Reviewing the table visualization
Our first visualization is one of the least graphically interesting of the visualizations you will encounter in Grafana. We introduced it in the previous chapter, mostly to expedite the visualization of raw data. However, there is more to the table visualization, so let’s see how it is not simply a tool for displaying raw data (although it does do that too).
As you may know, the table visualization provides a spreadsheet-like data grid that is useful if you want to see the rows of actual data, along with any aggregations. When rolling up your data series into an aggregation or troubleshooting transformation functions, the table visualization can be more useful than the table view.
Comparing aggregations
To give you an idea of how the table visualization compares to the time series visualization legend table, let’s create a panel and have it display a set of common aggregations. Create a new panel and select Table from the visualization...
