# Import dashboard from json file to version 4.3

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard-from-json-file-to-version-4-3/36847>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 10, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard-from-json-file-to-version-4-3/36847 "2015-12-10T09:13:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ssi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ssi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssi)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard-from-json-file-to-version-4-3/36847/1 "2015-12-10T09:13:25Z")

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hey

is it even possible to import at json file in 4.3 im trying to import this file

> <https://gist.github.com/elijahpaul/4b9cd98715c0ba2a75de>

can it even be done?

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**Author:** ![tbragin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbragin/32/45166_2.png) [@tbragin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbragin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard-from-json-file-to-version-4-3/36847/2 "2015-12-10T13:43:04Z")

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This appears to he JSON from Kibana 3. That is not importable into Kibana 4. Kibana 4 has it's own saved object format you can export and re-import.

To recreate Kibana 3 dashboards in Kibana 4, you have to do so manually. We have a couple of tutorials on our blog that should help with that transition: [https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-4-video-tutorials-part-1](https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-4-video-tutorials-part-1)

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard-from-json-file-to-version-4-3/36847/3 "2017-07-06T14:06:49Z")

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