# How correctly install import\_dashboards from local file?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-correctly-install-import-dashboards-from-local-file/80321>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 28, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-correctly-install-import-dashboards-from-local-file/80321 "2017-03-28T16:03:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-correctly-install-import-dashboards-from-local-file/80321/1 "2017-03-28T16:03:04Z")

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Dear all,

How correctly install import\_dashboards from local file?

My kibana doesn't show my filebeat index without it.

Quick response will be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-correctly-install-import-dashboards-from-local-file/80321/2 "2017-03-28T18:49:15Z")

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It's not entirely clear what you're asking, but it may be that you have a dashboard that depends on a Filebeat index pattern, and you want to export everything and re-import it on a fresh instance of Kibana. Note there is a long-standing bug that when you export all your saved objects, index patterns are not included in the export: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4288](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4288)

So to do this, you would need to first export all your saved objects from Management ("Export Everything" button from the Management -\> Saved Objects page). Then in a fresh instance of Kibana, **manually re-create the filebeat index pattern** , then re-import the saved objects using the "Import" button on Management -\> Saved Objects.

Hope that helps,  
-Tim

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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-correctly-install-import-dashboards-from-local-file/80321/3 "2017-03-29T06:29:08Z")

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Thanks for response, Tim!

I just would like to install filebeat import\_dashboards and don't know necessary options and its behavoir. 🙂

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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:** [April 26, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-correctly-install-import-dashboards-from-local-file/80321/4 "2017-04-26T06:29:28Z")

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