Understanding the time series data visualization

In this section, we are going to cover some important concepts surrounding time aggregation. For us to do that, we’re going to craft a time series visualization panel that illustrates those concepts. Along the way, we’ll be covering some of the more advanced drawing features of the time series visualization.

The concepts are a bit technical, but understanding them is essential to mastering the depiction of time-based data in Grafana and other time series visualization tools:

1. Start by creating a new dashboard and then click + Add visualization.
2. Select the default InfluxDB data source.
3. Set the time range to Last 24 hours.
4. In the Query tab, click on the copy (two pages) icon to make a copy of the current query.
5. Click the visibility (eye) icon for the B query to disable it. We’ll set it in a moment.

We are going to modify the A query so that it concentrates on a single data series &...