# Limitation of ISM feature

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limitation-of-ism-feature/246824>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limitation-of-ism-feature/246824 "2020-08-28T21:50:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![pinakinab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pinakinab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pinakinab)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limitation-of-ism-feature/246824/1 "2020-08-28T21:50:48Z")

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As per [ES Pricing documentation](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions), basic version of elasticsearch also has a feature of Index Lifecycle Management. If we have a basic security for ES, then do we need to have special permissions to enable Index Lifecycle Management?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limitation-of-ism-feature/246824/2 "2020-08-29T08:04:37Z")

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I believe all ILM functionality is available from the Basic level and up. Am not aware of any additional features at higher levels.

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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:** [September 26, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limitation-of-ism-feature/246824/3 "2020-09-26T08:05:14Z")

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