851>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-fetching-fields-forbidden/215851 "2020-01-21T09:40:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-fetching-fields-forbidden/215851/5 "2020-01-27T15:22:00Z")

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Please add the `kibana_user` role to the user, so that it reads:

```auto
{
  "test" : {
    "username" : "test",
    "roles" : [
      "User",
      "kibana_user"
    ],
    "full_name" : "Test",
    "email" : "",
    "metadata" : { },
    "enabled" : true
  }
}

```

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