*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 your Elasticsearch server.
*Access* | Proxy = access via Grafana backend, Direct = access directly from browser.
*Access* | Server (default) = URL needs to be accessible from the Grafana backend/server, Browser = URL needs to be accessible from the browser.
Proxy access means that the Grafana backend will proxy all requests from the browser, and send them on to the Data Source. This is useful because it can eliminate CORS (Cross Origin Site Resource) issues, as well as eliminate the need to disseminate authentication to the browser.
Access mode controls how requests to the data source will be handled. Server should be the preferred way if nothing else stated.
### Direct access
### Server access mode (Default)
If you select direct access you must update your Elasticsearch configuration to allow other domains to access
All requests will be made from the browser to Grafana backend/server which in turn will forward the requests to the data source and by that circumvent possible Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requirements. The URL needs to be accessible from the grafana backend/server if you select this access mode.
### Browser (Direct) access
All requests will be made from the browser directly to the data source and may be subject to Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requirements. The URL needs to be accessible from the browser if you select this access mode.
If you select Browser access you must update your Elasticsearch configuration to allow other domains to access
Elasticsearch from the browser. You do this by specifying these to options in your **elasticsearch.yml** config file.
The Elasticsearch query editor allows you to select multiple metrics and group by multiple terms or filters. Use the plus and minus icons to the right to add/remove
metrics or group by clauses. Some metrics and group by clauses haves options, click the option text to expand the row to view and edit metric or group by options.
*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 your graphite-web or graphite-api install.
*Access* | Proxy = access via Grafana backend, Direct = access directly from browser.
*Access* | Server (default) = URL needs to be accessible from the Grafana backend/server, Browser = URL needs to be accessible from the browser.
Proxy access means that the Grafana backend will proxy all requests from the browser, and send them on to the Data Source. This is useful because it can eliminate CORS (Cross Origin Site Resource) issues, as well as eliminate the need to disseminate authentication details to the browser.
Access mode controls how requests to the data source will be handled. Server should be the preferred way if nothing else stated.
### Server access mode (Default)
All requests will be made from the browser to Grafana backend/server which in turn will forward the requests to the data source and by that circumvent possible Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requirements. The URL needs to be accessible from the grafana backend/server if you select this access mode.
### Browser access mode
All requests will be made from the browser directly to the data source and may be subject to Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requirements. The URL needs to be accessible from the browser if you select this access mode.
## Metric editor
### Navigate metric segments
Click the ``Select metric`` link to start navigating the metric space. One you start you can continue using the mouse
or keyboard arrow keys. You can select a wildcard and still continue.
*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 influxdb api (influxdb api port is by default 8086)
*Access* | Proxy = access via Grafana backend, Direct = access directly from browser.
*Access* | Server (default) = URL needs to be accessible from the Grafana backend/server, Browser = URL needs to be accessible from the browser.
*Database* | Name of your influxdb database
*User* | Name of your database user
*Password* | Database user's password
### Proxy vs Direct access
Access mode controls how requests to the data source will be handled. Server should be the preferred way if nothing else stated.
Proxy access means that the Grafana backend will proxy all requests from the browser. So requests to InfluxDB will be channeled through
`grafana-server`. This means that the URL you specify needs to be accessible from the server you are running Grafana on. Proxy access
mode is also more secure as the username & password will never reach the browser.
### Server access mode (Default)
All requests will be made from the browser to Grafana backend/server which in turn will forward the requests to the data source and by that circumvent possible Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requirements. The URL needs to be accessible from the grafana backend/server if you select this access mode.
### Browser access mode
All requests will be made from the browser directly to the data source and may be subject to Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requirements. The URL needs to be accessible from the browser if you select this access mode.
