Import and export Google Security Operations dashboards

You can share a dashboard file between instances or within an instance between different users. The dashboard can be shared without manually creating copies. With this functionality you can do the following:

Export a dashboard configuration
Import a dashboard exported through Google Security Operations

Export dashboards

You can export personal and shared dashboards. Default dashboards cannot be exported. The exported file includes the dashboard layout and the filter settings. The scheduled delivery settings are not exported.

Export dashboards from Google Security Operations

To export a dashboard from Google Security Operations, do the following:

Log in to your Google Security Operations instance.
In the navigation bar, click Dashboards.
From the list of personal or shared dashboards, click Menu next to the dashboard that you want to export.
Select Export from the list.

The Export dashboard dialog appears.
Click Export.

The YAML file is downloaded to the browser's Downloads directory.

Export dashboards from Looker

To export a dashboard from Looker, do the following:

Get the dashboard's LookML content from enterprise Looker.
1. Open the dashboard that you want to export.
2. Click Menu in the top right corner and select Get LookML. A window showing the LookML code for the dashboard elements appears.
Copy the LookML file content to a .yaml file.
Add a new line with the text lookml: before the existing content.

For example, if the LookML content from the enterprise Looker is:
```
- dashboard: example_dashboard
  description: ""
  layout: newspaper
  title: Example Dashboard
```
To import it to Google Security Operations, modify it to:
```
lookml:
- dashboard: example_dashboard
  description: ""
  layout: newspaper
  title: Example Dashboard
```
The modified YAML file is ready to be imported to Google Security Operations.

Import dashboards

To import a dashboard, you need a dashboard file exported through Google Security Operations or Looker. When you import a dashboard, the dashboard's layout and the filter settings are imported too. The scheduled delivery settings are not imported. You can import a dashboard to personal or shared dashboards by doing the following:

Log in to your Google Security Operations instance.
In the navigation bar, click Dashboards.
Click Add next to personal or shared dashboards and then select Import dashboard.

The Select file dialog appears.
Select a file and click Confirm.

The Import dashboard confirmation dialog appears.
Click Import to continue importing the dashboard to personal or shared dashboards.

The imported dashboard is added to the existing dashboards list.