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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:01:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [v9.5.x] Docs: add dashboards folder naming guidance (#74773)

Docs: add dashboards folder naming guidance (#74772)

* Added folder naming guidance

* Fixed prettier linting errors

(cherry picked from commit b4ac0eee54e49dae8666a7b50fb0cf2dea05b718)

Co-authored-by: Isabel <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 docs/sources/dashboards/manage-dashboards/index.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/sources/dashboards/manage-dashboards/index.md b/docs/sources/dashboards/manage-dashboards/index.md
index fb16052b0ef..90334937b45 100644
--- a/docs/sources/dashboards/manage-dashboards/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/dashboards/manage-dashboards/index.md
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Folders help you organize and group dashboards, which is useful when you have ma
 1. On the Dashboards page, click **New** and select **New folder** in the dropdown.
 1. Enter a unique name and click **Create**.
 
+   Do not use the name of a folder that has already been provisioned (such as "General") and avoid special characters (except underscores and hyphens).
+
 When you save a dashboard, you can either select a folder for the dashboard to be saved in or create a new folder.
 
 ## Manage dashboards