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• What is Grafana? Don’t worry! SDSC manages Grafana and its contents. You’ll be provided a pre-built dashboard (a page of visualizations for monitoring and browsing). But In other words, Grafana is an interactive web application that provides charts and graphs when connected to a data source.

• What is a Grafana Snapshot? A snapshot is a shareable interactive dashboard. It is stripped of sensitive data, leaving only visible metrics and legend/panel names. They can be access by anyone with the link.

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After logging in, a drop-down bar will be populated with the user’s cloud project. They are to select one project and click the Request button. The page will automatically embed the snapshot. This snapshot will expire after 1 hour.

Users are able to request more than one snapshot within a 1 hour period. The site only shows one snapshot, but users can grab the shareable link (see section below), open the link in a new tab, refresh the snapshot site, and make a new request.

How to Change Dashboard Time Window

1. Log in on https://grafana-cloud.sdsc.edu/

2. Select the desired Cloud Project from the drop down.

3. Click Request and wait for the dashboard to generate and embed. This may take a few seconds.

4. On the embedded dashboard, click on the time range window in the top right corner. The default value should be Last 30 days.

   

5. In the time window dropdown, select from the available quick ranges or select your own custom time range.

6. Click on Apply time range.

   

Getting a Shareable Link

While the snapshot is embedded into the website, it may be desirable to receive a shareable link (to share with others, for easier viewing, or in case the page accidentally refreshes).

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