Create Dynamic Grafana Dashboards with Variables
Static dashboards fail under the load of modern IT Service Management environments. Implement Grafana templating using Query and Custom variables to filter metrics dynamically across hundreds of services without duplication. This hands-on guide details the exact PromQL and SQL syntax required for handling multi-value selections and chaining dependencies between variables. System analysts will master Ad-hoc filters for instant key-value filtering across entire dashboards. We cover panel and row repetition techniques, variable caching strategies, and optimizing $__interval usage for high-cardinality data sources, ensuring scalable and performant monitoring solutions.
00:00: Static Dashboard Scaling Failure
00:53: Implementing Query Variables Syntax
01:41: Multi-Value and Include All
02:31: Chaining Dependent Variables
03:12: Ad-hoc Filters Implementation
03:53: Template Variables for Repetition
04:40: Variable Usage in PromQL and SQL
05:27: Global and Internal Variables
06:13: ITSM Use Case: Incident Filtering
06:55: Optimization and Caching Strategies
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