diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
index 51f9091cad5..cfbe94e0f7f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
 
   protected _renderBeforeActivation = true;
 
-  private _serializer: DashboardSceneSerializerLike<
+  public serializer: DashboardSceneSerializerLike<
     Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec,
     DashboardMeta | DashboardWithAccessInfo<DashboardV2Spec>['metadata']
   >;
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
       scopesBridge: config.featureToggles.scopeFilters ? new SceneScopesBridge({}) : undefined,
     });
 
-    this._serializer =
+    this.serializer =
       serializerVersion === 'v2' ? getDashboardSceneSerializer('v2') : getDashboardSceneSerializer('v1');
 
     this._changeTracker = new DashboardSceneChangeTracker(this);
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
   };
 
   public saveCompleted(saveModel: Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec, result: SaveDashboardResponseDTO, folderUid?: string) {
-    this._serializer.onSaveComplete(saveModel, result);
+    this.serializer.onSaveComplete(saveModel, result);
 
     this._changeTracker.stopTrackingChanges();
 
@@ -662,11 +662,11 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
   }
 
   public getInitialSaveModel() {
-    return this._serializer.initialSaveModel;
+    return this.serializer.initialSaveModel;
   }
 
   public getSnapshotUrl = () => {
-    return this._serializer.getSnapshotUrl();
+    return this.serializer.getSnapshotUrl();
   };
 
   /** Hacky temp function until we refactor transformSaveModelToScene a bit */
@@ -676,26 +676,14 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
     saveModel?: Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec,
     meta?: DashboardMeta | DashboardWithAccessInfo<DashboardV2Spec>['metadata']
   ): void {
-    this._serializer.initializeMapping(saveModel);
+    this.serializer.initializeMapping(saveModel);
     const sortedModel = sortedDeepCloneWithoutNulls(saveModel);
-    this._serializer.initialSaveModel = sortedModel;
-    this._serializer.metadata = meta;
+    this.serializer.initialSaveModel = sortedModel;
+    this.serializer.metadata = meta;
   }
 
   public getTrackingInformation() {
-    return this._serializer.getTrackingInformation(this);
-  }
-
-  public getPanelIdForElement(elementId: string) {
-    return this._serializer.getPanelIdForElement(elementId);
-  }
-
-  public getElementPanelMapping() {
-    return this._serializer.getElementPanelMapping();
-  }
-
-  public getElementIdentifierForPanel(panelId: number) {
-    return this._serializer.getElementIdForPanel(panelId);
+    return this.serializer.getTrackingInformation(this);
   }
 
   public async onDashboardDelete() {
@@ -740,15 +728,15 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
   }
 
   getSaveModel(): Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec {
-    return this._serializer.getSaveModel(this);
+    return this.serializer.getSaveModel(this);
   }
 
   getSaveAsModel(options: SaveDashboardAsOptions): Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec {
-    return this._serializer.getSaveAsModel(this, options);
+    return this.serializer.getSaveAsModel(this, options);
   }
 
   getDashboardChanges(saveTimeRange?: boolean, saveVariables?: boolean, saveRefresh?: boolean): DashboardChangeInfo {
-    return this._serializer.getDashboardChangesFromScene(this, { saveTimeRange, saveVariables, saveRefresh });
+    return this.serializer.getDashboardChangesFromScene(this, { saveTimeRange, saveVariables, saveRefresh });
   }
 
   getManagerKind(): ManagerKind | undefined {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.ts
index 68cc7c9ed53..77299318149 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.ts
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ function getVizPanelQueryOptions(vizPanel: VizPanel): QueryOptionsSpec {
 
 function createElements(panels: Element[], scene: DashboardScene): Record<string, Element> {
   return panels.reduce<Record<string, Element>>((elements, panel) => {
-    let elementKey = scene.getElementIdentifierForPanel(panel.spec.id);
+    let elementKey = scene.serializer.getElementIdForPanel(panel.spec.id);
     elements[elementKey!] = panel;
     return elements;
   }, {});
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/dashboardSceneGraph.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/dashboardSceneGraph.ts
index a50898e0e71..bd838432be5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/dashboardSceneGraph.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/dashboardSceneGraph.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function getCursorSync(scene: DashboardScene) {
 export function getElementIdentifierForVizPanel(vizPanel: VizPanel): string {
   const scene = getDashboardSceneFor(vizPanel);
   const panelId = getPanelIdForVizPanel(vizPanel);
-  let elementKey = scene.getElementIdentifierForPanel(panelId);
+  let elementKey = scene.serializer.getElementIdForPanel(panelId);
 
   if (!elementKey) {
     // assign a panel-id key