# Import/Export dashboards in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-export-dashboards-in-kibana/208017>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-export-dashboards-in-kibana/208017 "2019-11-15T08:31:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Aravinda\_Kolla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@Aravinda\_Kolla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aravinda_Kolla)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-export-dashboards-in-kibana/208017/1 "2019-11-15T08:31:18Z")

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In Kibana, if a dashboard is exported using the REST API and imported using UI, the following error occurs

```auto
Saved objects file format is invalid and cannot be imported. 

```

The export.json file exported using REST API consists of version information. The version information about the index-patterns is to be removed for successful importing using REST API.

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-export-dashboards-in-kibana/208017/2 "2019-11-18T20:46:55Z")

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Hello,

Can you upload an example of the exported dashboard so that we can take a look at it?

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**Author:** ![Aravinda\_Kolla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@Aravinda\_Kolla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aravinda_Kolla)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-export-dashboards-in-kibana/208017/4 "2019-11-19T05:15:00Z")

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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:** [December 17, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-export-dashboards-in-kibana/208017/5 "2019-12-17T05:15:02Z")

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