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Learn Grafana 7.0

You're reading from   Learn Grafana 7.0 A beginner's guide to getting well versed in analytics, interactive dashboards, and monitoring

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838826581
Length 410 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Salituro Eric Salituro
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Grafana
2. Introduction to Data Visualization with Grafana FREE CHAPTER 3. A Tour of the Grafana Interface 4. An Introduction to the Graph Panel 5. Real-World Grafana
6. Connecting Grafana to a Data Source 7. Visualizing Data in the Graph Panel 8. Visualization Panels in Grafana 9. Creating Your First Dashboard 10. Working with Advanced Dashboard Features 11. Grafana Alerting 12. Exploring Logs with Grafana Loki 13. Managing Grafana
14. Organizing Dashboards 15. Managing Permissions for Users and Teams 16. Authentication with External Services 17. Cloud Monitoring 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building and running dashboard playlists

A dashboard playlist is a selection of dashboards that can be played in a looped sequence. Any dashboard can appear in such a playlist. A playlist consists of one or more dashboards displayed in a sequence, separated by a specified interval. They're typically used to create an automated display cycle of dashboards for unattended venues such as kiosks or operation centers.

Creating a playlist

Before we can start running a playlist, we'll need to create one. The Playlists tab can be found on the Dashboards management page. Follow these steps:

  1. From the left sidebar, select Dashboards | Playlists.
  2. Click New Playlist.
  3. Set a Name for the playlist. You will not be able to Create the playlist until you set a Name.
  4. Set the time Interval between dashboards.
  5. Click + to add a playlist for each dashboard you wish to add to the playlist. You can also add starred dashboards...
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