Understanding saved objects in Kibana

Any object that we create on Kibana that includes an index pattern, a visualization, a canvas pad, or a dashboard is defined as a saved object. We can view, edit, export, and import these saved objects by going to the Kibana main menu and clicking on Stack Management | Saved Objects:

Figure 2.9 – Dialog box with Saved Objects under Stack Management in the Kibana main menu

Import and Export are key functionalities that can help us to move objects across different Kibana instances or can be beneficial when we have different working environments.

Saved Objects also has a feature to share any of these saved objects across different spaces on Kibana, which will enable different users on your Kibana environment to be able to see/view/edit/delete these objects based on the permissions and authorizations we set. We will learn more about role-based access control (RBAC) in the upcoming chapters.