[[dashboard-import-api]]
== Dashboard import and export APIs

Import and export dashboards with the corresponding saved objects, such as visualizations, saved
searches, and index patterns.

WARNING: Do not write documents directly to the `.kibana` index. When you write directly
to the `.kibana` index, the data becomes corrupted and permanently breaks future {kib} versions.

* <<dashboard-import-api-import, Import dashboard API>>
* <<dashboard-api-export, Export dashboard API>>

include::dashboard-import/import.asciidoc[]
include::dashboard-import/export.asciidoc[]
