# Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana:

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 6, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015 "2022-10-06T22:24:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joao\_Malebo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao_malebo/32/111764_2.png) [@Joao\_Malebo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joao_Malebo)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015/1 "2022-10-06T22:24:00Z")

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I'm having errors when running the command to check the version information. To load dashboards when Logstash is enabled, you need to disable Logstash output and enable Elasticsearch output:

Follow the command and error below:

sudo filebeat setup -E output.logstash.enabled=false -E output.elasticsearch.hosts=['10.35.33.65:9200'] -E setup.kibana.host=10.35.33.65:5601  
Index setup finished.  
Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)  
Exiting: error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing directory /usr/share/filebeat/kibana: Failed to import dashboard: Failed to load directory /usr/share/filebeat/kibana/7:  
error loading /usr/share/filebeat/kibana/7/dashboard/Filebeat-threatintel-abuse-url.json: error dashboard asset: returned 422 to import file: Document "d6ef8f20-70a9-11eb-a3e3-b3cc7c78a70f" has property "tag" which belongs to a more recent version of Kibana [8.0.0]. The last known version is [undefined]: %!w(). Response: {"statusCode":422,"error":"Unprocessable Entity","message":"Document "d6ef8f20-70a9-11eb-a3e3-b3cc7c78a70f" has property "tag" which belongs to a more recent version of Kibana [8.0.0]. The last known version is [undefined]"}

 ![Kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/a/9acccb693bdfb3f4068e67225ab562064b8fb7c1.png)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015/2 "2022-10-07T04:29:33Z")

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Which version of Filebeat, Elasticsearch and Kibana are you using?

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**Author:** ![Joao\_Malebo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao_malebo/32/111764_2.png) [@Joao\_Malebo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joao_Malebo)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015/3 "2022-10-07T08:45:56Z")

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Elasticsearch  
"version" : {  
"number" : "8.3.2",

Kibana = Version 7.17.5

filebeat version 8.4.3

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015/4 "2022-10-07T08:49:36Z")

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> [@Joao\_Malebo](#):
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> Elasticsearch  
> "version" : {  
> "number" : "8.3.2",
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> Kibana = Version 7.17.5

You need to use the same version of Kibana as Elasticsearch. I would recommend upgrading all components to the latest version.

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**Author:** ![Joao\_Malebo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao_malebo/32/111764_2.png) [@Joao\_Malebo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joao_Malebo)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015/5 "2022-10-07T09:02:05Z")

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Can you share a tutorial or a guide for me to follow with component updates?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015/6 "2022-10-07T09:52:50Z")

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Have you looked at [the available documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/current/index.html)?

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015/7 "2022-11-04T09:53:12Z")

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**Author:** ![TomonoriSoejima](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomonorisoejima/32/33182_2.png) [@TomonoriSoejima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TomonoriSoejima)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-kibana-dashboards-fail-to-import-the-dashboards-in-kibana/316015/8 "2023-02-15T04:16:07Z")

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I filed this issue [Error importing directory when importing dashboard · Issue #34582 · elastic/beats · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/34582#issuecomment-1430732968)
