+++ title = "Dashboard Folders" keywords = ["grafana", "dashboard", "dashboard folders", "folder", "folders", "documentation", "guide"] type = "docs" [menu.docs] name = "Folders" parent = "dashboard_features" weight = 3 +++
Folders are a way to organize and group dashboards - very useful if you have a lot of dashboards or multiple teams using the same Grafana instance.
Create a folder by using the Create Folder link in the side menu.
Use the create Folder button on the Manage Dashboards page.
When saving a dashboard, you can either choose a folder for the dashboard to be saved in or create a new folder (coming in 5.0 beta)
On the Create Folder page, fill in a unique name for the folder and press Create.
There is a new Manage Dashboards page where you can carry out a variety of tasks:
There is a new option in the Dashboards menu for the Manage Dashboards page:
Here you can manage your dashboards:
Or you can go directly to a Dashboard Folder page via Dashboard Search by clicking on the cog icon:
The Dashboard Folder Page is similar to the Manage Dashboards page and is where you can carry out the following tasks:
An Access Control List (ACL) model is used for permissions on Dashboard Folders. An individual user can be assigned permissions on a folder or a Team.
The permissions that can be assigned for a folder are: View, Edit, Admin.
The default is that:
Other Dashboard Folder rules:
To limit permissions on a folder or dashboard:
frontend-team can edit and ops-team can view.Remember that users with the Admin role will always have permission to all folders and dashboards.
Teams is a new concept for Grafana 5.0. A team is a group of users that can be assigned permissions on a dashboard folder or a dashboard.
How Teams Work: