# Copy visualisation and dashboards **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [March 31, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-visualisation-and-dashboards/225958 "2020-03-31T22:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cyberzlo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cyberzlo/32/65490_2.png) [@cyberzlo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cyberzlo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-visualisation-and-dashboards/225958/1 "2020-03-31T22:46:56Z")
Can I copy visualisations and dashboards and later upload it to another insance which use same index/fields names? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-visualisation-and-dashboards/225958/2 "2020-04-01T12:02:48Z")
You absolutely can - just go into Management \> Saved objects. Select the saved objects (dashboards and visualizations) you need, and press the export button. This will download the configuration as an ndjson file to your local computer and you can later upload it again into another Kibana instance using the import button on the same page. Reference: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html) ---
**Author:** ![cyberzlo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cyberzlo/32/65490_2.png) [@cyberzlo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cyberzlo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-visualisation-and-dashboards/225958/3 "2020-04-01T15:07:06Z")
I tried import saved objects what way, one time it was pack of 3 visualisations, another was single index, in both imports after some time of loading I am goting error: > Sorry, there was an error > The file could not be processed. Any idea? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-visualisation-and-dashboards/225958/4 "2020-04-01T15:29:31Z")
OK, that definitely shouldn't happen. What version of Kibana are you using from which browser? Could you share the file you tried to import? ---
**Author:** ![cyberzlo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cyberzlo/32/65490_2.png) [@cyberzlo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cyberzlo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-visualisation-and-dashboards/225958/5 "2020-04-01T20:00:52Z")
Probably problem is because I am importing from 7.6 Kibana to 7.4 Kibana (Open Distro version) ☹ ---
**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:** [April 2, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-visualisation-and-dashboards/225958/6 "2020-04-02T07:13:35Z")
Ah, that makes sense - you can't import the files from newer versions to older versions, just the other way around. This is the case because the newer version has built-in upgrade mechanisms because it knows the old format, but the older version has no way of knowing how the format of the new version works. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-visualisation-and-dashboards/225958/7 "2020-04-30T07:13:46Z")
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