# Dashboard Templates Import/Export

Some [↗ Apps](/collection/mandatory-base/platform-core/connect-hub/edge-app-marketplace-for-plug-ins-and-extentions/apps.md) provide so-called *Dashboard Templates*.

*Dashboard Templates* are pre-built dashboards that are specifically tailored for using the corresponding app.

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Apps can provide one or more *Dashboard Templates*.
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Follow these steps to create a dashboard template:

1. Make sure you are in the **Dashboards \[A]** menu
2. Click on **Copy to user \[B]**
3. Click on **Apps \[D]**
4. In **\[D]**, select the app whose dashboard template you want to use.
5. In **\[E]**, select the dashboard template you want to use.
6. In **\[F]**, select one or more users to whom you want to copy this dashboard.
7. Click on **Copy dashboards \[G]**

   ▷ The *Dashboard Template* appears in the [↗ Dashboard list](/collection/platform/live-cockpit/organize-dashboards.md) of the selected users.

## Export Dashboard as JSON

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You can export a dashboard in JSON format to reuse it later or import it into another tenant.

Here's how:

1. Open the desired dashboard.
2. Click on the *More Options* menu \[A].
3. Select **Export to JSON** \[B].

   ▷ A `.json` file is automatically downloaded. This file contains the complete configuration of the dashboard.

With this file, the dashboard can be imported later or transferred between systems.

## Import Dashboard from JSON

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You can import a dashboard created or exported externally as a `.json` file.

Here's how:

1. Open the *Dashboards* menu.
2. Click on **Import** \[C].
3. Select the desired `.json` file from your system.
4. Click **Import** again.

   ▷ The dashboard now appears in your list and can be edited as usual.


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