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[DOCS] Clarify required privileges to create CSV reports when using i…
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…ndex aliases (#170524)

## Summary

If a CSV export is performed on an index alias, it also requires read
access to underlying indices.
This PR adds a note in Kibana docs to make users aware of this
requirement.

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bytebilly committed Nov 3, 2023
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Access to data is an index-level privilege. For each index that contains the data you want to include in reports, add a line, then give each index `read` and `view_index_metadata` privileges.
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NOTE: If you use index aliases, you must also grant `read` and `view_index_metadata` privileges to underlying indices to generate CSV reports.
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For more information, refer to {ref}/security-privileges.html[Security privileges].

. Add the {kib} privileges.
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