diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.go
index 10b691bfda8..9ede9c2808f 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 // DashboardProvisioner is responsible for syncing dashboard from disk to
 // Grafana's database.
 type DashboardProvisioner interface {
+	HasDashboardSources() bool
 	Provision(ctx context.Context) error
 	PollChanges(ctx context.Context)
 	GetProvisionerResolvedPath(name string) string
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ type Provisioner struct {
 	provisioner        dashboards.DashboardProvisioningService
 }
 
+func (provider *Provisioner) HasDashboardSources() bool {
+	return len(provider.fileReaders) > 0
+}
+
 // New returns a new DashboardProvisioner
 func New(ctx context.Context, configDirectory string, provisioner dashboards.DashboardProvisioningService, orgStore utils.OrgStore, dashboardStore utils.DashboardStore) (DashboardProvisioner, error) {
 	logger := log.New("provisioning.dashboard")
diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard_mock.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard_mock.go
index 87e859a3cfb..c8988b48010 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard_mock.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ func NewDashboardProvisionerMock() *ProvisionerMock {
 	}
 }
 
+func (dpm *ProvisionerMock) HasDashboardSources() bool {
+	return dpm.ProvisionFunc != nil
+}
+
 // Provision is a mock implementation of `Provisioner.Provision`
 func (dpm *ProvisionerMock) Provision(ctx context.Context) error {
 	dpm.Calls.Provision = append(dpm.Calls.Provision, nil)
diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
index b6ac3c82a06..e4d7ec292a1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/provisioning/notifiers"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/provisioning/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/provisioning/utils"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/searchV2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg, sqlStore *sqlstore.SQLStore, pluginStore p
 	datasourceService datasourceservice.DataSourceService,
 	dashboardService dashboardservice.DashboardService,
 	alertingService *alerting.AlertNotificationService, pluginSettings pluginsettings.Service,
+	searchService searchV2.SearchService,
 ) (*ProvisioningServiceImpl, error) {
 	s := &ProvisioningServiceImpl{
 		Cfg:                          cfg,
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg, sqlStore *sqlstore.SQLStore, pluginStore p
 		datasourceService:            datasourceService,
 		alertingService:              alertingService,
 		pluginsSettings:              pluginSettings,
+		searchService:                searchService,
 	}
 	return s, nil
 }
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ type ProvisioningServiceImpl struct {
 	datasourceService            datasourceservice.DataSourceService
 	alertingService              *alerting.AlertNotificationService
 	pluginsSettings              pluginsettings.Service
+	searchService                searchV2.SearchService
 }
 
 func (ps *ProvisioningServiceImpl) RunInitProvisioners(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -135,6 +139,9 @@ func (ps *ProvisioningServiceImpl) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		ps.log.Error("Failed to provision dashboard", "error", err)
 		return err
 	}
+	if ps.dashboardProvisioner.HasDashboardSources() {
+		ps.searchService.TriggerReIndex()
+	}
 
 	for {
 		// Wait for unlock. This is tied to new dashboardProvisioner to be instantiated before we start polling.
diff --git a/pkg/services/searchV2/index.go b/pkg/services/searchV2/index.go
index 8a790cefa49..44cf9b92c29 100644
--- a/pkg/services/searchV2/index.go
+++ b/pkg/services/searchV2/index.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (i *dashboardIndex) sync(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (i *dashboardIndex) run(ctx context.Context, orgIDs []int64) error {
+func (i *dashboardIndex) run(ctx context.Context, orgIDs []int64, reIndexSignalCh chan struct{}) error {
 	reIndexInterval := 5 * time.Minute
 	fullReIndexTimer := time.NewTimer(reIndexInterval)
 	defer fullReIndexTimer.Stop()
@@ -124,18 +124,28 @@ func (i *dashboardIndex) run(ctx context.Context, orgIDs []int64) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// This semaphore channel allows limiting concurrent async re-indexing routines to 1.
+	asyncReIndexSemaphore := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+
 	// Channel to handle signals about asynchronous full re-indexing completion.
 	reIndexDoneCh := make(chan int64, 1)
 
 	for {
 		select {
 		case doneCh := <-i.syncCh:
+			// Executed on search read requests to make sure index is consistent.
 			lastEventID = i.applyIndexUpdates(ctx, lastEventID)
 			close(doneCh)
 		case <-partialUpdateTimer.C:
+			// Periodically apply updates collected in entity events table.
 			lastEventID = i.applyIndexUpdates(ctx, lastEventID)
 			partialUpdateTimer.Reset(partialUpdateInterval)
+		case <-reIndexSignalCh:
+			// External systems may trigger re-indexing, at this moment provisioning does this.
+			i.logger.Info("Full re-indexing due to external signal")
+			fullReIndexTimer.Reset(0)
 		case signal := <-i.buildSignals:
+			// When search read request meets new not-indexed org we build index for it.
 			i.mu.RLock()
 			_, ok := i.perOrgWriter[signal.orgID]
 			if ok {
@@ -151,15 +161,28 @@ func (i *dashboardIndex) run(ctx context.Context, orgIDs []int64) error {
 			// branch.
 			fullReIndexTimer.Stop()
 			go func() {
+				// We need semaphore here since asynchronous re-indexing may be in progress already.
+				asyncReIndexSemaphore <- struct{}{}
+				defer func() { <-asyncReIndexSemaphore }()
 				_, err = i.buildOrgIndex(ctx, signal.orgID)
 				signal.done <- err
 				reIndexDoneCh <- lastIndexedEventID
 			}()
 		case <-fullReIndexTimer.C:
+			// Periodically rebuild indexes since we could miss updates. At this moment we are issuing
+			// entity events non-atomically (outside of transaction) and do not cover all possible dashboard
+			// change places, so periodic re-indexing fixes possibly broken state. But ideally we should
+			// come to an approach which does not require periodic re-indexing at all. One possible way
+			// is to use DB triggers, see https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/47712.
 			lastIndexedEventID := lastEventID
 			go func() {
 				// Do full re-index asynchronously to avoid blocking index synchronization
 				// on read for a long time.
+
+				// We need semaphore here since re-indexing due to build signal may be in progress already.
+				asyncReIndexSemaphore <- struct{}{}
+				defer func() { <-asyncReIndexSemaphore }()
+
 				started := time.Now()
 				i.logger.Info("Start re-indexing")
 				i.reIndexFromScratch(ctx)
diff --git a/pkg/services/searchV2/service.go b/pkg/services/searchV2/service.go
index 1e92c7d5619..bfcf080a044 100644
--- a/pkg/services/searchV2/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/searchV2/service.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type StandardSearchService struct {
 	logger         log.Logger
 	dashboardIndex *dashboardIndex
 	extender       DashboardIndexExtender
+	reIndexCh      chan struct{}
 }
 
 func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg, sql *sqlstore.SQLStore, entityEventStore store.EntityEventsService, ac accesscontrol.AccessControl) SearchService {
@@ -46,8 +47,9 @@ func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg, sql *sqlstore.SQLStore, entityEventStore s
 			extender.GetDocumentExtender(),
 			newFolderIDLookup(sql),
 		),
-		logger:   log.New("searchV2"),
-		extender: extender,
+		logger:    log.New("searchV2"),
+		extender:  extender,
+		reIndexCh: make(chan struct{}, 1),
 	}
 	return s
 }
@@ -69,7 +71,15 @@ func (s *StandardSearchService) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	for _, org := range orgQuery.Result {
 		orgIDs = append(orgIDs, org.Id)
 	}
-	return s.dashboardIndex.run(ctx, orgIDs)
+	return s.dashboardIndex.run(ctx, orgIDs, s.reIndexCh)
+}
+
+func (s *StandardSearchService) TriggerReIndex() {
+	select {
+	case s.reIndexCh <- struct{}{}:
+	default:
+		// channel is full => re-index will happen soon anyway.
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *StandardSearchService) RegisterDashboardIndexExtender(ext DashboardIndexExtender) {
diff --git a/pkg/services/searchV2/stub.go b/pkg/services/searchV2/stub.go
index 9d0dc6a105d..83f4bc8cb34 100644
--- a/pkg/services/searchV2/stub.go
+++ b/pkg/services/searchV2/stub.go
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import (
 type stubSearchService struct {
 }
 
+func (s *stubSearchService) TriggerReIndex() {
+	// noop.
+}
+
 func NewStubSearchService() SearchService {
 	return &stubSearchService{}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/searchV2/types.go b/pkg/services/searchV2/types.go
index 29153079e6c..9be6e5737a5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/searchV2/types.go
+++ b/pkg/services/searchV2/types.go
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ type SearchService interface {
 	registry.BackgroundService
 	DoDashboardQuery(ctx context.Context, user *backend.User, orgId int64, query DashboardQuery) *backend.DataResponse
 	RegisterDashboardIndexExtender(ext DashboardIndexExtender)
+	TriggerReIndex()
 }