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@@ -111,10 +111,17 @@ in sync with dashboards in Grafana's database. The dashboard provisioner has mul
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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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