# Permissions for Move to lifecycle step API wrong in docs?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-for-move-to-lifecycle-step-api-wrong-in-docs/304691>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [May 13, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-for-move-to-lifecycle-step-api-wrong-in-docs/304691 "2022-05-13T14:30:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![nisow95612](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nisow95612](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nisow95612)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-for-move-to-lifecycle-step-api-wrong-in-docs/304691/1 "2022-05-13T14:30:37Z")

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Hello nice people of elastic,

I am confused about the permissions required to use the [Move to lifecycle step API | Elasticsearch Guide [8.2] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ilm-move-to-step.html)

The docs say _you must have the manage\_ilm privileges **on the indices** being managed_  
But when I actually try, I get `action [cluster:admin/ilm/_move/post] is unauthorized` and information that _this action is granted by the **cluster** privileges [manage\_ilm,manage,all]_

I tried this on 7.16, but that should not matter. Docs for 7.16 say its _indices_ permissions too.

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**Author:** ![nisow95612](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nisow95612](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nisow95612)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-for-move-to-lifecycle-step-api-wrong-in-docs/304691/2 "2022-06-09T10:23:29Z")

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Guess this is wrong place to ask about documentation?

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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 7, 2022, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-for-move-to-lifecycle-step-api-wrong-in-docs/304691/3 "2022-07-07T10:24:14Z")

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