This guide will help you get started and acquainted with the Grafana user interface. It assumes you have a working
Grafana 2.0 instance, and have added at least one Grafana data source.
This guide will help you get started and acquainted with Grafana. It assumes you have a working Grafana 2.x instance, and have added at least one Grafana Data Source.
## Beginner guides
Watch the 10min [beginners guide to building dashboards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNZMtoSHN4&index=7&list=PLDGkOdUX1Ujo3wHw9-z5Vo12YLqXRjzg2)
to get a quick intro to the dashboard & panel editing UI.
Watch the 10min [beginners guide to building dashboards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNZMtoSHN4&index=7&list=PLDGkOdUX1Ujo3wHw9-z5Vo12YLqXRjzg2) to get a quick intro to setting up Dashboards and Panels.
The image above shows you the top header for a dashboard.
The image above shows you the top header for a Dashboard.
1. Side menubar toggle: This toggles the side menu, allowing you to focus on the data presented in the dashboard. The side menu provides access to features unrelated to a Dashboard such as Users, Organizations, and Data Sources.
2. Dashboard dropdown: This dropdown shows you which Dashboard you are currently viewing, and allows you to easily switch to a new Dashboard. From here you can also create a new Dashboard, Import existing Dashboards, and manage Dashboard playlists.
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5. Save dashboard: The current Dashboard will be saved with the current Dashboard name.
6. Settings: Manage Dashboard settings and features such as Templating and Annotations.
## Dashboard
Dashboards are at the core of what Grafana is all about. Dashboards are composed of individual Panels arranged on a number of Rows.
By adjusting the display properties of Panels and Rows, you can customize the perfect Dashboard for your exact needs.
Each panel can interact with data from any configured Grafana Data Source (currently InfluxDB, Graphite, OpenTSDB, and KairosDB).
This allows you to create a single dashboard that unifies the data across your organization. Panels use the time range specified
in the main Time Picker in the upper right, but they can also have relative time overrides.
## Dashboards, Panels, Rows, the building blocks of Grafana...
Dashboards are at the core of what Grafana is all about. Dashboards are composed of individual Panels arranged on a number of Rows. Grafana ships with a variety of Panels. Gafana makes it easy to construct the right queries, and customize the display properities so that you can create the perfect Dashboard for your need. Each Panel can interact with data from any configured Grafana Data Source (currently InfluxDB, Graphite, OpenTSDB, and KairosDB). The [Core Concepts](/guides/core-concepts) guide explores these key ideas in detail.
2. Time picker dropdown. Here you can access relative time range options, auto refresh options and set custom absolute time ranges.
3. Manual refresh button. Will cause all panels to refresh (fetch new data).
4. Row controls menu. Via this menu you can add panels to the row, set row height and more.
5. Dashboard panel. You edit panels by clicking the panel title.
6. Graph legend. You can change series colors, y-axis and series visibility directly from the legend.
## Adding & Editing Graphs and Panels
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2. To edit the graph you click on the graph title to open the panel menu, then `Edit`.
3. This should take you to the `Metrics` tab. In this tab you should see the editor for your default data source.
When you click the `Metrics` tab, you are presented with a Query Editor that is specific to the Panel Data Source. Use the Query Editor to build your queries and Grafana will visualize them in real time.
