﻿---
title: Discover sessions: Save a search for reuse
description: A saved Discover session is a convenient way to reuse a search that you’ve created in Discover. Discover sessions are good for saving a configured view...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/3889/explore-analyze/discover/save-open-search
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Discover sessions: Save a search for reuse
A saved Discover session is a convenient way to reuse a search that you’ve created in **Discover**. Discover sessions are good for saving a configured view of Discover to use later or adding search results to a dashboard, and can also serve as a foundation for building visualizations.

## Read-only access

If you don’t have sufficient privileges to save Discover sessions, the following indicator is displayed and the **Save** button is not visible. For more information, refer to [Granting access to Kibana](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elasticsearch/tree/main/reference/elasticsearch/roles).
![Example of Discover's read only access indicator in Kibana's header](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/3889/explore-analyze/images/kibana-read-only-badge.png)


## Save a Discover session

By default, a Discover session stores the query text, filters, and current view of **Discover**, including the columns and sort order in the document table, and the data view.
1. Once you’ve created a view worth saving, click **Save** in the toolbar.
2. Enter a name for the session.
3. Optionally store [tags](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/3889/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/tags) and the time range with the session.
4. Click **Save**.
5. To reload your search results in **Discover**, click **Open** in the toolbar, and select the saved Discover session.

If the saved Discover session is associated with a different data view than is currently selected, opening the saved Discover session changes the selected data view. The query language used for the saved Discover session is also automatically selected.

## Duplicate a Discover session

1. In **Discover**, open the Discover session that you want to duplicate.
2. In the toolbar, click **Save**.
3. Give the session a new name.
4. Turn on **Save as new Discover session**.
5. Click **Save**.


## Add search results to a dashboard

1. Go to **Dashboards**.
2. Open or create the dashboard, then click **Edit**.
3. Click **Add from library**.
4. From the **Types** dropdown, select **Discover session**.
5. Select the Discover session that you want to add, then click **X** to close the list.