# Can i duplicate a visualization by exporting, tweaking, then importing?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 10, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447 "2018-04-10T08:51:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![jiveyeti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jiveyeti/32/29842_2.png) [@jiveyeti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jiveyeti)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447/1 "2018-04-10T08:51:22Z")

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I'm looking for a way to more quickly duplicate a visualization - against a different index to make the challenge more challenging...

Assuming I have 2 identical indexes, seems like I should be able to:

1. export a visualization
2. change the ID to something human readable and unique
3. find and replace the name of the index from the "old" to "new" one
4. save the JSON file
5. import

I don't want to just try this for fear of breaking a system I don't administer...

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**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447/2 "2018-04-10T18:33:50Z")

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Hey there, I just tried it out myself and it seems to work fine.

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**Author:** ![jiveyeti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jiveyeti/32/29842_2.png) [@jiveyeti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jiveyeti)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447/3 "2018-04-10T19:09:54Z")

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right on @cjcenizal - 'appreciate it...

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**Author:** ![jiveyeti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jiveyeti/32/29842_2.png) [@jiveyeti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jiveyeti)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447/4 "2018-04-10T20:21:22Z")

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tried it, works for me... nice! can you imagine I was manually creating things twice like a caveman?

FYI in my case, I changed

- the ID
- 2 occurrences of the visualization title
- 3 occurrences of the index name (your mileage may vary)

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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:** [May 8, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447/5 "2018-05-08T20:21:43Z")

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