# Change index name in Visualization **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 13, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394 "2017-09-13T17:23:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mandar\_Shinde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mandar_shinde/32/17013_2.png) [@Mandar\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mandar_Shinde)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394/1 "2017-09-13T17:23:11Z")
Hi All, Is there a better way to change the index name for a Visualization? Say I have created a Visualization with index name "test1" and now I have update the index name to "test2". One way I found is to go to Settings --\> Saved Objects --\> Visualization tab and select the required Visualization say a pie chart and update the index name in "kibanaSavedObjectMeta.searchSourceJSON". Thanks MS ---
**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394/2 "2017-09-13T17:34:18Z")
i think that is the only way ---
**Author:** ![Mandar\_Shinde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mandar_shinde/32/17013_2.png) [@Mandar\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mandar_Shinde)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394/3 "2017-09-13T17:38:23Z")
Thanks Peter for the quick response. Do we have any roadmap for adding a feature to Visualization/Dashboard to update index name in a better way, say a dropdown list of all indexes available and user can simply select it and the Visualization/Dashboard is updated with the selected index. ---
**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394/4 "2017-09-13T17:58:27Z")
not that i am aware of but please go on and create an issue on github. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Mandar\_Shinde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mandar_shinde/32/17013_2.png) [@Mandar\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mandar_Shinde)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394/5 "2017-09-13T18:13:15Z")
Thanks Peter! Will create one. ---
**Author:** ![leofer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leofer/32/71260_2.png) [@leofer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leofer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394/6 "2017-09-13T19:29:15Z")
changing index is can be laborious if you have many visualizations, dashboards etc. In this case what I've done is to Export (In Management -\> Saved Objects). This would download a JSON (text file) where you can search and replace (e.g using tools like sed) , and then upload it again. [leofer@gmail.com](mailto:leofer@gmail.com) Ofer ---
**Author:** ![Mandar\_Shinde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mandar_shinde/32/17013_2.png) [@Mandar\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mandar_Shinde)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394/7 "2017-09-13T19:48:47Z")
Thanks Ofer! Ya, that is useful if you have many visualizations/dashboards. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-name-in-visualization/100394/8 "2017-10-11T19:48:57Z")
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