# How to use a dashboard with a different index pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-a-dashboard-with-a-different-index-pattern/200434>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 20, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-a-dashboard-with-a-different-index-pattern/200434 "2019-09-20T13:49:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-a-dashboard-with-a-different-index-pattern/200434/9 "2019-09-20T19:00:55Z")

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> [@Export/Import Dashboards and Associated visualization's](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-import-dashboards-and-associated-visualizations/139351/7):
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> Hey @azasypkin I was successfully able to export all the dashboards, index and Visualization's in a JSON format but i am unable to import the same thing in the kibana. It shows me a " Saved Objects : Saved objects file format is invalid and cannot be imported" error. Any idea about this issue? Thanks for your time.

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