Card #3340 · Grafana
Dashboard export JSON is incompatible with import and provisioning
Merchants are struggling with dashboard exports that cannot be imported or used for provisioning without manual JSON editing. The exported files often lack required fields like the UID or contain wrapper objects and metadata that cause import failures.
Pain score
0.23/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach1.00distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.63upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 4 verified quotes
The resulting JSON is missing the top-level uid field which is required for the flow to work.
What I export to a file can not be imported to the system?
When using an exported dashboard with the new 5.0 provisioning feature, the datasource is not added, and there is an error.
I’m also forced to replace all datasource occurrences with null , therefore the process is very manual.
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