--- title: Discover sessions: Save a search for reuse description: A saved Discover session is a convenient way to reuse a search that you’ve created in Discover. Discover sessions are good for saving a configured view... url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/save-open-search products: - Kibana --- # Discover sessions: Save a search for reuse A saved Discover session is a convenient way to reuse a search that you’ve created in **Discover**. Discover sessions are good for saving a configured view of Discover to use later or adding search results to a dashboard, and can also serve as a foundation for building visualizations. ## Read-only access If you don’t have sufficient privileges to save Discover sessions, the following indicator is displayed and the **Save** button is not visible. For more information, refer to [Granting access to Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/roles).  ## Save a Discover session By default, a Discover session stores the query text, filters, and current view of **Discover**, including the columns and sort order in the document table, and the data view. 1. Once you’ve created a view worth saving, click **Save** in the toolbar. 2. Enter a name for the session. 3. Optionally store [tags](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/tags) and the time range with the session. 4. Click **Save**. 5. To reload your search results in **Discover**, click **Open** in the toolbar, and select the saved Discover session. If the saved Discover session is associated with a different data view than is currently selected, opening the saved Discover session changes the selected data view. The query language used for the saved Discover session is also automatically selected. ## Duplicate a Discover session 1. In **Discover**, open the Discover session that you want to duplicate. 2. In the toolbar, click **Save**. 3. Give the session a new name. 4. Turn on **Save as new Discover session**. 5. Click **Save**. ## Add search results to a dashboard 1. Go to **Dashboards**. 2. Open or create the dashboard, then click **Edit**. 3. Click **Add from library**. 4. From the **Types** dropdown, select **Discover session**. 5. Select the Discover session that you want to add, then click **X** to close the list.