# Dashboard Kibana "save as" overwrite the data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-kibana-save-as-overwrite-the-data/270942>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 22, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-kibana-save-as-overwrite-the-data/270942 "2021-04-22T09:39:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arethusa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@Arethusa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arethusa)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-kibana-save-as-overwrite-the-data/270942/1 "2021-04-22T09:39:11Z")

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Hello,

If I have a Dashboard named "test1", and if want to do some test without destroy it, I want to do "save as" "test2".  
however, when I do "save as", the "test1" is overwite by "test2" (like rename).

Is it the normal reaction ?  
Is it possible to duplicate dashboard ?

Thank you.

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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:** [April 22, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-kibana-save-as-overwrite-the-data/270942/2 "2021-04-22T12:02:11Z")

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In the menu bar on dashboard there should be a "Clone" option when in view mode which is doing what you are looking for.

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**Author:** ![Arethusa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@Arethusa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arethusa)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-kibana-save-as-overwrite-the-data/270942/3 "2021-04-22T13:21:50Z")

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Hello,

Thank you !

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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 20, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-kibana-save-as-overwrite-the-data/270942/4 "2021-05-20T13:22:07Z")

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