---
title: "POST /#Action=PutDashboard"
method: POST
path: "/#Action=PutDashboard"
---

# POST /#Action=PutDashboard

`POST /#Action=PutDashboard`

Creates a dashboard if it does not already exist, or updates an existing dashboard. If you update a dashboard, the entire contents are replaced with what you specify here.

All dashboards in your account are global, not region-specific.

A simple way to create a dashboard using `PutDashboard` is to copy an existing dashboard. To copy an existing dashboard using the console, you can load the dashboard and then use the View/edit source command in the Actions menu to display the JSON block for that dashboard. Another way to copy a dashboard is to use `GetDashboard`, and then use the data returned within `DashboardBody` as the template for the new dashboard when you call `PutDashboard`.

When you create a dashboard with `PutDashboard`, a good practice is to add a text widget at the top of the dashboard with a message that the dashboard was created by script and should not be changed in the console. This message could also point console users to the location of the `DashboardBody` script or the CloudFormation template used to create the dashboard.

## Query parameters

- `Action` 'PutDashboard', required
- `Version` '2010-08-01', required

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `480` — DashboardInvalidInputError
- `481` — InternalServiceFault

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