# Importing a Grafana Dashboard

## What

There's no need to build a grafana dashboard from scratch if you can "borrow" one from a friend. This article explains how to import a grafana dashboard from another system.

## When/Why

We'll want to import a dashboard whenever someone else has done the work for us, and we'd like to have a dashboard the easy way.

## How

The steps are actually quite simple...from FileWave Anywhere, Go To Dashboard:

[![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/7U0eGrzSpi0Jmlgs-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/7U0eGrzSpi0Jmlgs-image.png)

Within the dashboard, go to Home> Dashboards:

[![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/2yHBAIRsApXzlzck-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/2yHBAIRsApXzlzck-image.png)

Then to New, Import:

[![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/MGjcXor6bqGhspLl-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/MGjcXor6bqGhspLl-image.png)

And then either import the JSON file or copy and paste the JSON content:

[![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/veBpmH22gsCHfJjw-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/veBpmH22gsCHfJjw-image.png)

Now just set a name and a destination (note: every dashboard must have a unique UID):

[![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/31WNY4JIq8Asa1oa-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/31WNY4JIq8Asa1oa-image.png)

And that is it, our new dashboard is imported:

[![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/8sZ58LO46QvaAbcE-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/8sZ58LO46QvaAbcE-image.png)

## Related Content

- [Content Packs](https://kb.filewave.com/books/content-packs "Content Packs")
- [Dashboard (Grafana)](https://kb.filewave.com/books/dashboard-grafana "Dashboard (Grafana)")