Databricks dashboards deployed with Databricks Asset Bundles (DAB) are duplicated on deployment

Do not sync source .lvdash files to DABs.

Written by parth.sundarka

Last published at: July 23rd, 2025

Problem

When you deploy new dashboards using Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs), you notice a duplicate dashboard is created with the name of the JSON definition file. The duplicate dashboard has the same charts as the primary dashboard, but all visuals show "Unable to render visual".

 

Cause and Solution

Refer to the databricks/cli Duplicate dashboards deployed #2910 Github issue for an explanation and solution. 

 

The solution in the Github issue links to official Databricks documentation, the “sync” section of the Databricks Asset Bundle configuration (AWS | Azure | GCP) documentation.