# Load only some metricbeat dashboards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-only-some-metricbeat-dashboards/152899>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [October 17, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-only-some-metricbeat-dashboards/152899 "2018-10-17T18:43:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-only-some-metricbeat-dashboards/152899/3 "2018-10-17T20:20:15Z")

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Thanks Mario,

Do you know the format of the zip file?  
Or is it just and json file that is stored in the zip file

When I try a zip with just one json file I get an error

> ```
> metricbeat setup -E "setup.kibana.host=http://localhost:5601" -E "setup.dashboards.file=dashboards.zip" 
> Loaded index template
> Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)
> Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing URL/file: Too many directories under /tmp/tmp295270073
> 
> ```

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