# Visualizations missing when export from old kibana system to new kibana system

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-missing-when-export-from-old-kibana-system-to-new-kibana-system/225786>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-missing-when-export-from-old-kibana-system-to-new-kibana-system/225786 "2020-03-31T05:16:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![vernal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b38774/32.png) [@vernal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vernal)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-missing-when-export-from-old-kibana-system-to-new-kibana-system/225786/1 "2020-03-31T05:16:18Z")

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I exported the dashboard and visualizations from old kibana system (version 6.3). And then I imported them to the new Kibana (version 7.6).

However, only a few of them are successfully imported. And many of them are missing.

Actually when I was importing the json file of the visualizations, I saw msg as below:  
`Support for JSON files is going away Use our updated export to generate NDJSON files, and you'll be all set.`

What is NDJSON? My old kibana does not have it. I can only export those visualizations as JSON files.

Is it the reason that my old visualizations are missing in the new kibana system?

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-missing-when-export-from-old-kibana-system-to-new-kibana-system/225786/2 "2020-03-31T15:51:48Z")

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> What is NDJSON?

NDJSON stands for "newline delimented JSON". This is a file format where each JSON object is stored on a newline. JSON stands for "JavaScript Object Notation".

Have you followed the upgrade steps from [Upgrade Kibana | Kibana Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/upgrade.html#upgrade-6x)?  
It is recommended that you upgrade to 6.8 first and then upgrade to 7.6.

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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:** [April 28, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-missing-when-export-from-old-kibana-system-to-new-kibana-system/225786/3 "2020-04-28T15:51:51Z")

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