Tagsedit

Tags enable you to categorize your saved objects. You can then filter for related objects based on shared tags.

Tags management

Required permissionsedit

To create tags, you must meet the minimum requirements.

  • Access to Tags requires the Tag Management Kibana privilege. To add the privilege, open the main menu, and then click Stack Management > Roles.
  • The read privilege allows you to assign tags to the saved objects for which you have write permission.
  • The write privilege enables you to create, edit, and delete tags.

Having the Tag Management Kibana privilege is not required to view tags assigned on objects you have read access to, or to filter objects by tags from the global search.

Create a tagedit

Create a tag to assign to your saved objects.

  1. Open the main menu, and then click Stack Management > Tags.
  2. Click Create tag.
  3. Enter a name and select a color for the new tag.

    The name cannot be longer than 50 characters.

  4. Click Create tag.

Assign a tag to an objectedit

To assign and remove tags from saved objects, you must have write permission on the objects to which you assign the tags.

  1. In the Tags view, find the tag you want to assign.
  2. Click the action menu (…​) in the tag row, and then select the Manage assignments action.
  3. Select the objects to which you want to assign or remove tags.

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  4. Click Save tag assignments.

To assign, delete, or clear multiple tags at once, select their checkboxes in the Tags view, and then select the desired action from the selected tags menu.

Delete a tagedit

When you delete a tag, you remove it from all saved objects that use it.

  1. Click the action menu (…​) in the tag row, and then select the Delete action.
  2. Click Delete tag.