Graphs can represent many different things. Across the years I have learned how to display different situations in Grafana effectively. I share how to visualize different kinds of situations and make them easy to read by using advanced features of Grafana.

1. Julien Pivotto
@roidelapluie
Powerful graphs in Grafana
May 2020

2. • Open Source consultant at Inuits
• Passionated about Monitoring & Automation
• Active in the Grafana community
• Working with Prometheus
• Initiated Grafonnet
Who am I
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3. • Grafana is powerful, has many features
• Use the power, don't over-use it
• Dashboards should tell stories
Dashboards
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4. Representing backlog
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5. • Incoming rate
• Processing rate
Am I processing fast enough?
Backlog
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6. Aligning max
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7. Color threshold
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8. Dynamic variables
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9. Conclusion
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10. Julien Pivotto
@roidelapluie
roidelapluie@inuits.eu
Essensteenweg 31
2930 Brasschaat
Belgium
Contact:
info@inuits.eu
+32-3-8082105