From grafana 3.0 it's very easy to develop your own plugins and share them with other grafana users.
There are two blog posts about authoring a plugin that might also be of interest to any plugin authors, [Timing is Everything. Writing the Clock Panel Plugin for Grafana 3.0- part 1](http://grafana.org/blog/2016/04/08/timing-is-everything.-writing-the-clock-panel-plugin-for-grafana-3.0/) and [Timing is Everything. Editor Mode in Grafana 3.0 for the Clock Panel Plugin](http://grafana.org/blog/2016/04/15/timing-is-everything.-editor-mode-in-grafana-3.0-for-the-clock-panel-plugin/).
There are two blog posts about authoring a plugin that might also be of interest to any plugin authors, [Timing is Everything. Writing the Clock Panel Plugin for Grafana 3.0- part 1](https://grafana.com/blog/2016/04/08/timing-is-everything.-writing-the-clock-panel-plugin-for-grafana-3.0/) and [Timing is Everything. Editor Mode in Grafana 3.0 for the Clock Panel Plugin](https://grafana.com/blog/2016/04/15/timing-is-everything.-editor-mode-in-grafana-3.0-for-the-clock-panel-plugin/).
As a Grafana Administrator, you have complete access to any Organization or User in that instance of Grafana.
When performing actions as a Grafana admin, the sidebar will change it's appearance as below to indicate you are performing global server administration.
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