# Read only searches for other users

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-searches-for-other-users/302928>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 21, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-searches-for-other-users/302928 "2022-04-21T14:56:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![afuente](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@afuente](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afuente)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-searches-for-other-users/302928/1 "2022-04-21T14:56:21Z")

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Hello, everybody!!

Does anybody know if it is possible to lock a saved search, a visualization, etc., for other users to be able to see the results but not change the filters and overwrite it?

We are a lot of people using kibana in my organization and everybody can overwrite any saved search, and sometimes it causes problems.

Thanks in advance!  
Regards

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**Author:** ![tiagocosta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tiagocosta/32/40045_2.png) [@tiagocosta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tiagocosta)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-searches-for-other-users/302928/2 "2022-04-21T15:36:56Z")

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Hi @afuente

Currently on Kibana we don't have the ability to provide object level permissions.

The best I can think of right now is [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/xpack-spaces.html) that will allow you to separate some of that data you don't want modified into a given space and then define a set of read only permissions on it.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![afuente](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@afuente](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afuente)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-searches-for-other-users/302928/3 "2022-04-21T16:08:53Z")

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Hi, @tiagocosta!

Thank you very much for your quick reply.

Do you know if it is a topic that will be taken care of? Or isn´t it even being considered?

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**Author:** ![tiagocosta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tiagocosta/32/40045_2.png) [@tiagocosta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tiagocosta)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-searches-for-other-users/302928/4 "2022-04-21T16:50:55Z")

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@afuente as far as I know Spaces is the only option we have on this for now.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![afuente](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@afuente](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afuente)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-searches-for-other-users/302928/5 "2022-04-22T08:34:59Z")

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Ok, thanks a lot @tiagocosta

Regards

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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:** [May 20, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-searches-for-other-users/302928/6 "2022-05-20T08:35:52Z")

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