| `Name` | The data source name. This is how you refer to the data source in panels and queries. |
| `Default` | Default data source that is pre-selected for new panels. |
| `URL` | The URL of your Prometheus server, for example, `http://prometheus.example.org:9090`. |
| `Access` | Only Server access mode is functional. If Server mode is already selected this option is hidden. Otherwise change to Server mode to prevent errors. |
| `Basic Auth` | Enable basic authentication to the Prometheus data source. |
| `User` | User name for basic authentication. |
| `Password` | Password for basic authentication. |
| `Manage alerts via Alerting UI` | Toggle whether to enable Alertmanager integration for this data source. |
| `Scrape interval` | Set this to the typical scrape and evaluation interval configured in Prometheus. Defaults to 15s. |
| `HTTP method` | Use either POST or GET HTTP method to query your data source. POST is the recommended and pre-selected method as it allows bigger queries. Change this to GET if you have a Prometheus version older than 2.1 or if POST requests are restricted in your network. |
| `Type` | The type of your Prometheus server; `Prometheus`, `Cortex`, `Thanos`, `Mimir`. When selected, the **Version** field attempts to populate automatically using the Prometheus [buildinfo](https://semver.org/) API. Some Prometheus types, such as Cortex, don't support this API and must be manually populated. |
| `Version` | The version of your Prometheus server, note that this field is not visible until the Prometheus type is selected. |
| `Disable metrics lookup` | Checking this option will disable the metrics chooser and metric/label support in the query field's autocomplete. This helps if you have performance issues with bigger Prometheus instances. |
| `Custom query parameters` | Add custom parameters to the Prometheus query URL. For example `timeout`, `partial_response`, `dedup`, or `max_source_resolution`. Multiple parameters should be concatenated together with an '&'. |
| **Exemplars configuration** | |
| `Internal link` | Enable this option if you have an internal link. When enabled, this reveals the data source selector. Select the backend tracing data store for your exemplar data. |
| `Data source` | _(Visible only if you enable `Internal link`)_ Selects the backend tracing data store for your exemplar data. |
| `URL` | _(Visible only if you disable `Internal link`)_ Defines the external link's full URL. You can interpolate the value from the field by using the [`${__value.raw}` macro]({{< relref "../..//panels-visualizations/configure-data-links/#value-variables" >}}). |
| `URL Label` | _(Optional)_ Adds a custom display label to override the value of the `Label name` field. |
| `Label name` | Adds a name for the exemplar traceID property. |
| `Name` | The data source name. This is how you refer to the data source in panels and queries. |
| `Default` | Default data source that is pre-selected for new panels. |
| `URL` | The URL of your Prometheus server, for example, `http://prometheus.example.org:9090`. |
| `Access` | Only Server access mode is functional. If Server mode is already selected this option is hidden. Otherwise change to Server mode to prevent errors. |
| `Basic Auth` | Enable basic authentication to the Prometheus data source. |
| `User` | User name for basic authentication. |
| `Password` | Password for basic authentication. |
| `Manage alerts via Alerting UI` | Toggle whether to enable Alertmanager integration for this data source. |
| `Scrape interval` | Set this to the typical scrape and evaluation interval configured in Prometheus. Defaults to 15s. |
| `HTTP method` | Use either POST or GET HTTP method to query your data source. POST is the recommended and pre-selected method as it allows bigger queries. Change this to GET if you have a Prometheus version older than 2.1 or if POST requests are restricted in your network. |
| `Type` | The type of your Prometheus server; `Prometheus`, `Cortex`, `Thanos`, `Mimir`. When selected, the **Version** field attempts to populate automatically using the Prometheus [buildinfo](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#build-information) API. Some Prometheus types, such as Cortex or VictoriaMetrics, don't support this API or provide version info, and must be manually populated. |
| `Version` | The version of your Prometheus server, note that this field is not visible until the Prometheus type is selected. |
| `Disable metrics lookup` | Checking this option will disable the metrics chooser and metric/label support in the query field's autocomplete. This helps if you have performance issues with bigger Prometheus instances. |
| `Custom query parameters` | Add custom parameters to the Prometheus query URL. For example `timeout`, `partial_response`, `dedup`, or `max_source_resolution`. Multiple parameters should be concatenated together with an '&'. |
| **Exemplars configuration** | |
| `Internal link` | Enable this option if you have an internal link. When enabled, this reveals the data source selector. Select the backend tracing data store for your exemplar data. |
| `Data source` | _(Visible only if you enable `Internal link`)_ Selects the backend tracing data store for your exemplar data. |
| `URL` | _(Visible only if you disable `Internal link`)_ Defines the external link's full URL. You can interpolate the value from the field by using the [`${__value.raw}` macro]({{< relref "../..//panels-visualizations/configure-data-links/#value-variables" >}}). |
| `URL Label` | _(Optional)_ Adds a custom display label to override the value of the `Label name` field. |
| `Label name` | Adds a name for the exemplar traceID property. |