[[dashboard-api]]
== Import and export dashboard APIs

deprecated::[7.15.0,Both of these APIs have been deprecated in favor of <<saved-objects-api-import>> and <<saved-objects-api-export>>.]

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.

The following import and export dashboard APIs are available:

* <<dashboard-import-api, Import dashboard API>> to import dashboards and corresponding saved objects

* <<dashboard-api-export, Export dashboard API>> to export dashboards and corresponding saved objects

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