Grafana supports many different storage backends for your time series data (data source). Refer to [Add a data source]({{< relref "../../administration/datasources/add-a-data-source/" >}}) for instructions on how to add a data source to Grafana. Only users with the organization admin role can add data sources.
Grafana supports many different storage backends for your time series data (data source). Refer to [Add a data source]({{< relref "../administration/data-source-management/#add-a-data-source/" >}}) for instructions on how to add a data source to Grafana. Only users with the organization admin role can add data sources.
## Querying
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The following data sources are officially supported:
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## Enterprise features in Grafana Cloud
Many Grafana Enterprise features are also available in [Grafana Cloud]({{< ref "/grafana-cloud" >}}) Pro and Advanced accounts. For details, refer to [the Grafana Cloud features table](https://grafana.com/pricing/#featuresTable) and [Enterprise features available to Grafana Cloud Pro and Advanced accounts]({{< ref "/grafana-cloud/reference/enterprise-features" >}}).
Many Grafana Enterprise features are also available in [Grafana Cloud]({{< ref "/docs/grafana-cloud" >}}) Pro and Advanced accounts. For details, refer to [the Grafana Cloud features table](https://grafana.com/pricing/#featuresTable) and [Enterprise features available to Grafana Cloud Pro and Advanced accounts]({{< ref "/docs/grafana-cloud/reference/enterprise-features" >}}).
[Grafana open source software](https://grafana.com/oss/) enables you to query, visualize, alert on, and explore your metrics, logs, and traces wherever they are stored. Grafana OSS provides you with tools to turn your time-series database (TSDB) data into insightful graphs and visualizations.
After you have [installed Grafana]({{< relref "../setup-grafana/installation/" >}}) and set up your first dashboard using instructions in [Getting started with Grafana]({{< relref "../getting-started/build-first-dashboard.md" >}}), you will have many options to choose from depending on your requirements. For example, if you want to view weather data and statistics about your smart home, then you can create a [playlist]({{< relref "../dashboards/playlist.md" >}}). If you are the administrator for an enterprise and are managing Grafana for multiple teams, then you can set up [provisioning]({{< relref "../administration/server-administration/provisioning.md" >}}) and [authentication]({{< relref "../setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/" >}}).
After you have [installed Grafana]({{< relref "../setup-grafana/installation/" >}}) and set up your first dashboard using instructions in [Getting started with Grafana]({{< relref "../getting-started/build-first-dashboard.md" >}}), you will have many options to choose from depending on your requirements. For example, if you want to view weather data and statistics about your smart home, then you can create a [playlist]({{< relref "../dashboards/playlist.md" >}}). If you are the administrator for an enterprise and are managing Grafana for multiple teams, then you can set up [provisioning]({{< relref "../administration/provisioning/" >}}) and [authentication]({{< relref "../setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/" >}}).
The following sections provide an overview of Grafana features and links to product documentation to help you learn more. For more guidance and ideas, check out our [Grafana Community forums](https://community.grafana.com/).
## Explore metrics, logs, and traces
Explore your data through ad-hoc queries and dynamic drilldown. Split view and compare different time ranges, queries and data sources side by side. Refer to [Explore]({{< relref "../explore/_index.md" >}}) for more information.
Explore your data through ad-hoc queries and dynamic drilldown. Split view and compare different time ranges, queries and data sources side by side. Refer to [Explore]({{< relref "../explore/" >}}) for more information.
## Alerts
If you're using Grafana Alerting, then you can have alerts sent through a number of different [alert notifiers]({{< relref "../alerting/contact-points/_index.md#list-of-notifiers-supported-by-grafana" >}}), including PagerDuty, SMS, email, VictorOps, OpsGenie, or Slack.
Alert hooks allow you to create different notifiers with a bit of code if you prefer some other channels of communication. Visually define [alert rules]({{< relref "../alerting/alerting-rules/_index.md" >}}) for your most important metrics.
Alert hooks allow you to create different notifiers with a bit of code if you prefer some other channels of communication. Visually define [alert rules]({{< relref "../alerting/alerting-rules/" >}}) for your most important metrics.
## Annotations
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## Dashboard variables
[Template variables]({{< relref "../variables/_index.md" >}}) allow you to create dashboards that can be reused for lots of different use cases. Values aren't hard-coded with these templates, so for instance, if you have a production server and a test server, you can use the same dashboard for both.
[Template variables]({{< relref "../variables/" >}}) allow you to create dashboards that can be reused for lots of different use cases. Values aren't hard-coded with these templates, so for instance, if you have a production server and a test server, you can use the same dashboard for both.
Templating allows you to drill down into your data, say, from all data to North America data, down to Texas data, and beyond. You can also share these dashboards across teams within your organization—or if you create a great dashboard template for a popular data source, you can contribute it to the whole community to customize and use.
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While it's easy to click, drag, and drop to create a single dashboard, power users in need of many dashboards will want to automate the setup with a script. You can script anything in Grafana.
For example, if you're spinning up a new Kubernetes cluster, you can also spin up a Grafana automatically with a script that would have the right server, IP address, and data sources preset and locked in so users cannot change them. It's also a way of getting control over a lot of dashboards. Refer to [Provisioning]({{< relref "../administration/server-administration/provisioning.md" >}}) for more information.
For example, if you're spinning up a new Kubernetes cluster, you can also spin up a Grafana automatically with a script that would have the right server, IP address, and data sources preset and locked in so users cannot change them. It's also a way of getting control over a lot of dashboards. Refer to [Provisioning]({{< relref "../administration/provisioning/" >}}) for more information.
## Permissions
When organizations have one Grafana and multiple teams, they often want the ability to both keep things separate and share dashboards. You can create a team of users and then set permissions on [folders and dashboards]({{< relref "../administration/user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/_index.md" >}}), and down to the [data source level]({{< relref "../administration/data-source-management/datasource-permissions.md" >}}) if you're using [Grafana Enterprise]({{< relref "../enterprise/_index.md" >}}).
When organizations have one Grafana and multiple teams, they often want the ability to both keep things separate and share dashboards. You can create a team of users and then set permissions on [folders and dashboards]({{< relref "../administration/user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/" >}}), and down to the [data source level]({{< relref "../administration/data-source-management#data-source-permissions" >}}) if you're using [Grafana Enterprise]({{< relref "../enterprise/" >}}).
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Grafana Enterprise adds the following features:
- [Role-based access control]({{< relref "../enterprise/access-control/" >}}) to control access with role-based permissions.
- [Data source permissions]({{< relref "../administration/data-source-management/datasource-permissions.md" >}}) to restrict query access to specific teams and users.
- [Role-based access control]({{< relref "../administration/roles-and-permissions/access-control/" >}}) to control access with role-based permissions.
- [Data source permissions]({{< relref "../administration/data-source-management#data-source-permissions" >}}) to restrict query access to specific teams and users.
- [Data source query caching]({{< relref "../enterprise/query-caching.md" >}}) to temporarily store query results in Grafana to reduce data source load and rate limiting.
- [Reporting]({{< relref "../enterprise/reporting.md" >}}) to generate a PDF report from any dashboard and set up a schedule to have it emailed to whoever you choose.
- [Export dashboard as PDF]({{< relref "../enterprise/export-pdf.md" >}})
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### Licensing changes
When determining a user’s role for billing purposes, a user who has the ability to edit and save dashboards is considered an Editor. This includes any user who is an Editor or Admin at the Org level, and who has granted Admin or Edit permissions via [Dashboard permissions]({{< relref "../administration/manage-users-and-permissions/about-users-and-permissions/#dashboard-permissions" >}}).
When determining a user’s role for billing purposes, a user who has the ability to edit and save dashboards is considered an Editor. This includes any user who is an Editor or Admin at the Org level, and who has granted Admin or Edit permissions via [Dashboard permissions]({{< relref "../administration/user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/" >}}).
After the number of Viewers or Editors has reached its license limit, only Admins will see a banner in Grafana indicating that the license limit has been reached. Previously, all users saw the banner.
Grafana Enterprise license tokens update automatically on a daily basis, which means you no longer need to manually update your license, and the process for adding additional users to a license is smoother than it was before.
Refer to [Licensing restrictions]({{< relref "../enterprise/license/license-restrictions/" >}}) for more information.
Refer to [Licensing restrictions]({{< relref "../administration/enterprise-licensing#license-restrictions" >}}) for more information.
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A new session is created when you sign in to Grafana from a different device or a different browser. Multiple windows and tabs in the same browser are all part of the same session, so having many Grafana tabs open will not cause any issues.
For more information on Grafana Enterprise licensing and restrictions, refer to [License restrictions]({{< relref "../enterprise/license/license-restrictions/" >}}).
For more information on Grafana Enterprise licensing and restrictions, refer to [License restrictions]({{< relref "../administration/enterprise-licensing#license-restrictions" >}}).
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You can now use the Plugin catalog app to easily manage your plugins from within Grafana. Install, update, and uninstall plugins without requiring a server restart.
[Plugin catalog]({{< relref "../plugins/catalog/" >}}) was added as a result of this feature.
[Plugin catalog]({{< relref "../administration/plugin-management#plugin-catalog/" >}}) was added as a result of this feature.
### Performance improvements
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You can now add or remove detailed permissions from Viewer, Editor, and Admin org roles, to grant users just the right amount of access within Grafana. Available permissions include the ability to view and manage Users, Reports, and the Access Control API itself. Grafana will support more and more permissions over the coming months.
[Role-based access control docs]({{< relref "../enterprise/access-control/" >}}) were added as a result of this feature.
[Role-based access control docs]({{< relref "../administration/roles-and-permissions/access-control/" >}}) were added as a result of this feature.
### Data source query caching
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The Grafana Enterprise documentation has been updated to describe more specifically how licensed roles are counted, how they can be updated, and where you can see details about dashboard and folder permissions that affect users' licensed roles.
For more information, refer to [License restrictions docs]({{< relref "../enterprise/license/license-restrictions/" >}}).
For more information, refer to [License restrictions docs]({{< relref "../administration/enterprise-licensing#license-restrictions" >}}).
@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ These features are included in the Grafana Enterprise edition.
Role-based access control remains in beta. You can now grant or revoke permissions for Viewers, Editors, or Admins to use Explore mode, configure LDAP or SAML settings, or view the admin/stats page. These new permissions enhance the existing permissions that can be customized, namely permissions to access Users, Orgs, LDAP settings, and Reports in Grafana.
Fine grained access control allows you to customize roles and permissions in Grafana beyond the built-in Viewer, Editor, and Admin roles. As of 8.1, you can modify some of the permissions for any of these built-in roles. This is helpful if you’d like users to have more or fewer access permissions than a given role allows for by default. For an overview of role-based access control and a complete list of available permissions, refer to the [Fine grained access control]({{< relref "../enterprise/access-control/" >}}) documentation.
Fine grained access control allows you to customize roles and permissions in Grafana beyond the built-in Viewer, Editor, and Admin roles. As of 8.1, you can modify some of the permissions for any of these built-in roles. This is helpful if you’d like users to have more or fewer access permissions than a given role allows for by default. For an overview of role-based access control and a complete list of available permissions, refer to the [Fine grained access control]({{< relref "../administration/roles-and-permissions/access-control/" >}}) documentation.
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