Grafana includes support for Prometheus Datasources. While the process of adding the datasource is similar to adding a Graphite or OpenTSDB datasource type, Prometheus does have a few different options for building queries.
## Adding the data source to Grafana
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1. Open the side menu by clicking the the Grafana icon in the top header.
2. In the side menu under the `Dashboards` link you should find a link named `Data Sources`.