Dashboarding

{
  "name": "job",
  "type": "query",
  "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "prometheus" },
  "query": { "query": "label_values(up, job)", "refId": "A" },
  "refresh": 2,
  "includeAll": true,
  "multi": true,
  "label": "Service"
}

{
  "name": "cluster",
  "type": "constant",
  "query": "production",
  "label": "Cluster"
}

{
  "name": "datasource",
  "type": "datasource",
  "pluginId": "prometheus",
  "includeAll": false,
  "label": "Prometheus"
}

# Reference a variable in a PromQL query
rate(http_requests_total{job=~"$job"}[5m])

# Multi-value variable uses regex OR automatically
# When $job = ["api", "worker"], it becomes job=~"api|worker"

{
  "name": "pod",
  "query": "label_values(kube_pod_info{namespace=\"$namespace\"}, pod)"
}

"transformations": [
  {
    "id": "merge",
    "options": {}
  },
  {
    "id": "organize",
    "options": {
      "renameByName": { "Value #A": "Request Rate", "Value #B": "Error Rate" },
      "excludeByName": { "Time": true }
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "calculateField",
    "options": {
      "alias": "Error %",
      "mode": "reduceRow",
      "reduce": { "reducer": "last" },
      "binary": {
        "left": "errors",
        "right": "total",
        "operator": "/"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "filterByValue",
    "options": {
      "filters": [{ "fieldName": "Error %", "config": { "id": "greater", "options": { "value": 0.01 } } }],
      "type": "include",
      "match": "any"
    }
  }
]

"links": [
  {
    "title": "Go to details",
    "url": "/d/details-dashboard?var-service=${__field.labels.service}",
    "targetBlank": false
  }
]

"links": [
  {
    "title": "Runbook",
    "url": "https://wiki.example.com/runbook/${job}",
    "icon": "external link",
    "targetBlank": true,
    "type": "link"
  }
]

{
  "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "loki" },
  "expr": "{job=\"deployments\"} |= \"deployed\"",
  "name": "Deployments",
  "iconColor": "blue",
  "titleFormat": "{{service}} deployed",
  "textFormat": "{{version}} by {{author}}"
}

{
  "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "prometheus" },
  "expr": "changes(kube_deployment_status_observed_generation{namespace=\"production\"}[5m]) > 0",
  "step": "60s",
  "name": "Deployments",
  "iconColor": "blue",
  "titleFormat": "Deploy: {{deployment}}"
}

# Create or update a dashboard
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://myorg.grafana.net/api/dashboards/db" \
  -d '{
    "dashboard": { <dashboard JSON> },
    "folderUid": "my-folder",
    "overwrite": true,
    "message": "Updated via API"
  }'

# Get a dashboard by UID
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" \
  "https://myorg.grafana.net/api/dashboards/uid/my-dashboard-v1" | jq '.dashboard'

# Search dashboards
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" \
  "https://myorg.grafana.net/api/search?query=kubernetes&type=dash-db" | \
  jq '.[] | {uid, title, folderTitle}'

# Create a folder
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://myorg.grafana.net/api/folders" \
  -d '{"uid": "platform-team", "title": "Platform Team"}'