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dashboard browse

What this page covers

Open the live dashboard tree or a local export tree in an interactive terminal UI.

When to open this page

  • Use this when you want to explore folders, select a dashboard, inspect the live tree before fetching, diffing, importing, or deleting, or review a local export tree without calling Grafana.

Who this page is for

Best for SREs, Grafana operators, and responders working with dashboard inventory, migration, inspection, or screenshots.

Purpose

Open the live dashboard tree or a local export tree in an interactive terminal UI.

When to use

Use this when you want to explore folders, select a dashboard, inspect the live tree before fetching, diffing, importing, or deleting, or review a local export tree without calling Grafana.

Key flags

  • --path: start at one folder subtree instead of the full tree.
  • --input-dir: browse a local raw export root, all-orgs export root, or provisioning tree.
  • --input-format: interpret the local export tree as raw or provisioning.
  • --org-id: browse one explicit Grafana org.
  • --all-orgs: aggregate browse results across visible orgs. Requires Basic auth.
  • Shared live flags: --url, --token, --basic-user, --basic-password.

Examples

# Purpose: Open the live dashboard tree in an interactive terminal UI.
grafana-util dashboard browse --url http://localhost:3000 --basic-user admin --basic-password admin
# Purpose: Open the live dashboard tree in an interactive terminal UI.
grafana-util dashboard browse --url http://localhost:3000 --basic-user admin --basic-password admin --path 'Platform / Infra'
# Purpose: Open a local raw export tree in an interactive terminal UI.
grafana-util dashboard browse --input-dir ./dashboards/raw --path 'Platform / Infra'