# Validation tool for a dashboard

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/validation-tool-for-a-dashboard/77390>\
**Category:** Dashboards\
**Tags:** import-export, dashboard\
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/validation-tool-for-a-dashboard/77390 "2022-12-05T14:31:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@mermaid](https://community.grafana.com/u/mermaid)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/validation-tool-for-a-dashboard/77390/1 "2022-12-05T14:31:00Z")

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Hello,

we use Grafana 7.2.0, but our customers want to use the dashboards in different Grafana versions. Although Grafana automatically updates the dashboards to the new version during import, I’m interested in something else. Can we check beforehand whether the respective dashboard is compatible for a specific Grafana version? Sometimes small things don’t work after the import, which then have to be fixed by hand.

I was thinking of a validator that would check the json file, for example, or some comparable mechanism.

I am grateful for every suggestion.

Many Thanks

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**Author:** ![usman.ahmad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/usman.ahmad/32/29706_2.png) [@usman.ahmad](https://community.grafana.com/u/usman.ahmad)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/validation-tool-for-a-dashboard/77390/2 "2023-01-26T15:08:49Z")

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Hi @mermaid,

Thanks for opening this post.

There seems to a one available. Please check it out:

> **[GitHub - grafana/dashboard-linter: A tool to lint Grafana dashboards](https://github.com/grafana/dashboard-linter)**
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> A tool to lint Grafana dashboards. Contribute to grafana/dashboard-linter development by creating an account on GitHub.

Let us know if this helps.