Customize a Grafana log table

Build a Grafana panel that renders Azion event records as a table, choosing the dataset, the fields, and the time path the panel orders by.

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With the Azion data source plugin, you can build a Grafana dashboard panel that shows the Azion data you need. This page covers the panel itself: the data source, the query, the five fields that shape the result, and the visualization type.

Connecting Grafana to your account is a separate task. For more information, refer to Install the Azion plugin for Grafana.

Prerequisites

Build the panel

A panel holds one query and one visualization type. The five fields below map the fields the query returns onto the visualization.

To add a panel that reads Azion data, in Grafana:

Open the dashboard list

Select Dashboards. The dashboard page opens.

Create a dashboard

Beside the search bar, search, select New > New Dashboard.

Select Add visualization
Select the data source

On the Data source dropdown, select Azion.

Enter the query

In the code box, enter the query the panel runs. For example queries, refer to GraphQL API.

Complete the panel fields

Five fields complete the setup. Which ones you fill depends on the visualization type and on what the panel shows:

  • Data path: enter the value Events.
  • Time path: enter a timestamp. The field is dot-delimited.
  • Time format: enter a time format in moment.js format.
  • Group by: use this field when you want the data grouped in aggregated form.
  • Alias by: use this field to change the value and the name a field carries in the legend.
Select the visualization type

On the Visualization list, select the type the panel uses. To read raw event records in large volume, or a top X query, Azion recommends the Table type. You can combine it with other types of charts and graphs.

Select Save

Grafana saves the panel, and the dashboard shows the data the query returns.

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Next steps

Build a Grafana query against Azion dataWrite the query the panel runs, and the fields it has to return.Real-Time Events fieldsEvery field each dataset carries, so the panel maps the right one onto each column.Data sourcesThe data sources a query can read, and what each one records.Install the Azion plugin for GrafanaInstall the plugin and authorize it against your account.