diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7613.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7613.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff6c8f6c521a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7613.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fix:
+- [navigation] add sample data to left navigation ([#7613](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/7613))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugins/home/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/home/public/plugin.ts
index fe1099a8e635..0e555f9a3011 100644
--- a/src/plugins/home/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/home/public/plugin.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import { PLUGIN_ID, HOME_APP_BASE_PATH, IMPORT_SAMPLE_DATA_APP_ID } from '../com
 import { DataSourcePluginStart } from '../../data_source/public';
 import { workWithDataSection } from './application/components/homepage/sections/work_with_data';
 import { learnBasicsSection } from './application/components/homepage/sections/learn_basics';
-import { DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS } from '../../../core/public';
+import { DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS, DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES } from '../../../core/public';
 import {
   ContentManagementPluginSetup,
   ContentManagementPluginStart,
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ export class HomePublicPlugin
       title: i18n.translate('home.tutorialDirectory.featureCatalogueTitle', {
         defaultMessage: 'Add sample data',
       }),
-      navLinkStatus: AppNavLinkStatus.hidden,
+      navLinkStatus: core.chrome.navGroup.getNavGroupEnabled()
+        ? AppNavLinkStatus.visible
+        : AppNavLinkStatus.hidden,
       mount: async (params: AppMountParameters) => {
         const [coreStart] = await core.getStartServices();
         setCommonService();
@@ -194,6 +196,26 @@ export class HomePublicPlugin
     });
     urlForwarding.forwardApp('home', 'home');
 
+    const configurationInfoForImportSampleData = {
+      id: IMPORT_SAMPLE_DATA_APP_ID,
+      title: i18n.translate('home.nav.sampleData.label', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Sample data',
+      }),
+      order: 400,
+      category: DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.manage,
+    };
+
+    // Register sample data to all of the use cases in 2.16
+    [
+      DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS.all,
+      DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS.analytics,
+      DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS['security-analytics'],
+      DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS.observability,
+      DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS.search,
+    ].forEach((navGroup) =>
+      core.chrome.navGroup.addNavLinksToGroup(navGroup, [configurationInfoForImportSampleData])
+    );
+
     const featureCatalogue = { ...this.featuresCatalogueRegistry.setup() };
 
     featureCatalogue.register({