diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/dashboard.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/dashboard.py
index 5b59a0bfa7e2cc301e84716c02bacb61bcc38b5f..394895f044fa9575d57db38ab9ff662aef650823 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/dashboard.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/dashboard.py
@@ -1,21 +1,101 @@
 import logging
+import os
+import json
 from typing import Dict
+
+from requests.models import HTTPError
 from brian_dashboard_manager.grafana.utils.request import TokenRequest
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-def provision_dashboard(request: TokenRequest, dashboard: Dict):
 
-    del dashboard['uid']
-    del dashboard['id']
-    del dashboard['version']
+# Returns dictionary for each dashboard JSON definition in supplied directory
+def get_dashboard_definitions(dir=None):  # pragma: no cover
+    dashboard_dir = dir or os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(__file__), '../../dashboards/')
+    for (dirpath, _, filenames) in os.walk(dashboard_dir):
+        for file in filenames:
+            if file.endswith('.json'):
+                filename = os.path.join(dirpath, file)
+                dashboard = json.load(open(filename, 'r'))
+                yield dashboard
+
+
+# Deletes a single dashboard for the organization the API token is registered to.
+def _delete_dashboard(request: TokenRequest, uid: int):
+    try:
+        r = request.delete(f'api/dashboards/uid/{uid}')
+        if r and 'deleted' in r.get('message', ''):
+            return r
+    except HTTPError as e:
+        logger.error(
+            f'Error when deleting dashboard with UID #{uid}: {e.response.text}')
+        return None
+
+
+# Deletes all dashboards for the organization the API token is registered to.
+def delete_dashboards(request: TokenRequest):
+    r = request.get('api/search')
+    if r and len(r) > 0:
+        for dash in r:
+            _delete_dashboard(request, dash['uid'])
+    return True
+
+
+# Searches Grafana for a dashboard matching the title of the provided dashboard.
+def _search_dashboard(request: TokenRequest, dashboard: Dict):
+    try:
+        r = request.get('api/search', params={
+            'query': f'{dashboard["title"]}'
+        })
+        if r and isinstance(r, list):
+            if len(r) >= 1:
+                for dash in r:
+                    if dash['title'] == dashboard['title']:
+                        return _get_dashboard(request, dash['uid'])
+        return None
+    except HTTPError:
+        return None
+
+
+# Fetches dashboard with given UID for the token's organization.
+def _get_dashboard(request: TokenRequest, uid: int):
+
+    try:
+        r = request.get(f'api/dashboards/uid/{uid}')
+    except HTTPError:
+        return None
+    return r
+
+
+# Creates or updates (if exists) given dashboard for the token's organization.
+# supplied dashboards are JSON blobs exported from GUI with a UID.
+def create_dashboard(request: TokenRequest, dashboard: Dict):
+
+    existing_dashboard = None
+    if dashboard.get('uid') is not None:
+        existing_dashboard = _get_dashboard(request, uid=dashboard['uid'])
+    else:
+        existing_dashboard = _search_dashboard(request, dashboard)
+
+    if existing_dashboard:
+        dashboard['uid'] = existing_dashboard['dashboard']['uid']
+        dashboard['id'] = existing_dashboard['dashboard']['id']
+        dashboard['version'] = existing_dashboard['dashboard']['version']
+    else:
+        # We are creating a new dashboard, delete ID if it exists.
+        del dashboard['id']
 
     payload = {
         'dashboard': dashboard,
         'overwrite': False
     }
     try:
+        logger.info(
+            f'{"Updating" if existing_dashboard else "Provisioning"} dashboard: {dashboard["title"]}')
         r = request.post('api/dashboards/db', json=payload)
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f'Error when provisioning dashboard: ' + e.response.text)
-    return True
+        return r
+    except HTTPError as e:
+        logger.error(
+            f'Error when provisioning dashboard {dashboard["title"]}: {e.response.text}')
+    return None