diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/actions/v2/views.ts b/ui/src/dashboards/actions/v2/views.ts
index 78ef1a9b5d..c9070194bb 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/actions/v2/views.ts
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/actions/v2/views.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Utils
 import {
-  readView as readViewAJAX,
+  getView as getViewAJAX,
   updateView as updateViewAJAX,
 } from 'src/dashboards/apis/v2/'
 
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ export const setView = (
   payload: {id, view, status},
 })
 
-export const readView = (dashboardID: string, cellID: string) => async (
+export const getView = (dashboardID: string, cellID: string) => async (
   dispatch: Dispatch<Action>
 ): Promise<void> => {
   dispatch(setView(cellID, null, RemoteDataState.Loading))
   try {
-    const view = await readViewAJAX(dashboardID, cellID)
+    const view = await getViewAJAX(dashboardID, cellID)
 
     dispatch(setView(cellID, view, RemoteDataState.Done))
   } catch {
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/apis/v2/index.ts b/ui/src/dashboards/apis/v2/index.ts
index b958c595e2..12935ae367 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/apis/v2/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/apis/v2/index.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export const removeDashboardLabels = async (
   )
 }
 
-export const readView = async (
+export const getView = async (
   dashboardID: string,
   cellID: string
 ): Promise<View> => {
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/DashboardExportOverlay.tsx b/ui/src/dashboards/components/DashboardExportOverlay.tsx
index 76a5870419..adf9b57c9a 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/DashboardExportOverlay.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/DashboardExportOverlay.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import ExportOverlay from 'src/shared/components/ExportOverlay'
 import {dashboardToTemplate} from 'src/shared/utils/resourceToTemplate'
 
 // APIs
-import {getDashboard} from 'src/dashboards/apis/v2'
+import {getDashboard, getView} from 'src/dashboards/apis/v2'
 
 interface State {
   dashboardTemplate: Record<string, any>
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ class DashboardExportOverlay extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     const {
       params: {dashboardID},
     } = this.props
-    console.log('loading!?')
+
     const dashboard = await getDashboard(dashboardID)
-    const dashboardTemplate = dashboardToTemplate(dashboard)
+    const pendingViews = dashboard.cells.map(c => getView(dashboardID, c.id))
+    const views = await Promise.all(pendingViews)
+    const dashboardTemplate = dashboardToTemplate(dashboard, views)
 
     this.setState({dashboardTemplate})
   }
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/cells/Cell.tsx b/ui/src/shared/components/cells/Cell.tsx
index 8eab66016b..0aacc4dfd6 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/cells/Cell.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/cells/Cell.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {ErrorHandling} from 'src/shared/decorators/errors'
 import Conditional from 'src/shared/components/Conditional'
 
 // Actions
-import {readView} from 'src/dashboards/actions/v2/views'
+import {getView} from 'src/dashboards/actions/v2/views'
 
 // Types
 import {RemoteDataState, TimeRange} from 'src/types'
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interface StateProps {
 }
 
 interface DispatchProps {
-  onReadView: typeof readView
+  onGetView: typeof getView
 }
 
 interface PassedProps {
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ type Props = StateProps & DispatchProps & PassedProps
 @ErrorHandling
 class CellComponent extends Component<Props> {
   public async componentDidMount() {
-    const {viewStatus, cell, onReadView} = this.props
+    const {viewStatus, cell, onGetView} = this.props
 
     if (viewStatus === RemoteDataState.NotStarted) {
       const dashboardID = cell.dashboardID
-      onReadView(dashboardID, cell.id)
+      onGetView(dashboardID, cell.id)
     }
   }
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ const mstp = (state: AppState, ownProps: PassedProps): StateProps => {
 }
 
 const mdtp: DispatchProps = {
-  onReadView: readView,
+  onGetView: getView,
 }
 
 export default connect(
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/utils/resourceToTemplate.ts b/ui/src/shared/utils/resourceToTemplate.ts
index db69e9e295..c5a260a0a0 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/utils/resourceToTemplate.ts
+++ b/ui/src/shared/utils/resourceToTemplate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import {getDeep} from 'src/utils/wrappers'
-import {Task, Label, Dashboard} from 'src/types/v2'
+import {Task, Label, Dashboard, Cell, View} from 'src/types/v2'
 import {ITemplate, TemplateType} from '@influxdata/influx'
 
 const CURRENT_TEMPLATE_VERSION = '1'
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ const blankTaskTemplate = () => {
   const baseTemplate = blankTemplate()
   return {
     ...baseTemplate,
-    meta: {
-      ...baseTemplate.meta,
-    },
     content: {
       ...baseTemplate.content,
       data: {...baseTemplate.content.data, type: TemplateType.Task},
@@ -36,6 +33,29 @@ const blankTaskTemplate = () => {
   }
 }
 
+const blankDashboardTemplate = () => {
+  const baseTemplate = blankTemplate()
+  return {
+    ...baseTemplate,
+    content: {
+      ...baseTemplate.content,
+      data: {...baseTemplate.content.data, type: TemplateType.Dashboard},
+    },
+    labels: [
+      ...baseTemplate.labels,
+      {
+        id: '1',
+        name: 'influx.dashboard',
+        properties: {
+          color: 'ffb3b3',
+          description:
+            'This is a template for a dashboard resource on influx 2.0',
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  }
+}
+
 export const labelToRelationship = (l: Label) => {
   return {type: TemplateType.Label, id: l.id}
 }
@@ -76,7 +96,6 @@ export const taskToTemplate = (
     meta: {
       ...baseTemplate.meta,
       name: templateName,
-      version: CURRENT_TEMPLATE_VERSION,
       description: `template created from task: ${taskName}`,
     },
     content: {
@@ -96,8 +115,83 @@ export const taskToTemplate = (
   return template
 }
 
-// Todo: update template to match task format
-export const dashboardToTemplate = (dashboard: Dashboard) => ({
-  meta: {chronografVersion: '2.0'},
-  dashboard,
+const viewToIncluded = (view: View) => ({
+  type: TemplateType.View,
+  id: view.id,
+  attributes: view,
 })
+const viewToRelationship = (view: View) => ({
+  type: TemplateType.View,
+  id: view.id,
+})
+
+const cellToIncluded = (cell: Cell, views: View[]) => {
+  const cellView = views.find(v => v.id === cell.id)
+  const viewRelationship = viewToRelationship(cellView)
+
+  return {
+    id: cell.id,
+    type: TemplateType.Cell,
+    attributes: cell,
+    relationships: {
+      [TemplateType.View]: {
+        data: viewRelationship,
+      },
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+const cellToRelationship = (cell: Cell) => ({
+  type: TemplateType.Cell,
+  id: cell.id,
+})
+
+export const dashboardToTemplate = (
+  dashboard: Dashboard,
+  views: View[],
+  baseTemplate = blankDashboardTemplate()
+) => {
+  const dashboardName = _.get(dashboard, 'name', '')
+  const templateName = `${dashboardName}-Template`
+
+  const dashboardAttributes = _.pick(dashboard, ['name', 'description'])
+
+  const labels = getDeep<Label[]>(dashboard, 'labels', [])
+  const includedLabels = labels.map(l => labelToIncluded(l))
+  const relationshipsLabels = labels.map(l => labelToRelationship(l))
+
+  const cells = getDeep<Cell[]>(dashboard, 'cells', [])
+  const includedCells = cells.map(c => cellToIncluded(c, views))
+  const relationshipsCells = cells.map(c => cellToRelationship(c))
+
+  const includedViews = views.map(v => viewToIncluded(v))
+
+  const template = {
+    ...baseTemplate,
+    meta: {
+      ...baseTemplate.meta,
+      name: templateName,
+      description: `template created from dashboard: ${dashboardName}`,
+    },
+    content: {
+      ...baseTemplate.content,
+      data: {
+        ...baseTemplate.content.data,
+        type: TemplateType.Dashboard,
+        attributes: dashboardAttributes,
+        relationships: {
+          [TemplateType.Label]: {data: relationshipsLabels},
+          [TemplateType.Cell]: {data: relationshipsCells},
+        },
+      },
+      included: [
+        ...baseTemplate.content.included,
+        ...includedLabels,
+        ...includedCells,
+        ...includedViews,
+      ],
+    },
+  }
+
+  return template
+}