---
title: "update_dashboard"
description: "Update dashboard metadata (name, bucket, favorite status)."
sidebarTitle: "update_dashboard"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

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Update dashboard metadata (name, bucket, favorite status).

<Info>
  **Writes data · Idempotent · Calls external systems.**
</Info>

## Parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `bucket` | string | No | New InfluxDB bucket |
| `dashboard_uid` | string | Yes | Dashboard UID (from list_dashboards) |
| `is_favorite` | boolean | No | Set favorite status |
| `name` | string | No | New dashboard name |

## Example arguments

Illustrative arguments an agent supplies when calling this tool:

```json
{
  "dashboard_uid": "string"
}
```

## Description

```text
Does not modify widget layout — use add/edit/remove_dashboard_widget for that. Use get_dashboard to verify.
```

## Related

- [`remove_dashboard_widget`](/mcp/tools/dashboard-widget/remove_dashboard_widget)
- [`get_dashboard`](/mcp/tools/dashboard/get_dashboard)

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