| _Name_ | The data source name. This is how you refer to the data source in panels & queries. |
| _Default_ | Default data source means that it will be pre-selected for new panels. |
| _Url_ | The http protocol, ip and port of you Prometheus server (default port is usually 9090) |
| _Access_ | Server (default) = URL needs to be accessible from the Grafana backend/server, Browser = URL needs to be accessible from the browser. |
| _Basic Auth_ | Enable basic authentication to the Prometheus data source. |
| _User_ | Name of your Prometheus user |
| _Password_ | Database user's password |
| _Scrape interval_ | This will be used as a lower limit for the Prometheus step query parameter. Default value is 15s. |
| _CustomQueryParameters_ | Add Custom parameters to Prometheus query url. For example `timeout`, `partial_response`, `dedup` or `max_source_resolution`. |