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title: "Create folders with team permissions and import dashboards | Grafana Labs"
description: "Organize dashboards in folders and apply team-specific access controls."
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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).

# Create dashboard folders with team permissions and import dashboards

Creating dashboard folders with team permissions organizes your dashboards and ensures teams only see dashboards relevant to their work. This implements the least privilege principle by removing default viewer access.

In this example, you’ll create three different folders and import the files `financedash.json`, `marketingdash.json`, and `itdash.json` to their corresponding folders.

To create dashboard folders with team permissions and import dashboards, complete the following steps:

1. Create a file named `apply_folder_permissions.tf`:
   
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   ```hcl
   resource "grafana_folder" "finance" {
     title = "Finance"
   }
   
   resource "grafana_folder" "marketing" {
     title = "Marketing"
   }
   
   resource "grafana_folder" "it" {
     title = "IT"
   }
   ```
2. Add dashboard imports to the same file:
   
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   ```hcl
   resource "grafana_dashboard" "finance_kpis" {
     folder      = grafana_folder.finance.id
     config_json = file("${path.module}/financedash.json")
   }
   
   resource "grafana_dashboard" "marketing_tracking" {
     folder      = grafana_folder.marketing.id
     config_json = file("${path.module}/marketingdash.json")
   }
   
   resource "grafana_dashboard" "it_operations" {
     folder      = grafana_folder.it.id
     config_json = file("${path.module}/itdash.json")
   }
   ```
3. Add folder permissions with least privilege access:
   
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   ```hcl
   resource "grafana_folder_permission" "finance" {
     folder_uid = grafana_folder.finance.uid
   
     permissions {
       team_id    = grafana_team.finance.id
       permission = "Admin"
     }
   }
   
   resource "grafana_folder_permission" "marketing" {
     folder_uid = grafana_folder.marketing.uid
   
     permissions {
       team_id    = grafana_team.marketing.id
       permission = "Admin"
     }
   }
   ```
4. Apply the configuration:
   
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   ```sh
   terraform apply
   ```

The folders are created with imported dashboards, and only the assigned teams can access their respective folders.

In the next milestone, you’ll configure alert rules and notification policies.