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Tags

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Tags

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Use tags to categorize your saved objects, then filter for related objects based on shared tags.

To get started, go to the Tags management page using the navigation menu or the global search field.

Required permissions

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To create tags, you must meet the minimum requirements.

Access to Tags requires the Tag Management Kibana privilege. To add the privilege, go to the Roles page using the navigation menu or the global search field.
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 tag

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Create a tag to assign to your saved objects.

Click Create tag.
Enter a name and select a color for the new tag.

The name cannot be longer than 50 characters.
Click Create tag.

Assign a tag to an object

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

Find the tag you want to assign.
Click the actions icon , and then select Manage assignments.
Select the objects to which you want to assign or remove tags.
Click Save tag assignments.

Delete a tag

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

Click the actions icon , and then select Delete.
Click Delete tag.

To assign, delete, or clear multiple tags, select them in the Tags view, and then select the action from the selected tags menu.

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