When Grafana starts, it will update/insert all dashboards available in the configured path. Then later on poll that path every **updateIntervalSeconds** and look for updated json files and update/insert those into the database.
> **Note:** Dashboards are provisioned to the General folder if the `folder` option is missing or empty.
> **Note:** Dashboards are provisioned to the root level if the `folder` option is missing or empty.
#### Making changes to a provisioned dashboard
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{{% /admonition %}}
{{% admonition type="note" %}}
To provision dashboards to the General folder, store them in the root of your `path`.
To provision dashboards to the root level, store them in the root of your `path`.
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`POST /api/dashboards/db`
Creates a new dashboard or updates an existing dashboard. When updating existing dashboards, if you do not define the `folderId` or the `folderUid` property, then the dashboard(s) are moved to the General folder. (You need to define only one property, not both).
Creates a new dashboard or updates an existing dashboard. When updating existing dashboards, if you do not define the `folderId` or the `folderUid` property, then the dashboard(s) are moved to the root level. (You need to define only one property, not both).
"description":"Folders are identified by the identifier (id) and the unique identifier (uid).\nThe identifier (id) of a folder is an auto-incrementing numeric value and is only unique per Grafana install.\nThe unique identifier (uid) of a folder can be used for uniquely identify folders between multiple Grafana installs. It’s automatically generated if not provided when creating a folder. The uid allows having consistent URLs for accessing folders and when syncing folders between multiple Grafana installs. This means that changing the title of a folder will not break any bookmarked links to that folder.\nThe uid can have a maximum length of 40 characters.\n\nThe General folder (id=0) is special and is not part of the Folder API which means that you cannot use this API for retrieving information about the General folder."
"description":"Folders are identified by the identifier (id) and the unique identifier (uid).\nThe identifier (id) of a folder is an auto-incrementing numeric value and is only unique per Grafana install.\nThe unique identifier (uid) of a folder can be used for uniquely identify folders between multiple Grafana installs. It’s automatically generated if not provided when creating a folder. The uid allows having consistent URLs for accessing folders and when syncing folders between multiple Grafana installs. This means that changing the title of a folder will not break any bookmarked links to that folder.\nThe uid can have a maximum length of 40 characters."
"description":"Folders are identified by the identifier (id) and the unique identifier (uid).\nThe identifier (id) of a folder is an auto-incrementing numeric value and is only unique per Grafana install.\nThe unique identifier (uid) of a folder can be used for uniquely identify folders between multiple Grafana installs. It’s automatically generated if not provided when creating a folder. The uid allows having consistent URLs for accessing folders and when syncing folders between multiple Grafana installs. This means that changing the title of a folder will not break any bookmarked links to that folder.\nThe uid can have a maximum length of 40 characters.\n\nThe General folder (id=0) is special and is not part of the Folder API which means that you cannot use this API for retrieving information about the General folder.",
"description":"Folders are identified by the identifier (id) and the unique identifier (uid).\nThe identifier (id) of a folder is an auto-incrementing numeric value and is only unique per Grafana install.\nThe unique identifier (uid) of a folder can be used for uniquely identify folders between multiple Grafana installs. It’s automatically generated if not provided when creating a folder. The uid allows having consistent URLs for accessing folders and when syncing folders between multiple Grafana installs. This means that changing the title of a folder will not break any bookmarked links to that folder.\nThe uid can have a maximum length of 40 characters.",
"description":"Folders are identified by the identifier (id) and the unique identifier (uid).\nThe identifier (id) of a folder is an auto-incrementing numeric value and is only unique per Grafana install.\nThe unique identifier (uid) of a folder can be used for uniquely identify folders between multiple Grafana installs. It’s automatically generated if not provided when creating a folder. The uid allows having consistent URLs for accessing folders and when syncing folders between multiple Grafana installs. This means that changing the title of a folder will not break any bookmarked links to that folder.\nThe uid can have a maximum length of 40 characters.\n\nThe General folder (id=0) is special and is not part of the Folder API which means that you cannot use this API for retrieving information about the General folder.",
"description":"Folders are identified by the identifier (id) and the unique identifier (uid).\nThe identifier (id) of a folder is an auto-incrementing numeric value and is only unique per Grafana install.\nThe unique identifier (uid) of a folder can be used for uniquely identify folders between multiple Grafana installs. It’s automatically generated if not provided when creating a folder. The uid allows having consistent URLs for accessing folders and when syncing folders between multiple Grafana installs. This means that changing the title of a folder will not break any bookmarked links to that folder.\nThe uid can have a maximum length of 40 characters.",
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