Zoom out time range controls
Click the Zoom out icon to view a larger time range. Double click on the panel graph area (time series family visualizations only). Type the t- keyboard shortcut to zoom out.
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Refresh dashboard button
Click the Refresh dashboard icon to immediately run every query on the dashboard and refresh the visualizations. Grafana cancels any pending requests when you trigger a refresh. By default, Grafana does not automatically refresh the dashboard. Click the down arrow next to the Refresh dashboard icon and select a refresh interval to regularly refresh. Selecting Auto schedules a refresh based on the query time range and browser window width, with short time ranges updating frequently and longer ones infrequently.
Dashboard feature overview location map
Dashboard elements include: dashboard folder (8, 4), dashboard title (17, 4), mark as favorite (22.5, 4), public label (27, 4), Grafana Assistant (85, 4), invite new users (90, 4), variables and filters (35, 21), dashboard links (48, 21), current dashboard time range and time picker (62.5, 27.5), time range zoom out (73, 27.5), refresh dashboard (78, 27.5), auto refresh control (83, 27.5), share dashboard (87.5, 27.5), edit (98, 20), export (98, 27), content outline (98, 34), filters overview (98, 41), dashboard insights (98, 48), hide (98, 58), toolbar (94, 85), row title (11, 28.5), tab title (19, 34), panel title (20, 44), dashboard panel (27, 63), panel legend (10, 89).
Explore key capabilities
Explore allows you to create visualizations to integrate into dashboards, create queries using mixed data sources, create multiple queries within a single interface, understand data shape across various data sources, and perform real-time data exploration and analysis.
Explore core components
Explore consists of a toolbar, content outline, query editor, the ability to add multiple queries, query history, and query inspector. The content outline is a side navigation bar that keeps track of queries and visualizations created in Explore and works in split view with a separate outline for each pane.
Explore toolbar features
The toolbar provides data source picker (select a data source from dropdown), Split button (compare visualizations side by side), Add button (add exploration to a dashboard, declare incident, create forecast, detect outliers, run investigation), Time picker (select time range, default is last hour, can enter absolute time range), and Run query button.
Content outline navigation
To open the content outline in Explore, click the Outline button in the top left corner. You can then click on any panel icon in the content outline to navigate to that panel.
Time picker functionality
The time picker default is 'last hour'. You can select different options from the dropdown, use an absolute time range, change the timezone associated with the query, or use a fiscal year. Click 'Change time settings' to change timezone or apply a fiscal year.
Split view in Explore
To open split view: click the split button to duplicate the current query and split the page into two side-by-side queries. You can run and re-run queries as often as needed. Select a different data source or different metrics and label filters for the new query to compare the same query across different servers or compare staging with production. You can link the time pickers for both panels by clicking time-sync buttons attached to the time pickers. When linked, changing the time in one panel automatically updates the other. Click 'Close' to quit split view.
Query editor and mixed data sources
The query editor is the interface where you construct queries for a data source. Each data source's query editor provides a customized user interface for its unique capabilities. To run queries across multiple data sources, select 'Mixed' from the data source picker. When you select 'Mixed', you can select a different data source for each new query that you add.
Query inspector functionality
The query inspector provides detailed statistics regarding your query and functions as a debugging tool that inspects your query. It provides query statistics under Stats, request response time under Query, data frame details under {} JSON, and the shape of your data under Data.
Accessing Explore from dashboard panel
To start with an existing query from a dashboard panel, select the Explore option from the Panel menu in the upper right. This opens an Explore page with the panel's query, enabling you to tweak or iterate the query outside your dashboard.
Explore URL structure
Explore URLs follow the structure: http://<grafana_url>/explore?panes=<panes>&schemaVersion=<schema_version>&orgId=<org_id>. The URL is updated as you make changes to queries and can be shared or bookmarked.
Explore pane schema for URL generation
Each pane in Explore URL parameters is a URL-encoded JSON object with the following schema: datasource (string, root datasource UID or '-- Mixed --'), queries (array of query objects with refId as alphanumeric identifier unique within the pane like 'A', 'B', 'C', and datasource object containing uid and type fields, plus any datasource-specific query parameters), range (object with from and to in milliseconds since epoch, also accepting relative ranges defined in Time units and relative ranges).
Explore shortened link sharing
The Share shortened link capability allows creating smaller and simpler URLs of the format '/goto/:uid' instead of longer URLs with query parameters. Click the Share option in the Explore toolbar to create a shortened link to the executed query.
Shortened links with absolute time
Shortened links have two options: relative time (e.g., from two hours ago to now) or absolute time (e.g., from 8am to 10am). By default, sharing a shortened link copies the selected time range, whether relative or absolute. To create a short link with absolute time, click the dropdown button next to the share shortened link button and select an option under 'Time-Sync URL Links'. This ensures anyone receiving the link will see the same data regardless of when they open it.
Explore URL length warning
Explore may generate long URLs which some tools like messaging or videoconferencing applications might truncate due to fixed message lengths. In such cases, Explore displays a warning and loads a default state.
Grafana Metrics Drilldown app
The Grafana Metrics Drilldown app allows users to quickly find related metrics with a few clicks, without needing to write PromQL queries to retrieve metrics.
Grafana Traces Drilldown app
The Grafana Traces Drilldown app uses Rate, Errors, and Duration (RED) metrics derived from traces to investigate and understand errors and latency issues within complex distributed systems.
Grafana Logs Drilldown app
The Grafana Logs Drilldown app enables users to visualize log volumes to easily detect anomalies or significant changes over time, without needing to compose LogQL queries.
Grafana Profiles Drilldown app
The Grafana Profiles Drilldown app allows users to view and analyze high-level service performance, identify problem processes for optimization, and diagnose issues to determine root causes.
Grafana Drilldown apps overview
The Grafana Drilldown apps are designed for effortless data exploration through intuitive, queryless interactions. They allow users to easily explore telemetry signals with specialized tools tailored specifically for Grafana databases to provide quick and accurate insights.