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title: "Verify the output | Grafana Labs"
description: "Inspect the generated dashboard.json to confirm it contains valid dashboard structure with panels and queries."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Verify the output

Your `dashboard.json` file should now exist in your project directory. Before deploying it, verify that the JSON is valid and contains the expected structure.

To verify your dashboard JSON, complete the following steps:

1. Check that `dashboard.json` exists:
   
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   ```bash
   ls -la dashboard.json
   ```
2. Inspect the JSON structure. Look for these key fields:
   
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   ```bash
   cat dashboard.json | python3 -m json.tool | head -30
   ```
   
   You should see:
   
   - `"title": "My SDK Dashboard"` (the dashboard title)
   - `"uid": "my-sdk-dashboard"` (the stable identifier)
   - `"tags": ["generated", "foundation-sdk"]` (your tags)
   - `"panels": [...]` (an array containing your two panels)
3. Confirm the panels are present by checking for their titles in the JSON:
   
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   ```bash
   grep '"title"' dashboard.json
   ```
   
   Expected output should include:
   
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   ```none
   "title": "My SDK Dashboard"
   "title": "Version"
   "title": "Request Rate"
   ```

## What to check

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| Field           | Expected value                   |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
| `title`         | My SDK Dashboard                 |
| `uid`           | my-sdk-dashboard                 |
| `tags`          | \[“generated”, “foundation-sdk”] |
| `panels` length | 2                                |
| Panel 1 type    | stat                             |
| Panel 2 type    | timeseries                       |

If all fields match, your dashboard JSON is valid and deployment-ready. You can commit this file to Git, import it into Grafana manually, or deploy it with Terraform (covered in the next learning path).