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This feature has been worked on for over a year with many iterations and rewrites |
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just to make sure the foundations are really solid. We are really proud to finally release it! |
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Since the alerting execution is processed in the backend all data source plugins are not supported. |
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Since the alerting execution is processed in the backend not all data source plugins are supported. |
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Right now Graphite, Prometheus, InfluxDB and OpenTSDB are supported. Elasticsearch is being worked |
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on but will be not ready for v4 release. |
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{{< imgbox max-width="30%" img="/img/docs/v4/alert_list_panel.png" caption="Alert List Panel" >}} |
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This new panel allows you to show alert rules or a history of alert rule state changes. You can filter based on states your |
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interested in. Very useful panel for overview style dashboards. |
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This new panel allows you to show alert rules or a history of alert rule state changes. You can filter based on states you are |
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interested in. This panel is very useful for overview style dashboards. |
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{{< imgbox max-width="30%" img="/img/docs/v4/adhoc_filters.gif" caption="Ad-hoc filters variable" >}} |
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This is a new and very different type of template variable. It will allow you to create new key/value filters on the fly. |
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With autocomplete for both key and values. The filter condition will be automatically applied to all |
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This is a new and very different type of template variable. It will allow you to create new key/value filters on the fly |
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with autocomplete for both key and values. The filter condition will be automatically applied to all |
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queries that use that data source. This feature opens up more exploratory dashboards. In the gif animation to the right |
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you have a dashboard for Elasticsearch log data. It uses one query variable that allow you to quickly change how the data |
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is grouped, and an interval variable for controlling the granularity of the time buckets. What was missing |
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{{< imgbox max-width="50%" img="/img/docs/v4/add_panel.gif" caption="Add Panel flow" >}} |
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We spent a lot of time improving the dashboard building experience. Trying to make it both |
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We spent a lot of time improving the dashboard building experience to make it both |
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more efficient and easier for beginners. After many good but not great experiments |
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with a `build mode` we eventually decided to just improve the green row menu and |
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continue work on a `build mode` for a future release. |
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The new row menu automatically slides out when you mouse over the edge of the row. You no longer need |
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to hover over the small green icon and the click it to expand the row menu. |
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to hover over the small green icon and then click it to expand the row menu. |
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There is some minor improvements to drag and drop behaviour. Now when dragging a panel from one row |
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There are some minor improvements to drag and drop behaviour. Now when dragging a panel from one row |
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to another you will insert the panel and Grafana will automatically make room for it. |
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When you drag a panel within a row you will simply reorder the panels. |
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{{< imgbox max-width="40%" img="/img/docs/v4/shortcuts.png" caption="Shortcuts" >}} |
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Grafana v4 introduces a number of really powerful keyboard shortcuts. You can now focus a panel |
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by hovering over it with your mouse. With a panel focused you can simple hit `e` to toggle panel |
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by hovering over it with your mouse. With a panel focused you can simply hit `e` to toggle panel |
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edit mode, or `v` to toggle fullscreen mode. `p r` removes the panel. `p s` opens share |
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modal. |
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## Upgrade & Breaking changes |
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There are no breaking changes. Old dashboards and features should work the same. Grafana-server will automatically upgrade it's db |
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There are no breaking changes. Old dashboards and features should work the same. Grafana-server will automatically upgrade its db |
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schema on restart. It's advisable to do a backup of Grafana's database before updating. |
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If your are using plugins make sure to update your plugins as some might not work perfectly v4. |
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If you are using plugins make sure to update your plugins as some might not work perfectly v4. |
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You can update plugins using grafana-cli |
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