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which makes it possible to star them, use one as the home dashboard, set permissions and other features in Grafana that |
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expects the dashboards to exist in the database. More info in the [dashboard provisioning docs](/administration/provisioning/#dashboards) |
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# Dashboard model & API |
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# Dashboard model, new url structure & API changes |
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We are introducing a new identifier (`uid`) in the dashboard JSON model. The new identifier will be a 9-12 character long unique id. |
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We are also changing the route for getting dashboards to use this `uid` instead of the slug that the current route and API are using. |
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We will keep supporting the old route for backward compatibility. This will make it possible to change the title on dashboards without breaking links. |
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Sharing dashboards between instances becomes much easier since the uid is unique (unique enough). This might seem like a small change, |
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but we are incredibly excited about it since it will make it much easier to manage, collaborate and navigate between dashboards. |
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We are introducing a new unique identifier (`uid`) in the dashboard JSON model. It's automatically |
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generated if not provided when creating a dashboard and will have a length of 9-12 characters. |
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The unique identifier allows having consistent URL's for accessing dashboards and sharing them |
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between instances. The new routes and API's for accessing dashboards will use the `uid` instead |
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of the `slug`. We'll keep supporting the old routes for accessing dashboards for backward |
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compatibility, but please note that we'll deprecate the old slug-based routes in the future. |
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This means that changing the title of dashboards will not break any bookmarked links. |
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Sharing dashboards between instances becomes much easier since the `uid` is unique (unique enough). |
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This might seem like a small change, but we are incredibly excited about it since it will make it |
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much easier to manage, collaborate and navigate between dashboards. |
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