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Managing Saved Searches, Visualizations, and Dashboardsedit
You can view, edit, and delete saved searches, visualizations, and dashboards from Settings > Objects.
Viewing a saved object displays the selected item in the Discover, Visualize, or Dashboard page. To view a saved object:
- Go to Settings > Objects.
- Select the object you want to view.
- Click the View button.
Editing a saved object enables you to directly modify the object definition. You can change the name of the object, add a description, and modify the JSON that defines the object’s properties.
If you attempt to access an object whose index has been deleted, Kibana displays its Edit Object page. You can:
- Recreate the index so you can continue using the object.
- Delete the object and recreate it using a different index.
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Change the index name referenced in the object’s
kibanaSavedObjectMeta.searchSourceJSONto point to an existing index pattern. This is useful if the index you were working with has been renamed.
No validation is performed for object properties. Submitting invalid changes will render the object unusable. Generally, you should use the Discover, Visualize, or Dashboard pages to create new objects instead of directly editing existing ones.
To edit a saved object:
- Go to Settings > Objects.
- Select the object you want to edit.
- Click the Edit button.
- Make your changes to the object definition.
- Click the Save Object button.
To delete a saved object:
- Go to Settings > Objects.
- Select the object you want to delete.
- Click the Delete button.
- Confirm that you really want to delete the object.