Summary

There you have it—a quick tour of the basic Grafana interface. Of course, we have barely scratched the surface and we've hardly created a dashboard or panel! Before we start working with actual dashboard panels, now would be a good opportunity to explore the interface. Don't worry, you won't break anything! Here are some suggestions:

• When you are viewing a dashboard, click around and explore some of the basic dashboard controls.
• What happens when you click on a Dashboard title?
• What happens when you click on the gear icon on the dashboard?

In Chapter 3, An Introduction to the Graph Panel, we will cover a key feature of the Grafana interface—the Graph panel. If you plan to do any graphing, you're going to turn to the Graph panel. It's the most powerful and feature-rich of the panels available in Grafana, so we're going to spend the entire next chapter walking through its interface. After that, in Chapter 4,​ ​Connecting Grafana to a Data Source, we'll complete our introduction to Grafana's interface with a look at data sources and how they bring time-series data to Grafana.