Grafana & Dashboards
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Grafana Assistant: Your Infrastructure's AI-Powered Observability Ally
Grafana Assistant transforms how you manage observability by learning your infrastructure before you even ask. It builds a persistent knowledge base by automatically discovering and documenting your services, metrics, and dependencies. This means faster fixes and less context sharing among team members.
- →Utilize Grafana Assistant to automatically build a knowledge base of your infrastructure.
- →Leverage semantic search for rapid information retrieval about services and metrics.
Grafana Alert Enrichment: Elevate Your Incident Response
In a world where every second counts, Grafana's alert enrichment feature transforms alerts into actionable insights. By adding contextual information, such as AI-generated explanations and related logs, you can respond faster and more effectively.
- →Utilize alert enrichment to attach contextual information to alerts.
- →Leverage AI-powered explanations for quick understanding of alert causes.
Benchmarking AI Agents for Observability Workflows with o11y-bench
In the evolving landscape of observability, o11y-bench emerges as a critical tool for evaluating AI agents. It runs agents against a real Grafana stack, providing a structured way to assess their performance on observability tasks.
- →Run agents against a real Grafana stack to simulate observability workflows.
- →Use Pass^3 to measure consistency across three benchmark runs.
Mastering Cloud Provider Observability in Grafana Cloud
Unlock the power of Cloud Provider Observability in Grafana Cloud to tailor your monitoring experience. Dive into customizing preconfigured views for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and learn how to leverage AI-generated dashboards effectively.
- →Customize preconfigured views for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud directly from the 'Services' tab.
- →Utilize AI-generated dashboards to save time and ensure accuracy in your metrics.
Unlock Terminal Observability with the gcx CLI Tool
Tired of switching contexts to monitor your systems? The gcx CLI tool integrates Grafana Cloud directly into your terminal, allowing you to manage observability seamlessly. With commands like `gcx skills install --all`, you can streamline your workflow and enhance your monitoring capabilities.
- →Leverage gcx for seamless terminal integration with Grafana Cloud.
- →Use `gcx skills install --all` to quickly set up observability tools.
Unlocking Grafana 13: Speed Up Data Insights and Scale Operations
Grafana 13 is a game changer for teams looking to streamline their observability practices. With features like suggested dashboards and saved queries, you can reduce redundancy and enhance collaboration. Dive in to discover how these improvements can transform your data management.
- →Utilize suggested dashboards to quickly find relevant resources for your data source.
- →Leverage saved queries to reduce redundancy and speed up team onboarding.
Mastering AI Observability in Grafana Cloud
AI Observability is crucial for understanding your AI systems' performance and issues. With OpenTelemetry compatibility, it seamlessly integrates into your existing setups, capturing vital metrics like latency and cost signals. Dive in to learn how to leverage this powerful tool effectively.
- →Understand AI Observability as a solution for monitoring AI systems.
- →Leverage OpenTelemetry compatibility for easy integration into existing setups.
Accelerate Database Troubleshooting with Grafana Assistant
Struggling with database performance issues? The new Grafana Assistant integration for Database Observability simplifies troubleshooting by synthesizing data from Prometheus and Loki. It provides insights into SQL queries, including P99 latency and wait events.
- →Utilize the Grafana Assistant to synthesize data from Prometheus and Loki for faster troubleshooting.
- →Monitor RED metrics to gain visibility into SQL queries and their performance.
Mastering Cost Attribution in Grafana Cloud for Effective Spend Management
Cost attribution in Grafana Cloud is essential for managing your observability spend across teams and projects. By leveraging label-based tracking, you can gain insights into your costs and optimize resource allocation effectively. Dive in to learn how to set it up and avoid common pitfalls.
- →Configure up to two labels for cost attribution, such as team and env.
- →Understand that cost attribution is forward-looking and does not retroactively apply to historical data.
Unlocking User Experience Insights with Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability
Understanding user experience is crucial for application success. Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability lets you instrument user actions, providing a comprehensive view of interactions alongside performance data. This article dives into how to leverage these insights effectively.
- →Instrument user actions to track specific interactions that define success.
- →Utilize the Frontend Observability timeline for a comprehensive view of user actions and their context.
Grafana Labs: Leading the Charge in Observability for 2026
Grafana Labs has once again secured its position as a leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms. With innovations like the Grafana Assistant, teams can leverage AI to enhance incident investigation and root cause analysis.
- →Utilize the Grafana Assistant to streamline incident investigations with natural language queries.
- →Leverage AI Observability to monitor and troubleshoot AI agents alongside application telemetry.
Unlocking Insights: Grafana Assistant's Power Across 30+ Data Sources
Stop wasting time switching tools to find answers. Grafana Assistant now supports over 30 data sources, allowing you to query and visualize data seamlessly. This integration simplifies your workflow by letting you ask questions directly and receive answers without manual searching.
- →Utilize Grafana Assistant to streamline data querying across 30+ data sources.
- →Leverage the native data source architecture for efficient data access.
GrafanaCON 2026: Unpacking the Latest Innovations from Grafana Labs
GrafanaCON 2026 has unveiled groundbreaking features that can transform your observability strategy. With Grafana 13 and the AI-powered Grafana Assistant, you can now harness your data like never before. Dive into the details to see how these updates can streamline your workflows.
- →Leverage Grafana 13 to speed up data insights.
- →Utilize the Grafana Assistant for real-time telemetry analysis.
Unlocking GrafanaCON 2026: What You Need to Know
GrafanaCON 2026 in Barcelona is the must-attend event for anyone serious about observability. Experience hands-on labs led by Grafana Labs engineers and witness the Golden Grot Awards showcasing the best dashboards. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate your Grafana skills.
- →Attend hands-on labs to gain practical experience with Grafana.
- →Explore the Golden Grot Awards to see top dashboard designs.
Agentic Coding and Observability: Insights from Grafana's Big Tent Podcast
Discover how agentic coding is reshaping software engineering and observability at Grafana Labs. Learn about the challenges of managing output from coding agents and the importance of automated test coverage.
- →Understand agentic coding as a tool that transforms software development at Grafana Labs.
- →Implement heavy automated test coverage to manage the output from coding agents effectively.
Unlocking Business Intelligence in Grafana: What You Need to Know
Business intelligence plugins for Grafana are now under the maintenance of Grafana Labs, solving key issues for data visualization. These plugins have been updated to work with Grafana 13 and React 19, ensuring compatibility and stability. Dive in to understand how this impacts your observability stack.
- →Understand that BI plugins are now maintained by Grafana Labs for better stability.
- →Utilize the updated versions of Grafana 13 and React 19 for optimal performance.
Scaling Access Control in Grafana Cloud: Best Practices
Managing access control in Grafana Cloud can become a daunting task as your team grows. Leveraging SSO for authentication and SCIM for provisioning ensures that user roles and permissions are automatically updated. This article dives into the mechanics of effective access management in Grafana Cloud.
- →Leverage SSO for seamless user authentication in Grafana Cloud.
- →Utilize SCIM for automatic user provisioning and updates.
Mastering Full-Stack Observability in Grafana Cloud
Full-stack observability is crucial for diagnosing issues across services and infrastructure. Grafana Cloud leverages a knowledge graph to map telemetry, making it easier to pinpoint problems. Discover how to utilize the RCA workbench and entity graph effectively.
- →Utilize the knowledge graph to automatically model applications and infrastructure.
- →Leverage the RCA workbench to consolidate insights and telemetry for effective incident investigation.
Harnessing Grafana Assistant: Customizing Your AI Agent for Observability
Unlock the full potential of Grafana Assistant to streamline your observability efforts. With features like auto-approve for tool calls and multi-step investigations, this AI agent can transform how you interact with your data.
- →Utilize Assistant skills to provide context and specialized knowledge to the AI agent.
- →Leverage the auto-approve feature to streamline tool calls and runbook creation.
Unlocking Potential: The Grafana Marketplace Revolution
The Grafana Marketplace is a game changer for developers looking to monetize their plugins. It allows independent software vendors and developers to distribute a variety of plugin types, from data sources to visualization panels. Dive in to understand how this platform can enhance your Grafana experience.
- →Explore the Grafana Marketplace for diverse plugin types, including data sources and visualization panels.
- →Leverage the Founding Partner Program to support and grow your plugin development efforts.
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