# Creating and Recycling Dashboard Template over multiple indices
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-and-recycling-dashboard-template-over-multiple-indices/250169
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [September 28, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-and-recycling-dashboard-template-over-multiple-indices/250169 "2020-09-28T11:16:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Max\_Handle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Max_Handle)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-and-recycling-dashboard-template-over-multiple-indices/250169/1 "2020-09-28T11:16:25Z")
Hi, I am relatively new to Kibana and elastic. But for quite some time I am struggling to to find an answer to this question:
Is it possible with Kibana to create a Dashboard template, that I can re-use for different indices?
Ideally, this would mean that I could create a fully functioning dashboard by simply changing the indices for the various visualisations, without having to completely redo them. I appreciate the help!
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### Author:  [@azasypkin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azasypkin)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-and-recycling-dashboard-template-over-multiple-indices/250169/2 "2020-09-28T11:46:05Z")
Hey @Max_Handle,
There is no convenient way to do that today, but this is something we're exploring in the scope of [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/16917](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/16917). You can take a look at this one and see what workarounds are proposed for the time being and leave your feedback if any.
It'd also be potentially possible to use [Kibana import/export API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/dashboard-import-api.html) if you're up to programming. The script could potentially export particular dashboard with all relevant visualizations, change visualizations references to another index pattern and import that updated JSON back.
Best,
Oleg
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-and-recycling-dashboard-template-over-multiple-indices/250169/3 "2020-10-26T11:46:21Z")
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