Resolve saved objects

deprecated

Server: https://{kibana_url}

POST /api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve
POST /s/{space_id}/api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve

Refer to Spaces for more information.

WARNING: This API is deprecated. This is a legacy Saved Objects API and may be removed in a future version of Kibana.

Retrieve multiple Kibana saved objects by ID, using any legacy URL aliases if they exist.

Under certain circumstances, when Kibana is upgraded, saved object migrations may necessitate regenerating some object IDs to enable new features. When an object's ID is regenerated, a legacy URL alias is created for that object, preserving its old ID. In such a scenario, that object can be retrieved with the bulk resolve API using either its new ID or its old ID.

Request

Type: [] object · max: 10000

Responses

200

A bulk resolve response.

application/json

400

A bad request.

application/json

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn://api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve
[{"type":"dashboard","id":"example-dashboard-1"},{"type":"dashboard","id":"legacy-id"}]

curl Shell

curl \
  -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"type":"dashboard","id":"example-dashboard-1"},{"type":"dashboard","id":"legacy-id"}]'

Response

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "Unsupported saved object type(s): unknownType",
  "statusCode": 400
}

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn:/api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve
[
  {
    "id": "example-dashboard-1",
    "type": "dashboard"
  },
  {
    "id": "legacy-id",
    "type": "dashboard"
  }
]

curl Shell

curl \
  -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[
  {
    "id": "example-dashboard-1",
    "type": "dashboard"
  },
  {
    "id": "legacy-id",
    "type": "dashboard"
  }
]'

Response

{
  "resolved_objects": [
    {
      "outcome": "exactMatch",
      "saved_object": {
        "attributes": {
          "title": "Example dashboard 1"
        },
        "id": "example-dashboard-1",
        "managed": false,
        "namespaces": [
          "default"
        ],
        "references": [],
        "type": "dashboard",
        "updated_at": "2026-04-17T12:00:00.000Z",
        "version": "WzEsMV0="
      }
    },
    {
      "alias_target_id": "example-dashboard-2",
      "outcome": "aliasMatch",
      "saved_object": {
        "attributes": {
          "title": "Example dashboard 2"
        },
        "id": "example-dashboard-2",
        "managed": false,
        "namespaces": [
          "default"
        ],
        "references": [],
        "type": "dashboard",
        "updated_at": "2026-04-17T12:00:00.000Z",
        "version": "WzEsMl0="
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "Unsupported saved object type(s): unknownType",
  "statusCode": 400
}