diff --git a/src/panel/graph_panel/controllers/analytic_controller.ts b/src/panel/graph_panel/controllers/analytic_controller.ts
index e4cc505..55be332 100644
--- a/src/panel/graph_panel/controllers/analytic_controller.ts
+++ b/src/panel/graph_panel/controllers/analytic_controller.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { SegmentArray } from '../models/segment_array';
 import { HasticServerInfo, HasticServerInfoUnknown } from '../models/hastic_server_info';
 import { Condition } from '../models/analytic_units/threshold_analytic_unit';
 import { DetectionStatus, DETECTION_STATUS_TEXT, DetectionSpan } from '../models/detection';
+import { PanelTemplate, TemplateVariables } from '../models/panel';
 import { createAnalyticUnit } from '../models/analytic_units/utils';
 import helpSectionText from '../partials/help_section.html';
 
@@ -115,8 +116,15 @@ export class AnalyticController {
     this._creatingNewAnalyticUnit = false;
   }
 
-  async exportAnalyticUnits(): Promise<object> {
-    return this._analyticService.exportAnalyticUnits(this._panelId);
+  async exportPanel(): Promise<PanelTemplate> {
+    return this._analyticService.exportPanel(this._panelId);
+  }
+
+  async importPanel(
+    panelTemplate: PanelTemplate,
+    templateVariables: TemplateVariables
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    return this._analyticService.importPanel(panelTemplate, templateVariables);
   }
 
   async saveNew(metric: MetricExpanded, datasource: DatasourceRequest) {
diff --git a/src/panel/graph_panel/graph_ctrl.ts b/src/panel/graph_panel/graph_ctrl.ts
index 84680fb..2dc4d49 100644
--- a/src/panel/graph_panel/graph_ctrl.ts
+++ b/src/panel/graph_panel/graph_ctrl.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ import { BOUND_TYPES } from './models/analytic_units/anomaly_analytic_unit';
 import { AnalyticService } from './services/analytic_service';
 import { AnalyticController } from './controllers/analytic_controller';
 import { HasticPanelInfo } from './models/hastic_panel_info';
+import { PanelTemplate, TemplateVariables } from './models/panel';
 import { axesEditorComponent } from './axes_editor';
 
 import { MetricsPanelCtrl } from 'grafana/app/plugins/sdk';
 import { appEvents } from 'grafana/app/core/core'
 import { BackendSrv } from 'grafana/app/core/services/backend_srv';
 
+import angular from 'angular';
+
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
 
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ class GraphCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
     to?: number
   };
 
+  public panelTemplate: PanelTemplate = {};
+
   panelDefaults = {
     // datasource name, null = default datasource
     datasource: null,
@@ -305,7 +310,8 @@ class GraphCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
   onInitPanelActions(actions: { text: string, click: string }[]): void {
     actions.push({ text: 'Export CSV', click: 'ctrl.exportCsv()' });
     actions.push({ text: 'Toggle legend', click: 'ctrl.toggleLegend()' });
-    actions.push({ text: 'Export analytic units', click: 'ctrl.exportAnalyticUnits()' });
+    actions.push({ text: 'Export analytic units', click: 'ctrl.exportPanel()' });
+    actions.push({ text: 'Import analytic units', click: 'ctrl.displayImportPanelModal()' });
   }
 
   async onHasticDatasourceChange() {
@@ -553,14 +559,44 @@ class GraphCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
     });
   }
 
-  async exportAnalyticUnits(): Promise<void> {
-    const json = await this.analyticsController.exportAnalyticUnits();
+  async exportPanel(): Promise<void> {
+    const panelTemplate = await this.analyticsController.exportPanel();
     this.publishAppEvent('show-modal', {
       src: 'public/app/partials/edit_json.html',
-      model: { object: json, enableCopy: true }
+      model: { object: panelTemplate, enableCopy: true }
     });
   }
 
+  async displayImportPanelModal(): Promise<void> {
+    const modalScope = this.$scope.$new(true);
+
+    const prettify = true;
+    modalScope.panelTemplate = angular.toJson({}, prettify);
+    modalScope.import = async (
+      panelTemplate: string,
+      grafanaUrl: string,
+      panelId: string,
+      datasourceUrl: string
+    ) => {
+      // TODO: use template variables from form
+      await this.importPanel(JSON.parse(panelTemplate), {
+        grafanaUrl: this._grafanaUrl,
+        panelId: this._panelId,
+        datasourceUrl: this._datasourceRequest.url
+      });
+    };
+
+    this.publishAppEvent('show-modal', {
+      src: `${this.partialsPath}/import_panel.html`,
+      scope: modalScope
+    });
+  }
+
+  async importPanel(panelTemplate: PanelTemplate, templateVariables: TemplateVariables): Promise<void> {
+    // TODO: show import errors properly
+    await this.analyticsController.importPanel(panelTemplate, templateVariables);
+  }
+
   // getAnnotationsByTag(tag) {
   //   var res = [];
   //   for (var annotation of this.annotations) {
diff --git a/src/panel/graph_panel/models/panel.ts b/src/panel/graph_panel/models/panel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56bd480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/panel/graph_panel/models/panel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export type PanelTemplate = {
+  analyticUnits?: any[],
+  caches?: any[],
+  detectionSpans?: any[],
+  segments?: any[]
+}
+
+export type TemplateVariables = {
+  grafanaUrl: string,
+  panelId: string,
+  datasourceUrl: string
+};
diff --git a/src/panel/graph_panel/partials/import_panel.html b/src/panel/graph_panel/partials/import_panel.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3425bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/panel/graph_panel/partials/import_panel.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<div id="import-analytic-units">
+  <div class="tabbed-view-header">
+    <h2 class="tabbed-view-title">
+      JSON
+    </h2>
+
+    <button class="tabbed-view-close-btn" ng-click="dismiss()">
+      <i class="fa fa-remove"></i>
+    </button>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="tabbed-view-body">
+    <div class="gf-form">
+      <code-editor content="panelTemplate" data-mode="json" data-max-lines="20"></code-editor>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="gf-form-button-row">
+      <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="import(panelTemplate); dismiss();">Import</button>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/panel/graph_panel/services/analytic_service.ts b/src/panel/graph_panel/services/analytic_service.ts
index e23568f..f228e4e 100644
--- a/src/panel/graph_panel/services/analytic_service.ts
+++ b/src/panel/graph_panel/services/analytic_service.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { SegmentsSet } from '../models/segment_set';
 import { AnalyticUnitId, AnalyticUnit, AnalyticSegment } from '../models/analytic_units/analytic_unit';
 import { HasticServerInfo, HasticServerInfoUnknown } from '../models/hastic_server_info';
 import { DetectionSpan } from '../models/detection';
+import { PanelTemplate, TemplateVariables } from '../models/panel';
 
 import { isHasticServerResponse, isSupportedServerVersion, SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION } from '../../../utils';
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export class AnalyticService {
     return resp.analyticUnits;
   }
 
-  async exportAnalyticUnits(panelId: string): Promise<object> {
+  async exportPanel(panelId: string): Promise<PanelTemplate> {
     const resp = await this.get('/panels/template', { panelId });
     if(resp === undefined) {
       return {};
@@ -69,6 +70,13 @@ export class AnalyticService {
     return resp;
   }
 
+  async importPanel(
+    panelTemplate: PanelTemplate,
+    templateVariables: TemplateVariables
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    await this.post('/panels/template', { panelTemplate, templateVariables });
+  }
+
   async postNewAnalyticUnit(
     analyticUnit: AnalyticUnit,
     metric: MetricExpanded,