Save a Discover session for reuse
editSave a Discover session for reuse
editA 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
editIf you don’t have sufficient privileges to save searches, the following indicator is displayed and the Save button is not visible. For more information, refer to Granting access to Kibana.
Save a Discover session
editBy 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.
- Once you’ve created a view worth saving, click Save in the toolbar.
- Enter a name for the session.
- Optionally store tags and the time range with the session.
- Click Save.
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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
edit- In Discover, open the Discover session that you want to duplicate.
- In the toolbar, click Save.
- Give the session a new name.
- Turn on Save as new Discover session.
- Click Save.
Add search results to a dashboard
edit- Go to Dashboards.
- Open or create the dashboard, then click Edit.
- Click Add from library.
- From the Types dropdown, select Discover session.
- Select the Discover session that you want to add, then click X to close the list.