# Json dashboard display from kibana-3 to 5.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [March 20, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228 "2017-03-20T10:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rahul\_surya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@rahul\_surya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahul_surya)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/1 "2017-03-20T10:07:30Z")
I am currently using one json dashboard for kibana-3.0 now i migrated to kibana-5.2.2 and json file for display in kibana-3.0 is placed in /var/www/html/app/dashboards/.json file and it working dashboard now when i try import to kibana 5.2 it not even loading that dashboard file and not even showing error? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/2 "2017-03-20T21:19:09Z")
The dashboards between 3 and 4/5 are not compatible, you need to rebuild them. ---
**Author:** ![rahul\_surya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@rahul\_surya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahul_surya)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/3 "2017-03-21T05:34:58Z")
does kibana-5.2 save the dashboard in which extension? .json only ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/4 "2017-03-21T05:39:29Z")
It saves them to ES, but you can export to json. ---
**Author:** ![rahul\_surya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@rahul\_surya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahul_surya)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/5 "2017-03-21T05:43:47Z")
yeah when i save the dashbioard in kibana 3.0 it is saving in ES right ,but how to get that es file means path of es,i tried in searching that saved dashboard once but didnt found that... ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/6 "2017-03-21T05:47:12Z")
Sorry, I am not understanding what you are asking. ---
**Author:** ![rahul\_surya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@rahul\_surya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahul_surya)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/7 "2017-03-21T06:25:48Z")
means how to export ES and where it will be located. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/8 "2017-03-21T08:24:04Z")
If you export then it will ask you where to save it. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html) ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/9 "2017-03-21T20:42:26Z")
Dashboards built in Kibana 3 can not be loaded or used in Kibana 4/5. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-dashboard-display-from-kibana-3-to-5-2/79228/10 "2017-04-18T20:42:41Z")
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