# Importing a Dashboard onto a Space **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [October 16, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402 "2020-10-16T23:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@teej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teej)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402/1 "2020-10-16T23:45:01Z")
I have created spaces for various users but now I want to have them see existing dashboards on their respective spaces when they log in. The problem I am having is that while the spaces are letting me create a dashboard, I cannot find how to instill an already existing dashboard to each dashboard. Thank you for any guidance. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402/2 "2020-10-17T00:50:07Z")
Hi @teej There is a couple ways to accomplish this via import export or directly copying from one space to another. Pretty good description [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html) if you're on an older version the direct copy may not be there so you just may need to export and import ---
**Author:** ![teej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@teej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teej)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402/3 "2020-10-19T13:50:46Z")
Thanks Stephen, That worked to some extent but when I click on the copied dashboard, I get: > Unable to update UI setting > Request failed with status code: 403 And: > Saved object is missing > Could not locate that dashboard (id: ec20a2d0-4f41-11ea-b6be-2547e818bb23e) So the copy breaks the connection to the data? ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402/4 "2020-10-19T15:01:16Z")
What Version are you on? Also 403 indicates a permission issues, do you have the right permission where you are exporting / importing to? Did you set up any RBAC on the users, spaces etc.? Looks like perhaps your new / destination space may not have the right permissions. Also are you making sure you select the "Include related objects" as well? ---
**Author:** ![teej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@teej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teej)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402/5 "2020-10-19T17:06:08Z")
Thank you Stephen. That clue was helpful. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402/6 "2020-10-19T17:17:13Z")
Cool! Which of the clues? We are always interested plus it might help someone else out. ---
**Author:** ![teej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@teej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teej)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402/7 "2020-10-19T19:21:36Z")
Stephen, I'm glad you asked or else I would have misled others a bit. I double checked so i could provide you a more definitive answer and what I realized was that it wasn't actually permissions but I was apparently missing other objects that were being pointed to but not copied over. Once I copied the additional objects, the errors went away and the pages came up. Thanks for making me clarify that. It's a great community here and I want to make sure I can help keep the content as accurate as possible for others to benefit from. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-a-dashboard-onto-a-space/252402/8 "2020-11-16T19:21:53Z")
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