Sharing dashboards

Share your dashboards with team members and stakeholders using shareable links, embeds, or file exports. Kibana provides multiple sharing options to fit different collaboration needs, from quick URL sharing to exporting complete dashboard configurations for migration between environments. To share a dashboard with a larger audience, click Share in the toolbar.

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You can share your dashboard with one of the following permissions:

• Can edit: Everybody in the space can edit, delete, and fully manage the dashboard.
• Can view: Everybody in the space can view the dashboard, but cannot edit or delete it. They can duplicate it. This read-only setting can be changed at any time by the dashboard owner or a Kibana administrator.

The dashboard owner cannot be changed and is not visible from the UI. If a dashboard created by user A is exported and then re-imported by user B in the same space (overwriting the existing dashboard), the creator changes to user B, while user A remains the owner.

For detailed information about the sharing options and time ranges, refer to Reporting and sharing.

Export dashboards as NDJSON files to migrate them to other Kibana instances, back them up, or share them with other teams. You can export dashboards from Stack Management > Saved Objects. To configure and start the export:

1. Select the dashboard that you want, then click Export.
2. Enable Include related objects if you want that objects associated to the selected dashboard, such as data views and visualizations, also get exported. This option is enabled by default and recommended if you plan to import that dashboard again in a different space or cluster.
3. Select Export.

To automate Kibana, you can export dashboards as NDJSON using the Export saved objects API. It is important to export dashboards with all necessary references.