# Import only beats relevant dashoard from the whole default dashboards **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 3, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-only-beats-relevant-dashoard-from-the-whole-default-dashboards/243526 "2020-08-03T09:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StefanoM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@StefanoM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/StefanoM)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-only-beats-relevant-dashoard-from-the-whole-default-dashboards/243526/1 "2020-08-03T09:01:02Z")
Hi there, is there some best practice or a trick for this: as everyone knowsthe default dashboards are quite many. How / What can I do it if I only want to import the default stuff (dashboards, templates and so on) for metricbeat? Any ideas? Many thanks and kind regards Stefano ---
**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-only-beats-relevant-dashoard-from-the-whole-default-dashboards/243526/2 "2020-08-03T21:05:23Z")
Hi Stefano. There is an [existing feature request](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/5538) for this capability. Can you please add a comment there expressing your need? It will help us prioritize this issue in our roadmap. ---
**Author:** ![smm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@smm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-only-beats-relevant-dashoard-from-the-whole-default-dashboards/243526/3 "2020-08-04T05:25:35Z")
Good morning Nick, really? That is great news! We at Metronom (gold subscription) have this issue since a few years on the table. Sample dashboards are a good idea and it makes sense to offer them. But: if you just want to show a few of them (either: e.g. only metricbeats or: specific ones of one type) then it makes no sense to do it as it is done right now. 1. Beats / dashboards / related objects get more and more from version (minor / major) to version. 2. you have dead stuff in your system that noone needs - this goes against my / our housekeeping policy 3. visibility for our customers is a nitghtmare. Keep in mind: there can be already quite some dashboards / objects made by internal customers as well The wish is just to pick that objects /dashboards I or the internal customer need. You could do it by offering a list with checkboxes. But of course you could also still say: I want them all. These are my two cents on the topic. Feel free to discuss it. By the way is there a trick right now? E.g. unpacking the metricbeat package and deleting in specific directories all the objects I do not need and therefore only installing what I need? Kind regards Stefano ---
**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-only-beats-relevant-dashoard-from-the-whole-default-dashboards/243526/4 "2020-08-04T06:08:48Z")
Hi Stefano, Sorry I wasn’t very clear. It would be best to add your case to the GitHub issue I linked. At this time there is no workaround for selecting specific dashboards. ---
**Author:** ![smm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@smm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-only-beats-relevant-dashoard-from-the-whole-default-dashboards/243526/5 "2020-08-04T06:13:51Z")
Sure, I will do it. kind regrds Stefano ---
**Author:** ![smm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@smm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-only-beats-relevant-dashoard-from-the-whole-default-dashboards/243526/6 "2020-08-04T11:46:02Z")
Hmm, but what about this trick: [Load only some metricbeat dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-only-some-metricbeat-dashboards/152899/3) Did someone try something like this? kind regards ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-only-beats-relevant-dashoard-from-the-whole-default-dashboards/243526/7 "2020-09-01T11:46:04Z")
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