# Kibana migration/versioning tool **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-migration-versioning-tool/174708 "2019-04-01T05:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![isharamet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/848f3c/32.png) [@isharamet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/isharamet)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-migration-versioning-tool/174708/1 "2019-04-01T05:43:41Z")
Hello, I believe I'm facing the same problem some of you already faced before: how to migrate/deploy/version several dashboards/visualizations alongside with all dependencies (index patterns, saved searches, etc.) from one Kibana/ES environment to another. Unfortunately I was unable to find any tools for doing such task, and for now we're just moving the whole `.kibana` index. But what I want is to move only part of the stuff we have in source env to destination one. So, I'm wondering if there is a tool for that? Of course it's not hard to create such tool by yourself, but it's better to know that you're not doing work, which is already done. Thanks, Ivan ---
**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:** [April 1, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-migration-versioning-tool/174708/2 "2019-04-01T15:51:49Z")
Hi Ivan. You may want to try the [Saved Objects exporter and importer](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html#managing-saved-objects-export-objects) in Kibana. You can choose which objects you want to export to the new environment. ---
**Author:** ![isharamet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/848f3c/32.png) [@isharamet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/isharamet)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-migration-versioning-tool/174708/3 "2019-04-02T06:47:07Z")
Hi Nick, Thank you for reply, I tried it, but unfortunately it doesn't help you with exporting all object dependencies. For example, if you want to export some complex dashboard with 20+ visualizations, you need to manually export all of them + other related objects (like saved searches or index patterns). It's quite error prone, so I think I'll create a tool which will help me export object with all it's dependencies. Ivan ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-migration-versioning-tool/174708/4 "2019-04-02T22:55:59Z")
Hi Ivan, I understand now. Thank you for clarifying. We are tracking this feature request here. [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/27306](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/27306) ---
**Author:** ![isharamet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/848f3c/32.png) [@isharamet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/isharamet)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-migration-versioning-tool/174708/5 "2019-04-08T16:01:18Z")
If anyone interested, I built simple tool for exporting/importing all or selected objects with dependencies. It's just a prototype, but anyways: > **[isharamet/kibana-migration-tool](https://github.com/isharamet/kibana-migration-tool)** > > Simple Kibana export/import/migration tool. Contribute to isharamet/kibana-migration-tool development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-migration-versioning-tool/174708/6 "2019-05-06T16:01:20Z")
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