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Edit a dashboard

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Edit a dashboard

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  1. Open the Dashboards page in Kibana.

  2. Locate the dashboard you want to edit.

    When looking for a specific dashboard, you can filter them by tag or by creator, or search the list based on their name and description. Note that the creator information is only available for dashboards created on or after version 8.14.

  3. Click the dashboard Title you want to open.

  4. Make sure that you are in Edit mode to be able to make changes to the dashboard. You can switch between Edit and View modes from the toolbar.

    Switch between Edit and View modes

  5. Make the changes that you need to the dashboard:

  6. Save the dashboard. You automatically switch to View mode upon saving.

Managed dashboards can’t be edited directly, but you can duplicate them and edit these duplicates.

Reset dashboard changes

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When editing a dashboard, you can revert any changes you’ve made since the last save using Reset dashboards.

Once changes are saved, you can no longer revert them in one click, and instead have to edit the dashboard manually.

  1. In the toolbar, click Reset.

  2. On the Reset dashboard? window, click Reset dashboard.

    Reset dashboard to revert unsaved changes
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