diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/out/dashboard/custom_key.lvdash.json b/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/out/dashboard/custom_key.lvdash.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea901f555c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/out/dashboard/custom_key.lvdash.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "pages": [
+    {
+      "displayName": "New Page",
+      "layout": [],
+      "name": "[NUMID]"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/out/resource/custom_key.dashboard.yml b/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/out/resource/custom_key.dashboard.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43eec1b9664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/out/resource/custom_key.dashboard.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+resources:
+  dashboards:
+    custom_key:
+      display_name: "This is a test dashboard"
+      warehouse_id: w4r3h0us3
+      file_path: ../dashboard/custom_key.lvdash.json
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/output.txt
index de3519416c9..dcef0efdf55 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/output.txt
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/output.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 >>> [CLI] bundle generate dashboard --existing-path /path/to/dashboard --dashboard-dir out/dashboard --resource-dir out/resource
 Writing dashboard to out/dashboard/this_is_a_test_dashboard.lvdash.json
 Writing configuration to out/resource/this_is_a_test_dashboard.dashboard.yml
+
+>>> [CLI] bundle generate dashboard --existing-path /path/to/dashboard --key custom_key --dashboard-dir out/dashboard --resource-dir out/resource
+Writing dashboard to out/dashboard/custom_key.lvdash.json
+Writing configuration to out/resource/custom_key.dashboard.yml
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/script b/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/script
index 60f26d10841..814370542d9 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/script
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/generate/dashboard_existing_path_nominal/script
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Test generating dashboard from existing path
 trace $CLI bundle generate dashboard --existing-path /path/to/dashboard --dashboard-dir out/dashboard --resource-dir out/resource
+
+trace $CLI bundle generate dashboard --existing-path /path/to/dashboard --key custom_key --dashboard-dir out/dashboard --resource-dir out/resource
diff --git a/cmd/bundle/generate/dashboard.go b/cmd/bundle/generate/dashboard.go
index b6b01e8c528..47f7f180ce3 100644
--- a/cmd/bundle/generate/dashboard.go
+++ b/cmd/bundle/generate/dashboard.go
@@ -344,7 +344,11 @@ func (d *dashboard) generateForExisting(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle, d
 		return
 	}
 
-	key := textutil.NormalizeString(dashboard.DisplayName)
+	// The "key" flag is a persistent flag on the parent "generate" command.
+	key := d.cmd.Flag("key").Value.String()
+	if key == "" {
+		key = textutil.NormalizeString(dashboard.DisplayName)
+	}
 	err = d.saveConfiguration(ctx, b, dashboard, key)
 	if err != nil {
 		logdiag.LogError(ctx, err)
@@ -546,6 +550,11 @@ bundle files automatically, useful during active dashboard development.`,
 		"existing-id",
 		"resource",
 	)
+	cmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(
+		"existing-path",
+		"existing-id",
+		"resource",
+	)
 
 	// Watch flag. This is relevant only in combination with the resource flag.
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&d.watch, "watch", false, `watch for changes to the dashboard and update the configuration`)
diff --git a/cmd/bundle/generate/dashboard_test.go b/cmd/bundle/generate/dashboard_test.go
index d7cb53ad46b..8c346250c8c 100644
--- a/cmd/bundle/generate/dashboard_test.go
+++ b/cmd/bundle/generate/dashboard_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package generate
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle"
@@ -47,3 +48,20 @@ func TestDashboard_ErrorOnLegacyDashboard(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, diags, 1)
 	assert.Equal(t, "dashboard \"legacy dashboard\" is a legacy dashboard", diags[0].Summary)
 }
+
+func TestDashboard_LookupFlagsAreMutuallyExclusive(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := [][]string{
+		{"--existing-path", "/path/to/dashboard", "--existing-id", "f00dcafe"},
+		{"--existing-path", "/path/to/dashboard", "--resource", "test_dashboard"},
+		{"--existing-id", "f00dcafe", "--resource", "test_dashboard"},
+	}
+
+	for _, args := range tests {
+		cmd := NewGenerateDashboardCommand()
+		cmd.SetArgs(args)
+		cmd.SetOut(io.Discard)
+		cmd.SetErr(io.Discard)
+		err := cmd.Execute()
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "none of the others can be")
+	}
+}