Saved Object editor doesn't allow for edits

[TheRiffRafi]

Kibana version: 8.1.1

Elasticsearch version: 8.1.1

Describe the bug: The Kibana documentation states that one can edit certain saved objects.
However no saved object can be edited, we receive a message of type "Cannot edit in read-only editor" and there is no place to switch a write editor.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create visualization in Kibana.
2. Go to "Stack Management - Kibana - Saved Objects"
3. Inspect the created visualization and attempt to edit values.

Expected behavior:
Either data should be editable or there should be an option to switch to a writable editor.

Screenshots (if relevant):

Any additional context:
This was possible in version 7.x and there doesn't seem to be any docs stating that it isn't supposed to work now.

Work arounds:
Currently we have 2 work arounds.
We can either export the object, modify it in text, delete the original object, and import it with the changes.
Or, we can use the saved object api instead to modify the object:
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/8.1/saved-objects-api-update.html

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-core (Team:Core)

[LeeDr]

It seems this was an intentional change. The change was made in 8.0 here #112034
I filed a docs issue on it here #129252

[LeeDr]

I'm going to close this since it was an intentional change and there's an open issue to update the docs.

There are work-arounds as mentioned in the description above.

[ndunks]

So, is there a way to change referenced index? Kibana saved discover break when I recreate Data View index, any solution of this instead of recreating it? at least I can copy the defined columns

[TinaHeiligers]

@ndunks you'll have to use the UI to create a new saved search in Discover.
You could try the export/import option and see if that helps.

[LeeDr]

@ndunks Also, this might not be obvious, but when you create a new index pattern you can set the id of it (in the advanced settings).

So if you export your saved search and find the referenced index pattern you can re-create that index pattern and use the advanced settings to set it to that id. This would be for a case where you accidentally deleted the index pattern.

[ndunks]

okay thanks, will try if I face it again.