# Import Dashboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 10, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard/49668 "2016-05-10T14:22:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Christian16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Christian16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian16)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard/49668/1 "2016-05-10T14:22:41Z")
Hello, I'm trying to import a Dashboard. But some visualization won't be import : `Saved Objects: Could not locate that index-pattern-field` Is this mandatory to have the index-pattern-field present in the index ? It's very annoying ... Sincerely, Chris. ---
**Author:** ![BigFunger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigfunger/32/7323_2.png) [@BigFunger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BigFunger)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard/49668/2 "2016-05-10T16:37:44Z")
@Christian16 Has the mapping of the indexed documents changed from what it was when the visualizations/dashboard we exported? Can you include the json of the visualization that you're trying to import? ---
**Author:** ![Christian16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Christian16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian16)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard/49668/3 "2016-05-10T20:41:56Z")
The mapping of the indexed documents is almost empty. I was thinking about the fact that if the mapping is empty it still will work. Is there a way to export/import the mapping or something like that 😃 ? ---
**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, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboard/49668/4 "2017-07-06T13:53:42Z")