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add note about overwriting dashboards #6828

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Expand Up @@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ You can specify the following options in the `setup.dashboards` section of the
==== `setup.dashboards.enabled`

If this option is set to true, {beatname_uc} loads the sample Kibana dashboards
automatically on startup. If no other options are set, the dashboard are loaded
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Why the sentence which start with "If no other options are set..." is removed? AFAIK it is still possible to override it using setup.dashboards.directory.

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@kvch I think this was my fault! When I suggested an edit to @loekvangool, I inadvertently deleted that line when I copy/pasted the original text. I didn't notice the line was missing because the sentence read correctly without the deleted line. My edit should have said:

If this option is set to true, {beatname_uc} loads the sample Kibana dashboards
automatically on startup. If no other options are set, the dashboard are loaded
from the local `kibana` directory in the home path of the {beatname_uc} installation.

Sorry about the confusion.

from the local `kibana` directory in the home path of the installation.
from the local `kibana` directory in the home path of the {beatname_uc} installation.

NOTE: When dashboard loading is enabled, {beatname_uc} overwrites any existing
dashboards that match the names of the dashboards you are loading. This happens
every time {beatname_uc} starts.

If no other options are set, the dashboard are loaded
from the local `kibana` directory in the home path of the {beatname_uc} installation.
To load dashboards from a different location, you can configure one of the
following options: <<directory-option,`setup.dashboards.directory`>>,
<<url-option,`setup.dashboards.url`>>, or
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