Following the installation of ES, an admin configured users with the ess_user role the ability...

The Status Configuration window in Splunk Enterprise Security allows you to manage and customize the investigation statuses and the status transitions for notable events. You can specify which roles can change the status of a notable event from one status to another. For example, you can restrict the ess_user role from changing the status of Resolved notable events to Closed by removing the ess_user role from the status transitions for the Closed status. This way, only the roles that have the permission to change the status to Closed can close the Resolved notable events. References =

Manage and customize investigation statuses in Splunk Enterprise Security