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14 changes: 8 additions & 6 deletions docs/user/alerting/alerting-setup.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -54,12 +54,11 @@ To use {alert-features} in a {kib} app, you must have the appropriate feature pr
|===

| Action | {kib} privileges
| Give full access to manage alerts, connectors, and rules in *{stack-manage-app}* or *Discover*
| Give full access to manage alerts, connectors, and rules in *{stack-manage-app}*
a|
* `All` for the *Management > {stack-rules-feature}* feature.
* `All` for the *Management > Rules Settings* feature.
* `All` for the *Management > {connectors-feature}* feature.
* `Read` index privileges for the `.alerts-*` system indices

[NOTE]
====
Expand All @@ -77,12 +76,11 @@ For {observability} rules, you must have `all` privileges for the appropriate {o
For Security rules, refer to {security-guide}/detections-permissions-section.html[Detections prerequisites and requirements].
====

| Give view-only access to alerts, connectors, and rules in *{stack-manage-app}* or *Discover*
| Give view-only access to alerts, connectors, and rules in *{stack-manage-app}*
a|
* `Read` for the *Management > {stack-rules-feature}* feature.
* `Read` for the *Management > Rules Settings* feature.
* `Read` for the *Management > {connectors-feature}* feature.
* `Read` index privileges for the `.alerts-*` system indices

[NOTE]
====
Expand All @@ -93,12 +91,16 @@ For {observability} rules, you must have `read` privileges for the appropriate {
For Security rules, refer to {security-guide}/detections-permissions-section.html[Detections prerequisites and requirements].
====

| Revoke all access to alerts, connectors, and rules in *{stack-manage-app}* or *Discover*
| Give view-only access to alerts in *Discover* or *Dashboards*
a|
* `Read` index privileges for the `.alerts-*` system indices.

| Revoke all access to alerts, connectors, and rules in *{stack-manage-app}*, *Discover*, or *Dashboards*
a|
* `None` for the *Management > {stack-rules-feature}* feature.
* `None` for the *Management > Rules Settings* feature.
* `None` for the *Management > {connectors-feature}* feature.

* No index privileges for the `.alerts-*` system indices.
|===

For more information on configuring roles that provide access to features, go to <<kibana-feature-privileges>>.
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