# Kibana short url

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-short-url/203997
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 17, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-short-url/203997 "2019-10-17T07:51:38Z")
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### Author: ![ZMMWMY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a587f6/32.png) [@ZMMWMY](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZMMWMY)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-short-url/203997/1 "2019-10-17T07:51:38Z")

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Can short links be generated only by superuser?

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### Author: ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-short-url/203997/2 "2019-10-17T22:13:51Z")

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Short links can only be generated by users with write permissions on the kibana indices (.kibana\*).

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### Author: ![ZMMWMY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a587f6/32.png) [@ZMMWMY](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZMMWMY)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-short-url/203997/3 "2019-10-18T01:45:26Z")

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well,I created a role and gave it write permission. But still can't generate links  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/8/c80efc9f97bf19fedded4944b5dfa6da825f9119.jpeg)

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### Author: ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-short-url/203997/4 "2019-10-18T20:49:06Z")

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Have you also given the user the `kibana_user` role?

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### Author: ![ZMMWMY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a587f6/32.png) [@ZMMWMY](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZMMWMY)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-short-url/203997/5 "2019-10-19T04:18:52Z")

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thank you!That works for me

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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: [November 16, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-short-url/203997/6 "2019-11-16T04:18:52Z")

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