Custom app permissions for ess_admin - ess_admin cannot save correlation searches.

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Updated:September 29, 2026
Document ID:SPLK045787

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Splunk Enterprise Security

Description

We receive the error below when the users with ess_admin role tries to save correlation searches. 
User 'test_ess_admin' with roles { ess_admin, test_ess_admin, power, user } cannot write: /nobody/SplunkEnterpriseSecuritySuite/savedsearches/Threat -
test2 - Rule { read : [ *], write : [ admin ] }, export: global, owner: admin, removable: no

splunkd.log states:
INFO StreamedSearch - Streamed search connection closed: search_id=remote_sh-i-0294*****.*****.splunkcloud.com_1660587544.26990, server=sh-i-0298*****.******.splunkcloud.com, active_searches=2, elapsedTime=0.862, search='litsearch (index=_* "Data could not be written: /nobody/SplunkEnterpriseSecuritySuite/savedsearches/Threat") 

Investigation

For the app SplunkEnterpriseSecuritySuite it shows write permission only for admin role and not ess_admin role. 

Resolution

Go to the App permission and select write permission for ess_admin.
 

Revision History

Revision Publish Date Comments
1.0
29-Sep-2026
Initial Release

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