gcloud: Wed Sep 28 10:27:48 UTC 2022

gcloud/monitoring/dashboards/create

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ NAME
 SYNOPSIS
     gcloud monitoring dashboards create
         (--config=CONFIG | --config-from-file=CONFIG_FROM_FILE)
-        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
+        [--validate-only] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
     Create a new Monitoring dashboard. A dashboard can be specified as a
     JSON/YAML value passed in as a string through the --config flag or as a
-    file through the --config-from-file flag.
+    file through the --config-from-file flag. Validate a dashboard config
+    without saving by setting the --validate-only flag.
 
     For information about the format of a dashboard:
     https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/ref_v3/rest/v1/projects.dashboards
@@ -26,6 +27,16 @@ EXAMPLES
                 content: Hello World
           '''
 
+    To validate a dashboard and not save it, run:
+
+        $ gcloud monitoring dashboards create --validate-only --config='''
+          displayName: New Dashboard
+          gridLayout:
+            widgets:
+            - text:
+                content: Hello World
+          '''
+
     To create a dashboard with a JSON config, run:
 
         $ gcloud monitoring dashboards create --config='''
@@ -86,6 +97,10 @@ REQUIRED FLAGS
        --config-from-file=CONFIG_FROM_FILE
           Path to a JSON or YAML file containing the dashboard configuration.
 
+OPTIONAL FLAGS
+     --validate-only
+        When set, validate the dashboard but do not save it.
+
 GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
     These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account,
     --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format,