---
title: Duplicate a data view
description: Duplicate a Kibana data view to reuse its settings, or to get an editable copy of a managed data view.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4116/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/data-views/duplicate-data-view
products:
  - Kibana
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Duplicate a data view
Duplicating a data view creates an editable copy. Use a copy when you want to try different field formatting or a different index pattern without affecting the original, or when you need a similar data view for another use case.
<applies-to>Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available</applies-to> <applies-to>Elastic Stack: Generally available since 9.2</applies-to> Duplicating is also how you customize a [managed](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4116/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/data-views#managed-data-views) data view. You can't edit a managed data view directly.

## Before you begin

- You need a role with the **Data View Management** Kibana privilege and the `view_index_metadata` Elasticsearch privilege. Refer to [Defining roles](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4116/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/defining-roles).
- You need an existing data view to duplicate.


## Duplicate a data view

1. Open **Discover** or **Lens**.
   <note>
   Duplication isn't available from the **Data Views** management page.
   </note>
2. In the data view menu, select the data view that you want to duplicate.
3. Still in the data view menu, select **Manage this data view**. A flyout with more details about the data view opens. For a managed data view, it indicates that you can't edit it directly.
   ![Manage this data view option](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4116/explore-analyze/images/manage-this-data-view.png "Manage this data view option")
4. Select **Duplicate**. A similar flyout opens where you can adjust the settings of the new copy.
5. Finish your edits, then select **Save data view to Kibana** or **Use without saving**.

If you save it to Kibana, the new, editable data view appears in the data view menu and on the **Data Views** management page, separate from the one you duplicated.

## Related pages

- [Data views](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4116/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/data-views)
- [Create a data view](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4116/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/data-views/create-data-view)