# Watcher Acknowledge

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-acknowledge/120709
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-acknowledge/120709 "2018-02-20T18:45:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![annk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@annk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/annk)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-acknowledge/120709/1 "2018-02-20T18:45:17Z")

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Is it possible to know who acknowledged the watch when x-pack security is enabled ?  
Is it possible to create a new field for that ?

Thanks

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### Author: ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-acknowledge/120709/2 "2018-02-21T08:07:10Z")

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Hey,

no, this is currently not possible.

--Alex

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### Author: ![annk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@annk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/annk)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-acknowledge/120709/3 "2018-02-21T11:38:50Z")

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does it make sense to add such a field ? . Isn't it important to know who acknowledged an event while investigating a major incident ? .

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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: [March 21, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-acknowledge/120709/4 "2018-03-21T11:38:51Z")

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