grafana/docs/sources/panels/working-with-panels/add-panel.md

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[/docs/grafana/latest/panels/working-with-panels/add-panel/ /docs/sources/panels/working-with-panels/add-panel/]	Add a panel to a dashboard	20

Add a panel to a dashboard

Panels allow you to show your data in visual form. Each panel needs at least one query to display a visualization.

Before you begin

• Ensure that you have the proper permissions. For more information about permissions, refer to [About users and permissions]({{< relref "../../administration/manage-users-and-permissions/about-users-and-permissions/" >}}).
• Identify the dashboard to which you want to add the panel.
• Understand the query language of the target data source.
• Ensure that data source for which you are writing a query has been added. For more information about adding a data source, refer to [Add a data source]({{< relref "../../datasources/add-a-data-source/" >}}) if you need instructions.

To add a panel to a dashboard:

1. Navigate to the dashboard to which you want to add a panel.

2. Click the Add panel icon.

   

3. Click Add an empty panel.

   Grafana creates an empty time-series panel and selects the default data source.

4. In the first line of the Query tab, click the drop-down list and select a data source.

5. Write or construct a query in the query language of your data source.

   For more information about data sources, refer to [Data sources]({{< relref "../../datasources/" >}}) for specific guidelines.

6. In the Visualization list, select a visualization type.

   Grafana displays a preview of your query results with the visualization applied.

   

   For more information about individual visualizations, refer to [Visualizations options]({{< relref "../../visualizations/" >}}).

7. Refer to the following documentation for ways you adjust panel settings.

   While not required, most visualizations need some adjustment before they properly display the information that you need.

   • [Format data using value mapping]({{< relref "../format-data/about-value-mapping/" >}})
   • [Visualization-specific options]({{< relref "../../visualizations/" >}})
   • [Override field values]({{< relref "../override-field-values/about-field-overrides/" >}})
   • [Configure thresholds]({{< relref "../configure-thresholds/" >}})
   • [Apply color to series and fields]({{< relref "apply-color-to-series/" >}})

8. Add a note to describe the visualization (or describe your changes) and then click Save in the upper-right corner of the page.

   Notes can be helpful if you need to revert the dashboard to a previous version.