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title: Grant privileges and roles needed to read Metricbeat data from Kibana
description: Kibana users typically need to view dashboards and visualizations that contain Metricbeat data. These users might also need to create and edit dashboards...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/beats/metricbeat/kibana-user-privileges
products:
  - Beats
  - Metricbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Grant privileges and roles needed to read Metricbeat data from Kibana
Kibana users typically need to view dashboards and visualizations that contain Metricbeat data. These users might also need to create and edit dashboards and visualizations.
To grant users the required privileges:
1. Create a **reader role**, called something like `metricbeat_reader`, that has the following privilege:
   | Type   | Privilege                                              | Purpose                                                                      |
   |--------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Index  | `read` on `metricbeat-*` indices                       | Read data indexed by Metricbeat                                              |
   | Spaces | `Read` or `All` on Dashboards, Visualize, and Discover | Allow the user to view, edit, and create dashboards, as well as browse data. |
   | Spaces | `Read` or `All` on Kibana Metrics                      | Allow the use of Kibana Metrics                                              |
2. Assign the **reader role**, along with the following built-in roles, to users who need to read Metricbeat data:
   | Role              | Purpose                                                                                                       |
   |-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   | `monitoring_user` | Allow users to monitor the health of Metricbeat itself. Only assign this role to users who manage Metricbeat. |