topic Re: Dashboard update through API in Administration & Architecture

Dashboard update through API

pawelzak — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 09:08:01 GMT

Hi,

I would like to create / update dashboard definition based on the json file. How can one do it? I tried the following:

databricks api post /api/2.0/preview/sql/dashboards/$dashboard_id --json @file.json
But it does not update the widgets
databricks api get /api/2.0/workspace/export --json '{"path": "/Shared/t1"}'
Got the following result: "Error: dbsqlDashboard is not user-facing."

How can this be solved, I need to be able to create / update the dashboards programatically...

Regards,

Pawel

Re: Dashboard update through API

pawelzak — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:11:58 GMT

Hi @Retired_mod,

This situation presents significant challenges for our organization. How can we replicate dashboards across workspaces? Are there alternatives such as SDKs, Terraform, or anything similar? This seems like a fundamental use case, and it's surprising that Databricks doesn't support it, especially considering that extracting the definition is possible.

Apologies for creating duplicate tickets, but I've observed that follow-up questions often go unanswered in the Databricks community threads and this issue is critical for my organization.

Thank you,

Pawel