* Docs: update annotations docs to include typeahead support for tags
* Docs: Update Http API annotations including new endpoint to query by tags
Co-authored-by: Marcus Efraimsson <marcus.efraimsson@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: achatterjee-grafana <70489351+achatterjee-grafana@users.noreply.github.com>
@ -41,12 +41,18 @@ can still show them if you add a new **Annotation Query** and filter by tags. Bu
### Query by tag
You can create new annotation queries that fetch annotations from the native annotation store via the `-- Grafana --` data source and by setting *Filter by* to `Tags`. Specify at least
one tag. For example create an annotation query name `outages` and specify a tag named `outage`. This query will show all annotations you create (from any dashboard or via API) that have the `outage` tag. By default, if you add multiple tags in the annotation query, Grafana will only show annotations that have all the tags you supplied. You can invert the behavior by enabling `Match any` which means that Grafana will show annotations that contains at least one of the tags you supplied.
You can create new queries to fetch annotations from the native annotation store via the `-- Grafana --` data source by setting *Filter by* to `Tags`.
Grafana v8.1 and later versions also support typeahead of existing tags, provide at least one tag.
For example, create an annotation query name `outages` and specify a tag `outage`. This query will show all annotations (from any dashboard or via API) with the `outage` tag. If multiple tags are defined in an annotation query, then Grafana will only show annotations matching all the tags. To modify the behavior, enable `Match any`, and Grafana will show annotations that contain any one of the tags you provided.
In Grafana v5.3+ it's possible to use template variables in the tag query. So if you have a dashboard showing stats for different services and a template variable that dictates which services to show, you can now use the same template variable in your annotation query to only show annotations for those services.