Managing Dashboards and Panels

a custom metric dashboard can contain multiple panels, containing multiple custom metrics users can manage, organize, or group their dashboards in a way that makes sense to them users can view a list of already configured metric dashboards on the main screen of the metric dashboards section they can search for a dashboard by name using the search bar on the top left corner of the screen they can also switch the viewing option from dashboards to folders using the toggle option located in the top right corner of the list dashboard settings a user has the following permissions to custom dashboards according to their assigned role owner can create, edit, or delete a dashboard can edit or delete a folder developer can create, edit, or delete a dashboard can edit or delete a folder viewer can only view the dashboards and folders the dashboard settings screen enables users to edit or delete dashboards add a dashboard to a folder to navigate to the dashboard settings screen click on the more options icon in front of the dashboard you want to edit click on edit click on the settings icon located in the top right corner edit or delete dashboard navigate to the dashboard settings screen and click on the general tab edit provide a relevant name and description for your dashboard add tags click on the save button delete click on the delete dashboard button add a variable in your dashboard you can add and manage variables in your dashboards variables are the placeholders for values you can add variables and use them directly in your queries variables will help you create dynamic dashboards by avoiding hard coding any specific values within queries use the following steps to add a variable in your dashboard navigate to the dashboard settings screen and click on the variables tab enter a name for the variable, select the appropriate variable type select the query type where you will be using the variable and then click on the save button once the variable has been added, you can use it by selecting the created variable in the panel query box and saving the new query add a dashboard to a folder users can create a folder to group or organize dashboard(s) that are related to each other note creating a folder is not mandatory for creating dashboards standalone dashboards don't need to be added to a folder click on the create folder button in the main dashboard screen provide a relevant name and description for your folder and click on the create button navigate to the dashboard settings screen of the dashboard that you want to add to the folder select the folder you created from the folder dropdown menu click on the save button manage and modify panels users can view and resize panels using the expand icon at the bottom right corner of the panels users with ' owner ' and ' developer ' level permissions can edit, duplicate or delete panels from dashboards related resources creating a dashboard kloudmate metrics