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* Clean up * Dashboard export API * More changes * role-management and saved-objects * Clean up * Final clean up * Clean up * Moved labels to appropriate places * Fixed rogue commits
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[[xpack-spaces]]
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== Spaces
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Spaces enable you to organize your dashboards and other saved
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objects into meaningful categories. Once inside a space, you see only
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the dashboards and saved objects that belong to that space.
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{kib} creates a default space for you.
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After you create your own
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spaces, you're asked to choose a space when you log in to Kibana. You can change your
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current space at any time by using the menu in the upper left.
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[role="screenshot"]
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image::spaces/images/change-space.png["Change current space"]
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Kibana supports spaces in several ways. You can:
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[[spaces-getting-started]]
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* <<spaces-managing, View, create, and delete spaces>>
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* <<spaces-control-feature-visibility, Control feature access based on user needs>>
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* <<spaces-control-user-access, Control feature access based on user privileges>>
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* <<spaces-moving-objects, Move objects between spaces>>
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* <<spaces-delete-started, Disable the Spaces feature>>
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[float]
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[[spaces-managing]]
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=== View, create, and delete spaces
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Go to **Management > Spaces** for an overview of your spaces. This view provides actions
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for you to create, edit, and delete spaces.
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image::spaces/images/space-management.png["Space management"]
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[float]
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==== Create or edit a space
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You can create as many spaces as you like. Click *Create a space* and provide a name,
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URL identifier, optional description.
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The URL identifier is a short text string that becomes part of the
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{kib} URL when you are inside that space. {kib} suggests a URL identifier based
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on the name of your space, but you can customize the identifier to your liking.
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You cannot change the space identifier once you create the space.
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{kib} also has an <<spaces-api, API>>
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if you prefer to create spaces programatically.
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[role="screenshot"]
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image::spaces/images/edit-space.png["Space management"]
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[float]
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==== Delete a space
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Deleting a space permanently removes the space and all of its contents.
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Find the space on the *Spaces* overview page and click the trash icon in the Actions column.
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You can't delete the default space, but you can customize it to your liking.
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[float]
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[[spaces-control-feature-visibility]]
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=== Control feature access based on user needs
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You have control over which features are visible in each space.
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For example, you might hide Dev Tools
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in your "Executive" space or show Stack Monitoring only in your "Admin" space.
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You can define which features to show or hide when you add or edit a space.
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Controlling feature
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visibility is not a security feature. To secure access
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to specific features on a per-user basis, you must configure
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<<xpack-security-authorization, Kibana Security>>.
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[role="screenshot"]
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image::spaces/images/edit-space-feature-visibility.png["Controlling features visiblity"]
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[float]
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[[spaces-control-user-access]]
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=== Control feature access based on user privileges
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When using Kibana with security, you can configure applications and features
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based on your users’ privileges. This means different roles can have access
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to different features in the same space.
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Power users might have privileges to create and edit visualizations and dashboards,
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while analysts or executives might have Dashboard and Canvas with read-only privileges.
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See <<adding_kibana_privileges>> for details.
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[role="screenshot"]
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image::spaces/images/spaces-roles.png["Controlling features visiblity"]
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[float]
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[[spaces-moving-objects]]
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=== Move saved objects between spaces
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Use {kib}'s <<managing-saved-objects-export-objects, import/export>>
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interface to copy objects from one space to another.
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. Navigate to the space that contains your saved objects.
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. Export your saved objects via the import/export interface.
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. Navigate to the space where you want to import the objects.
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. Import your saved objects via the import/export interface.
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. (Optional) Delete objects in the export space that you no longer need.
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{kib} also has experimental <<dashboard-import-api-import, import>> and
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<<dashboard-api-export, export>> dashboard APIs if you want
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a dashboard-centric way to automate this process.
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[float]
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[[spaces-delete-started]]
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=== Disable and version updates
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Spaces are automatically enabled in {kib}. If you don't want use this feature,
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you can disable it
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by setting `xpack.spaces.enabled` to `false` in your
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`kibana.yml` configuration file.
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If you are upgrading your
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version of {kib}, the default space will contain all of your existing saved objects.
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