# Reporting: generated PDFs can be downloaded by everyone

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-generated-pdfs-can-be-downloaded-by-everyone/109112>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 25, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-generated-pdfs-can-be-downloaded-by-everyone/109112 "2017-11-25T17:54:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![jetnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@jetnet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jetnet)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-generated-pdfs-can-be-downloaded-by-everyone/109112/1 "2017-11-25T17:54:50Z")

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...is it possible to restrict access to the generated reports?  
Thanks!

it's Kibana: 5.6.x

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**Author:** ![Court](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/court/32/6640_2.png) [@Court](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Court)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-generated-pdfs-can-be-downloaded-by-everyone/109112/2 "2017-12-01T13:57:29Z")

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Unfortunately, it is not possible to restrict access to the generated reports in 5.6.

However, from 6.0 onward all reports are only accessible by the person that created them.

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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:** [December 29, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-generated-pdfs-can-be-downloaded-by-everyone/109112/3 "2017-12-29T13:57:42Z")

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Closed on December 29, 2017, 1:57pm UTC

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