# CreateDashboard
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Use the `CreateDashboard` API operation to create a dashboard. Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

```
aws quicksight create-dashboard 
    --aws-account-id {{555555555555}} 
    --dashboard-id {{newDash}} 
    --name {{Dashboard1}} 
    --source-entity '{"SourceTemplate":{"DataSetReferences":[{"DataSetPlaceholder":"{{PLACEHOLDER}}","DataSetArn":"arn:aws:quicksight:{{REGION}}:{{555555555555}}:dataset/{{DATASETID}}"}],"Arn":"arn:aws:quicksight:{{REGION}}:{{555555555555}}:template/{{TEMPLATEID}}"}}'
```

If your `region` has already been configured within the CLI, it doesn't need to be included as an argument.

You can also make this command using a CLI skeleton file with the following command. For more information about CLI skeleton files, see [Use CLI skeleton files](cli-skeletons.md).

```
aws quicksight create-dashbord
    --cli-input-json file://{{createdashboard}}.json
```

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If your region has already been configured with the CLI, it does not need to be included in an argument.

For more information about the `CreateDashboard` API operation, see [CreateDashboard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDashboard.html) in the *Amazon Quick Sight API Reference*.