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== Saving Visualizations
Saving visualizations enables you to reload them in Visualize and use them in
<<dashboard, dashboards>>.

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=== [xpack]#Read only access#
When you have insufficient privileges to save visualizations, the following indicator in Kibana will be
displayed and the *Save* button won't be visible. For more information on granting access to
Kibana see <<xpack-security-authorization>>.

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image::visualize/images/read-only-badge.png[Example of Visualize's read only access indicator in Kibana's header]

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=== Saving a Visualization
To save the current visualization:

. Click *Save* in the Kibana toolbar.
. Enter a name for the visualization and click *Save*.

You can import, export and delete saved visualizations from *Management/Kibana/Saved Objects*.