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Improve behavior and documentation on saved object export version compatibility #71436

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flash1293 opened this issue Jul 13, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #94072
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Improve behavior and documentation on saved object export version compatibility #71436

flash1293 opened this issue Jul 13, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #94072
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Feature:Saved Objects Team:Core Core services & architecture: plugins, logging, config, saved objects, http, ES client, i18n, etc

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flash1293 commented Jul 13, 2020

It's not possible to import saved objects from a more recent version of Kibana.
I've seen this popping op in the forums quite often. If a user attempts this they are met with a generic error message and I didn't find anything about this in the documentation.

I see the following ways to improve this and make Kibana easier to use:

  • Show a clear error message in the import flyout if a user is attempting to import saved objects from a more recent version. The scenario should be easy enough to detect. Maybe even have a "try anyway and risk broken stuff" button (as it works fine quite often)? Not sure on the last one.
  • Mention this in the documentation (or make it more prominent if it's in there already - I didn't find it) and explain the reasoning.

E.g. see https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-visualization-fails-7-8-to-7-7/240806/3

@flash1293 flash1293 added Team:Docs Team:Core Core services & architecture: plugins, logging, config, saved objects, http, ES client, i18n, etc Feature:Saved Objects labels Jul 13, 2020
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Pinging @elastic/kibana-docs (Team:Docs)

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Pinging @elastic/kibana-platform (Team:Platform)

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