# Import dashboards and visualizations with ElasticDump
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboards-and-visualizations-with-elasticdump/137307
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboards-and-visualizations-with-elasticdump/137307 "2018-06-25T18:08:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@guilhermesteinmuller](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilhermesteinmuller)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboards-and-visualizations-with-elasticdump/137307/1 "2018-06-25T18:08:48Z")
Hello! I'm trying to import via elasticdump some json files that I manually exported via kibana web interface. But seems that the import is not working.
Here's the output of the command:
root@csc-elk-elastic-logstash-container-472da4f8:~# /opt/elasticdump/node\_modules/elasticdump/bin/elasticdump --input=test.json --output=http://10.11.25.147:9200/.kibana --type=data
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:08:13 GMT | starting dump
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:08:13 GMT | got 1 objects from source file (offset: 0)
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:08:14 GMT | sent 1 objects to destination elasticsearch, wrote 0
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:08:14 GMT | got 0 objects from source file (offset: 1)
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:08:14 GMT | Total Writes: 0
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:08:14 GMT | dump complete
The main question is: is that possible to import dashboards and visualizations throught elasticdump?
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### Author:  [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboards-and-visualizations-with-elasticdump/137307/2 "2018-06-25T23:12:22Z")
The response from Kibana's saved object API's are not compatible with ElasticDump.
It is best to use Kibana's saved object APIs for importing and exporting. Documentation can be found at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.3/saved-objects-api.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.3/saved-objects-api.html).
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### Author:  [@guilhermesteinmuller](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilhermesteinmuller)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboards-and-visualizations-with-elasticdump/137307/3 "2018-06-25T23:44:34Z")
Thanks @Nathan_Reese! I really appreciate your help.
Just to document, I did some workaround: I created the objects manually via web interface and then, I dumped the .kibana index. With the .kibana index json file, I got the right json format that is compatible with ElasticDump and it worked!
I know that the link that you provided tells that it is not safe, but I will be aware of the changes in future versions. I will also try to do to it like the documentation says to have a alternative just in case.
Thanks once again
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-dashboards-and-visualizations-with-elasticdump/137307/4 "2018-07-23T23:44:44Z")
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