# Any suggestions to manage dashboards from QA to Prod

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-suggestions-to-manage-dashboards-from-qa-to-prod/76890>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 1, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-suggestions-to-manage-dashboards-from-qa-to-prod/76890 "2017-03-01T00:51:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ritchierich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ritchierich/32/4329_2.png) [@ritchierich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ritchierich)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-suggestions-to-manage-dashboards-from-qa-to-prod/76890/1 "2017-03-01T00:51:30Z")

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I want to do a better job managing Kibana.

I'm setting up all in one single server with Kibana and Elasticsearch for each environment. My goal is to have new searches, visualization and dashboards follow the sprint development cycle.

Version Controls, Import/Export? Am I crazy to attempt this?

Any suggestions?

Thanks,  
Rich

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**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-suggestions-to-manage-dashboards-from-qa-to-prod/76890/2 "2017-03-03T06:20:22Z")

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@ritchierich

that's a pretty broad question 😉

you could snapshot the .kibana index of your ES instance: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html)

That contains all your Kibana saved objects, advanced settings, ...

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**Author:** ![ritchierich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ritchierich/32/4329_2.png) [@ritchierich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ritchierich)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-suggestions-to-manage-dashboards-from-qa-to-prod/76890/3 "2017-03-03T17:58:35Z")

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@thomasneirynck

Thanks for responding. I know its broad question, but also thought it would be a common challenge.

I'll probably try both import/export object and snapshotting .kibana then figure out the pros/cons of each.

Cheers,  
Rich

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-suggestions-to-manage-dashboards-from-qa-to-prod/76890/4 "2017-03-31T17:58:48Z")

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