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title: Kibana dashboards
description: Dashboards are the best way to visualize and share insights from your Elasticsearch data. A dashboard is made of one or more panels that you can organize...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4232/explore-analyze/dashboards
products:
  - Kibana
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# Kibana dashboards
Dashboards are the best way to visualize and share insights from your Elasticsearch data.
A **dashboard** is made of one or more **panels** that you can organize as you like. Each panel can display various types of content: **visualizations** such as charts, tables, metrics, and maps, **static annotations** like text or images, or even **specialized views** for Machine Learning or Observability data.
![Example dashboard](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4232/explore-analyze/images/kibana-dashboard-overview.png)
At any time, you can [share a dashboard](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4232/explore-analyze/dashboards/sharing) you’ve created with your team, in Kibana or outside.
Some dashboards are created and managed by the system, and are identified as `managed` in your list of dashboards. This generally happens when you set up an integration to add data. You can’t edit managed dashboards directly, but you can [duplicate](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4232/explore-analyze/dashboards/duplicate-dashboards) them and edit these duplicates.