# How to export ES index associated to Kibana Dashboard and/or Canvas?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-es-index-associated-to-kibana-dashboard-and-or-canvas/358631>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-es-index-associated-to-kibana-dashboard-and-or-canvas/358631 "2024-05-02T10:35:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![caarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@caarmen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/caarmen)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-es-index-associated-to-kibana-dashboard-and-or-canvas/358631/1 "2024-05-02T10:35:39Z")

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Hi there,

Is there a way to export ES indexes while also exporting all saved objects from an instance of ES + Kibana?

I am using ES and Kibana 8.12.0.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-es-index-associated-to-kibana-dashboard-and-or-canvas/358631/2 "2024-05-02T19:27:47Z")

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Welcome!

If you meant the content of the indices, the data, the answer is no.  
It's another process, named snapshot and restore.