https://community.splunk.com/t5/All-Apps-and-Add-ons/Linux-DHCP-Why-am-I-getting-error-quot-Cannot-find-viewstate/m-p/167848#M15983 <P>I had this problem today (6.2.x), I found that the user getting the error had read permissions on the app, but not write permissions. </P> <P>This is the role based permissions that you see when you go to Manage Apps, click on permissions for the app in question, then ensure that you have write permissions in your role for that app. Let me know if this helps!</P> Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:41:29 GMT sherm77 2015-08-28T14:41:29Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/All-Apps-and-Add-ons/Linux-DHCP-Why-am-I-getting-error-quot-Cannot-find-viewstate/m-p/167847#M15982 <P>Hi,</P> <P>When I try to edit the alert "_dhcpd_generate_mac-host_lookup", I get the error:</P> <PRE><CODE>Encountered the following error while trying to update: In handler 'savedsearch': Cannot find viewstate with vsid="ga8wit0u" </CODE></PRE> <P>Any suggestion?</P> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 19:42:36 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/All-Apps-and-Add-ons/Linux-DHCP-Why-am-I-getting-error-quot-Cannot-find-viewstate/m-p/167847#M15982 ledziow 2020-09-28T19:42:36Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/All-Apps-and-Add-ons/Linux-DHCP-Why-am-I-getting-error-quot-Cannot-find-viewstate/m-p/167848#M15983 <P>I had this problem today (6.2.x), I found that the user getting the error had read permissions on the app, but not write permissions. </P> <P>This is the role based permissions that you see when you go to Manage Apps, click on permissions for the app in question, then ensure that you have write permissions in your role for that app. Let me know if this helps!</P> Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:41:29 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/All-Apps-and-Add-ons/Linux-DHCP-Why-am-I-getting-error-quot-Cannot-find-viewstate/m-p/167848#M15983 sherm77 2015-08-28T14:41:29Z