# What is the best way to back up Kibana visualization and dashboard?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-back-up-kibana-visualization-and-dashboard/257693>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 4, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-back-up-kibana-visualization-and-dashboard/257693 "2020-12-04T19:30:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhagen92](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jhagen92/32/80458_2.png) [@jhagen92](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jhagen92)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-back-up-kibana-visualization-and-dashboard/257693/1 "2020-12-04T19:30:22Z")

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Hi,

I am curious what is the best way to back up Kibana dashboard and visualization. I know there is UI in Kibana where I can choose which saved object I can make back up (json). Is there way to do this using API? Export saved object in chunks not individually. And also, is this the best way to back up saved object for kibana? Just wondering if there is better way.

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-back-up-kibana-visualization-and-dashboard/257693/2 "2020-12-07T12:04:52Z")

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Have you checked the Saved Objects API and the bulk endpoint for retrieving several objects by ID and type?

> **[Bulk get objects API | Kibana Guide \[7.10\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/saved-objects-api-bulk-get.html)**

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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:** [January 4, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-back-up-kibana-visualization-and-dashboard/257693/3 "2021-01-04T12:05:11Z")

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