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# Backport

This will backport the following commits from `main` to `8.8`:
- [[DOCS] Clarify required privileges to create CSV reports when using
index aliases (#170524)](#170524)

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Co-authored-by: Fabio Busatto <[email protected]>
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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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