Managing and organizing dashboards
As the list of dashboards and teams using them grows, you will need a way to manage them easier. Grafana provides folders, tags, and permissions that give us the capability to get organized. From the main Dashboards screen, you can create folders, move and delete dashboards, and star them, as you can see in the following screenshot:
Figure 8.18 – The Dashboards screen
From the dashboard Settings screen, you can add or remove tags from individual dashboards, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 8.19 – Dashboard settings
Let’s look at the available settings for folders, tags, and permissions:
- Folders:
- Provide easy organization and grouping
- Enhanced security by segregating permissions at the folder level
- Tags:
- Useful when searching for related dashboards
- Color-coded for visual recognition
- Permissions:
- Control access to folders and their dashboards
- Give...
