* Added 2 image links.
* Fixed a typo
* Fixed one more typo
* Added images to the "Share a panel" and "Share a dashboard" topics.
* Updated title of the section on panel embed.
* Update docs/sources/sharing/share-dashboard.md
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* Fixed numbering.
Co-authored-by: Diana Payton <52059945+oddlittlebird@users.noreply.github.com>
The Link tab has the current time range, template variables and theme selected by default. You can optionally select a shortened URL to share.
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1. Click **Copy**. This copies the default or the shortened URL to the clipboard.
1. Send the copied URL to a Grafana user with authorization to view the link.
## Publish snapshots
## Publish a snapshot
A dashboard snapshot shares an interactive dashboard publicly. Grafana strips sensitive data like queries
(metric, template and annotation) and panel links, leaving only the visible metric data and series names embedded into your dashboard. Dashboard snapshots can be accessed by anyone with the link.
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You can publish snapshots to your local instance or to [snapshot.raintank.io](http://snapshot.raintank.io). The latter is a free service
provided by Grafana Labs that allows you to publish dashboard snapshots to an external Grafana instance. The same rules still apply: anyone with the link can view it. You can set an expiration time if you want the snapshot removed after a certain time period.
In case you created a snapshot by mistake, click **delete snapshot** to remove the snapshot from your Grafana instance.
## Export dashboard
## Dashboard export
Grafana dashboards can easily be exported and imported. For more information, refer to [Export and import dashboards]({{< relref "../dashboards/export-import.md" >}}).
- **timeout:** number of seconds. The timeout can be increased if the query for the panel needs more than the default 30 seconds.
- **scale:** numeric value to configure device scale factor. Default is 1. Use a higher value to produce more detailed images (higher DPI). Supported in Grafana v7.0+.
## Publish snapshots
## Publish snapshot
A panel snapshot shares an interactive panel publicly. Grafana strips sensitive data leaving only the visible metric data and series names embedded into your dashboard. Panel snapshots can be accessed by anyone with the link.
You can publish snapshots to your local instance or to [snapshot.raintank.io](http://snapshot.raintank.io). The latter is a free service provided by [Raintank](http://raintank.io), that allows you to publish dashboard snapshots to an external Grafana instance. You can optionally set an expiration time if you want the snapshot to be removed after a certain time period.
1. In the Share Panel dialog, click **Snapshot** to open the tab.
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You can embed a panel using an iframe on another web site. Unless anonymous access permission is enabled, the viewer must be signed into Grafana to view the graph.