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Manage Dashboards in SigNoz

This section shows how you can create, update, and remove dashboards.

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We have shared some commonly used dashboard JSON files here. You can import them directly to create dashboards in SigNoz.

Steps to Create a Custom Dashboard​

  1. From the sidebar, choose Dashboards.

  2. Select the New Dashboard button.

  3. Select the Edit button at the far right, and then enter the following information:

    1. A descriptive name for your new dashboard.
    2. (Optional) Add one ore more tags by selecting the New Tag button.
    3. (Optional) A brief description of your new dashboard.

  4. Select the Save button at the far right.

  5. For each panel you wish to add to your new dashboard, follow the steps in the Add a Panel to a Dashboard section.

  6. (Optional) You can change the order of your panels by dragging and dropping them.

  7. When you’ve finished, select the Save Layout button.

Steps to Update a Custom Dashboard​

To update the name, description and tags:

  1. Select the Edit button at the far right.
  2. Make the changes.
  3. Select the Save Layout button.

To resize a panel:

  1. Click the bottom-left corner of the panel you want to resize.
  2. Keep your left mouse button pressed and resize the panel.
  3. When you've finished, select the Save Layout button.

To change the position of a panel:

  1. Drag and drop a panel to the new position.
  2. When you’ve finished, select the Save Layout button.

Steps to Remove a Custom Dashboard​

  1. From the sidebar, choose Dashboard.
  2. Find the dashboard you wish to remove. In the Action column, select the Delete button.

Steps to Import a Grafana Dashboard​

Status: Experimental

In 0.11.3 release, we have added the ability to import Grafana dashboards. It currently supports importing via JSON and Prometheus as a supported data source. This allows you to easily import any of your pre-existing infrastructure or application metrics dashboards into SigNoz. All the relevant meta and format info, such as Y-axis, legend formatting, etc., is also preserved and transformed to make it work in SigNoz dashboards.

To import the Grafana dashboard:

  1. From the sidebar, choose Dashboards.

  2. Select the New Dashboard button.

  3. Select the Import Grafana JSON option, and then you are given two options

    1. Upload JSON File
    2. Paste JSON below

  4. Import the JSON with one of the suggested methods

  5. Confirm using the Load JSON button on the bottom left.

Once the above steps are completed successfully, you will see a new dashboard, and if there is data matching the PromQL queries, it should work right away.

Note: The imported dashboard might have the variables, and those variables are copied as is from the source. The query type ones do not work since SigNoz supports variable by query using ClickHouse. You might have to update them. Please follow this guide for more info.

Get Help​

If you need help with the steps in this topic, please reach out to us on Slack.