02 First Dashboard
Create your first Grafana dashboard with ENLYZE data.
In this tutorial you create your first Grafana dashboard step by step using ENLYZE production data:
What you will learn
Create a new dashboard and save it
Add a panel with time series data
Configure a query with the ENLYZE data source
Customize the panel title and legend
Prerequisites
Tutorial: Introduction to Grafana completed
Access to your ENLYZE Grafana instance
At least one machine with data in the ENLYZE platform
Create a new dashboard
Click the + icon in the top right, or use the menu Dashboards > New > New Dashboard
You will see an empty dashboard with a prompt to add your first panel
Add your first panel
Click Add visualization
In the data source selector, choose ENLYZE (not Infinity)
The panel editor has three main areas:
Top: Preview of your visualization
Bottom left: Query configuration
Right sidebar: Panel options
Configure your query
The ENLYZE data source uses a simple selection process: site, machine, and variables.
In the query editor, click the Site dropdown and select your production site (e.g. "Koln")
Click Machine and select the machine (e.g. "Kiefel")
Click Variables and select one or more data points (e.g. "Durchsatz")
Click the refresh icon in the top right next to the time range selector to load your data:
If no data appears, check that the time range covers a period when the machine was running. Expand the range (e.g. "Last 7 days") to find data.
Customize the panel
Change the title
In the right sidebar, find the Title field and replace "Panel Title" with a descriptive name (e.g. "Throughput - Kiefel").
Configure the legend
In the right sidebar, scroll down to Legend
Set Mode to Table for a more detailed view
Under Values, add statistics like Min, Max, and Mean
Adjust the time range
Click the time range selector in the top right and choose an appropriate range:
Live monitoring
Last 1 hour
Current shift
Last 8 hours
Daily review
Last 24 hours
Weekly analysis
Last 7 days
Save
Click Apply in the top right of the panel editor to return to the dashboard view
Click the Save icon in the navigation bar (or
Ctrl+S/Cmd+S)Enter a dashboard name (e.g. "My First Dashboard") and optionally choose a folder
Your dashboard is not saved automatically. Save regularly with Ctrl+S / Cmd+S.
Add more panels
Click Add > Visualization in the top bar to add more panels. Layout tips:
Place related panels next to each other
Use full-width panels for time series
Use smaller panels for single-value displays
Next steps
Time series - Advanced options for line charts
Single value displays - Stat, gauge, and bar gauge panels
Tables - Display data in tabular format
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