# Issue with reusing dashboard on another index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-reusing-dashboard-on-another-index/231289>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 6, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-reusing-dashboard-on-another-index/231289 "2020-05-06T08:00:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-reusing-dashboard-on-another-index/231289/3 "2020-05-07T07:29:57Z")

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Hello Joe,

Im trying to use saved objects api via the dashboard file i got it from export saved object, however, it is throwing me 400 bad request

```auto
xyz@x:~/6may$ curl -v POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_bulk_create" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -d @dashboard.json

{"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"\"value\" must be an array","validation":{"source":"payload","keys":["value"]}}

```

Here is my dashboard file which is in json format.

[Kibana Dashboard - github](https://gist.github.com/manojkrishnak/6f3b38f1d0b72d2aad6b29eae00dfa27)

Is the format in which im sending data needs change?

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