diff --git a/custom-addons/spreadsheet_dashboard_script/models/spreadsheet_dashboard.py b/custom-addons/spreadsheet_dashboard_script/models/spreadsheet_dashboard.py
index 812cca7..368de3d 100644
--- a/custom-addons/spreadsheet_dashboard_script/models/spreadsheet_dashboard.py
+++ b/custom-addons/spreadsheet_dashboard_script/models/spreadsheet_dashboard.py
@@ -22,9 +22,23 @@ def get_dashboard_files(self):
         dashboard_modules = modules.filtered(lambda m: 'spreadsheet_dashboard' in m.dependencies_id.mapped('name'))
         for module in dashboard_modules:
             for path in self._get_data_filepaths(module.name):
-                for dashboard_file in self._parse_xml(path):
-                    with file_open(dashboard_file, mode='r') as f:
-                        result[dashboard_file] = json.load(f)
+                for files in self._parse_xml(path):
+                    for dashboard_file in [files["data"], files["sample"]]:
+                        with file_open(dashboard_file, mode='r') as f:
+                            result[dashboard_file] = json.load(f)
+        return result
+
+    @api.model
+    def get_dashboard_files_for_sample(self):
+        result = {}
+        modules = self.env['ir.module.module'].search([])
+        dashboard_modules = modules.filtered(lambda m: 'spreadsheet_dashboard' in m.dependencies_id.mapped('name'))
+        for module in dashboard_modules:
+            for path in self._get_data_filepaths(module.name):
+                files = self._parse_xml(path)
+                for r in files:
+                    with file_open(r["data"], mode='r') as f:
+                        result[r["sample"]] = json.load(f)
         return result
 
     @api.model
@@ -47,10 +61,18 @@ def _parse_xml(self, filepath):
                 tree = etree.fromstring('<data/>')
         files = []
         for node in tree.xpath("//record[@model='spreadsheet.dashboard']"):
+            data, sample = None, None
             for field_node in node.iterchildren():
                 field_name = field_node.get('name')
                 if field_name == 'spreadsheet_binary_data':
-                    files.append(field_node.get('file'))
+                    data = field_node.get('file')
                 elif field_name == 'sample_dashboard_file_path':
-                    files.append(field_node.text)
+                    sample = field_node.text
+            if data and sample:
+                files.append({
+                    "data": data,
+                    "sample": sample,
+                })
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid record in {filepath}: missing 'spreadsheet_binary_data' or 'sample_dashboard_file_path'")
         return files
diff --git a/custom-addons/spreadsheet_dashboard_script/static/src/menu_items.js b/custom-addons/spreadsheet_dashboard_script/static/src/menu_items.js
index 3ab353f..6093d2e 100644
--- a/custom-addons/spreadsheet_dashboard_script/static/src/menu_items.js
+++ b/custom-addons/spreadsheet_dashboard_script/static/src/menu_items.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 import { registries } from "@odoo/o-spreadsheet";
 import * as scripts from "./scripts/index";
+import {
+  createSpreadsheetModel,
+  freezeOdooData,
+} from "@spreadsheet/helpers/model";
 const { topbarMenuRegistry } = registries;
 
 topbarMenuRegistry.addChild("dashboard-scripts", ["file"], {
@@ -26,3 +30,33 @@ for (const script of Object.values(scripts)) {
 
     })
 }
+
+/**
+ * To use the following menu item, you need to have all spreadsheet_dashboard_*
+ * modules installed and the demo data loaded.
+ *
+ * You can find (at the time of this commit) the command line to load all the
+ * spreadsheet_dashboard_* modules in runbot, in the build "fast testing"
+ */
+topbarMenuRegistry.addChild("create_sample", ["file", "dashboard-scripts"], {
+    name: "Create sample dashboards",
+    async execute(env) {
+        const result = {};
+        const dashboards = await env.services.orm.call(
+            "spreadsheet.dashboard",
+            "get_dashboard_files_for_sample",
+        );
+        for (const [file, data] of Object.entries(dashboards)) {
+            const model = createSpreadsheetModel({ env, data });
+            const dataFrozen = await freezeOdooData(model);
+            dataFrozen.sheets = dataFrozen.sheets.slice(0, -1); // remove last sheet (global filters)
+            dataFrozen.globalFilters = [];
+            result[file] = dataFrozen;
+        }
+        await env.services.orm.call(
+            "spreadsheet.dashboard",
+            "write_dashboard_files",
+            [result]
+        );
+    },
+});