# Dashboard export/import groups/tabs

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-export-import-groups-tabs/3937
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [12 October 2018 18:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-export-import-groups-tabs/3937 "2018-10-12T18:46:52Z")
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### Author: ![j0hncc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@j0hncc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/j0hncc)
#### Post date: [12 October 2018 18:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-export-import-groups-tabs/3937/1 "2018-10-12T18:46:52Z")

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I'm having to manually export flows from one instance of node-red to another. Works great except for the dashboard ui groups and tabs. Where are they stored? Can they be copied somehow or must the groups and tabs be re-created manually.

Thanks,  
John

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### Author: ![shrickus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/shrickus/32/517_2.png) [@shrickus](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shrickus)
#### Post date: [15 October 2018 14:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-export-import-groups-tabs/3937/2 "2018-10-15T14:33:40Z")

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Can you just copy the entire `flows_xxx.json` (and `flows_xxx_cred.json` if required) over to the new machine? Of course, you would need to either change the "xxx" hostname part of the filename to match, or uncomment the `flowFile:` line in your settings.js file.

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### Author: ![sweetwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sweetwater](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sweetwater)
#### Post date: [7 December 2018 21:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-export-import-groups-tabs/3937/3 "2018-12-07T21:13:32Z")

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I am having same quesiton with exporting Flow and Dashboard from one instance of node-red to another.  
Flows- works ok  
Dashboard UI groups - not getting consistent result. Was trying to avoid manually recreating all the dashboard Groups and reassigning widgets .

Any suggestions?

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### Author: ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [12 December 2018 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-export-import-groups-tabs/3937/4 "2018-12-12T14:04:11Z")

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The theme is held in the base node which being a config node is not held in the visible flow - so to export it you must select the All flows option - then when you import you will get the base configuration node back with the current theme in.  
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