# Import Saved Object API Issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-saved-object-api-issue/273695>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-saved-object-api-issue/273695 "2021-05-21T19:52:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Rini\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rini_singh/32/86215_2.png) [@Rini\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rini_Singh)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-saved-object-api-issue/273695/1 "2021-05-21T19:52:48Z")

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I am trying to use API - curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved\_objects/\_import?createNewCopies=true -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true'  
But i am getting error {"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"[request query.createNewCopies]: definition for this key is missing"}. I am using kibana version 7.7.

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-saved-object-api-issue/273695/2 "2021-05-21T20:34:24Z")

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Unfortunately the `createNewCopies` flag wasn't added until 7.10 - [Import objects API | Kibana Guide [7.7] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.7/saved-objects-api-import.html) has a list of the available query parameters for 7.7.

Is using that parameter a requirement for you?

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**Author:** ![Rini\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rini_singh/32/86215_2.png) [@Rini\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rini_Singh)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-saved-object-api-issue/273695/3 "2021-05-24T04:22:41Z")

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I am importing 4 dashboards and they are using multiple indices but in one of dashboard's visualisations one particular index getting overwrite by other index. so ' i thought that using createNewCopies option same issue will get resolved.

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-saved-object-api-issue/273695/4 "2021-05-24T14:18:56Z")

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Hmm - the most straight forward option is to upgrade to 7.12, but I understand that's not always an option.

If upgrading isn't an option, it may be worth looking into modifying the export.

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**Author:** ![Rini\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rini_singh/32/86215_2.png) [@Rini\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rini_Singh)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-saved-object-api-issue/273695/5 "2021-05-24T14:31:15Z")

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Issue got resolved by tweaking object ids of exported objects.

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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:** [June 21, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-saved-object-api-issue/273695/6 "2021-06-21T14:31:47Z")

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