# Checking on Index Pattern reference in Saved Objects (Dashboard, Visualisation, ...)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/checking-on-index-pattern-reference-in-saved-objects-dashboard-visualisation/231504>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/checking-on-index-pattern-reference-in-saved-objects-dashboard-visualisation/231504 "2020-05-07T09:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![EldrosKandar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eldroskandar/32/33188_2.png) [@EldrosKandar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EldrosKandar)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/checking-on-index-pattern-reference-in-saved-objects-dashboard-visualisation/231504/1 "2020-05-07T09:42:16Z")

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I want to remove an Index Pattern, but in order to not break anything, I would like to get all Saved Objects such as Dashboards and Visualisation, which are referencing the Index Pattern.

Is there any way to check on that? I already prematuraly delete the index pattern once, and it broke some visualisation.

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**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/checking-on-index-pattern-reference-in-saved-objects-dashboard-visualisation/231504/2 "2020-05-08T13:07:03Z")

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If you go to Management \> Saved Objects, search for your index pattern and click "Relationships" in the actions menu, you will get a list of all visualizations referencing this saved object.

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**Author:** ![EldrosKandar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eldroskandar/32/33188_2.png) [@EldrosKandar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EldrosKandar)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/checking-on-index-pattern-reference-in-saved-objects-dashboard-visualisation/231504/3 "2020-05-12T09:38:53Z")

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Thanks, it help me identify the visualisation and I made sure they reference the new index pattern instead of the old one I wanted to delete.

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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:** [June 9, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/checking-on-index-pattern-reference-in-saved-objects-dashboard-visualisation/231504/4 "2020-06-09T09:38:57Z")

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