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title: Grant privileges and roles needed to read Winlogbeat data from Kibana
description: Kibana users typically need to view dashboards and visualizations that contain Winlogbeat data. These users might also need to create and edit dashboards...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/beats/winlogbeat/kibana-user-privileges
products:
  - Beats
  - Winlogbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
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# Grant privileges and roles needed to read Winlogbeat data from Kibana
Kibana users typically need to view dashboards and visualizations that contain Winlogbeat 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 `winlogbeat_reader`, that has the following privilege:
   | Type   | Privilege                                              | Purpose                                                                      |
   |--------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Index  | `read` on `winlogbeat-*` indices                       | Read data indexed by Winlogbeat                                              |
   | Spaces | `Read` or `All` on Dashboards, Visualize, and Discover | Allow the user to view, edit, and create dashboards, as well as browse data. |
2. Assign the **reader role**, along with the following built-in roles, to users who need to read Winlogbeat data:
   | Role              | Purpose                                                                                                       |
   |-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   | `monitoring_user` | Allow users to monitor the health of Winlogbeat itself. Only assign this role to users who manage Winlogbeat. |