# Restore/load data directory into Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-load-data-directory-into-kibana/190193>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 12, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-load-data-directory-into-kibana/190193 "2019-07-12T09:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![GitsBdr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gitsbdr/32/58828_2.png) [@GitsBdr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GitsBdr)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-load-data-directory-into-kibana/190193/1 "2019-07-12T09:41:35Z")

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Hi all,  
I've got a shared "data" elasticsearch directory (nodes/0/indices/....)  
I was wondering how can I load the data saved inside into my Kibana instance ?  
Does it contain data+visualizations ?  
Thanks a lot in advance  
Guillaume

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**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-load-data-directory-into-kibana/190193/2 "2019-07-12T18:03:28Z")

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@GitsBdr

Kibana's saved state is stored in a system index called `.kibana`.

The best thing to do I think would be to use the import/export functionality. That will allow you to export and import all relevant Kibana artefacts, like index patterns, saved searches, visualizations, dashboards, etc... See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html#managing-saved-objects-export-objects](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html#managing-saved-objects-export-objects) for details.

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**Author:** ![GitsBdr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gitsbdr/32/58828_2.png) [@GitsBdr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GitsBdr)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-load-data-directory-into-kibana/190193/3 "2019-07-15T07:30:09Z")

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Hi @thomasneirynck and thanks for answering  
Sorry for the late reply I've been away from my emails for the weekend

Is this index .kibana stored somewhere in my dir "/data" ? I'm aware about this import/export functionality but I don't have the Kibana instance running anymore so the main idea here is how to "plug" this /data directory to a new Kibana instance if possible. Got a lot of data/vizu saved within

Thanks  
Guillaume

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-load-data-directory-into-kibana/190193/4 "2019-08-12T07:30:10Z")

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