# How to enable the 'save' tool on a HV tilemap?

**URL:** <https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/how-to-enable-the-save-tool-on-a-hv-tilemap/2265>\
**Category:** HoloViews\
**Created:** [May 8, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/how-to-enable-the-save-tool-on-a-hv-tilemap/2265 "2021-05-08T19:05:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/how-to-enable-the-save-tool-on-a-hv-tilemap/2265/2 "2021-05-10T10:07:50Z")

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Hi,  
I dealed with the same issue a while a go. As @philippjfr noted it’s due to browser security restrictions that it is not possible to save wmts tiles with the save tool. A manageable workaround is implementing a save option via file download.

> [@Activating save option with WMTS Overlay](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/activating-save-option-with-wmts-overlay/1235/2):
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> Sadly due to browser security restrictions (cross-origin policies to be precise) it is currently not possible to save WMTS tiles with the save tool and there does not appear to be a workaround here. The best you might be able to do is build a solution that saves the output server side using hv.save and then use a FileDownload button to trigger that and download it in the browser.

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