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In this guide, learn how to create a dashboard in Azure Managed Grafana to visualize data from your Azure services.
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A Grafana dashboard contains panels and rows. You can import a Grafana dashboard and adapt it to your own scenario, create a new Grafana dashboard, or duplicate an existing dashboard.
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## Prerequisites
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- An Azure account with an active subscription. [Create an account for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free).
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- An Azure Managed Grafana instance. If you don't have one yet, [create an Azure Managed Grafana instance](./quickstart-managed-grafana-portal.md).
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- An existing Azure service instance with monitoring data.
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- Another existing Azure service instance with monitoring data.
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## Import a Grafana dashboard
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1. In the Azure portal, open your Azure Managed Grafana workspace and select the **Endpoint** URL.
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1. In your Grafana endpoint, go to **Dashboards > Import**.
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1. On the **Import** page, under **Import via grafana.com**, paste the Grafana dashboard ID copied earlier, and select **Load**.
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:::image type="content" source="media/dashboard/import-load.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Grafana instance. Load dashboard to import.":::
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1. Optionally update the dashboard name, folder and UID.
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1. Select a datasource and select **Import**.
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1. A new dashboard is displayed.
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1. Review the default visualizations on the dashboard and edit the dashboard if necessary.
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1. Review the visualizations displayed and edit the dashboard if necessary.
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## Create a new Grafana dashboard from scratch
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## Create a new Grafana dashboard
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If none of the pre-configured dashboards listed on the Grafana Labs website fit your needs, create a new dashboard from scratch.
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If none of the pre-configured dashboards listed on the Grafana Labs website fit your needs, create a new dashboard.
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1. In the Azure portal, open your Azure Managed Grafana workspace and select the **Endpoint** URL.
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1. In your Grafana endpoint, go to **Dashboards > New Dashboard**.
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1. Select one of three options:
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- **Add a new panel**: instantly creates a dashboard with a first default panel.
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1. Select one of the following options:
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- **Add a new panel**: instantly creates a dashboard from scratch with a first default panel.
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- **Add a new row**: instantly creates a dashboard with a new empty row.
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- **Add a panel from the panel library**: instantly creates a dashboard with an existing reusable panel from another instance you have access to.
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:::image type="content" source="media/dashboard/from-scratch.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Grafana instance. Create a new dashboard.":::
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1. Select the title of your first panel and select **Edit** to start editing your panel.
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## Duplicate a Grafana dashboard
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To copy a Grafana dashboard.
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1. Open an existing dashboard in your Grafana instance
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1. Select **Dashboard settings**
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1. Select **Save as**
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1. Enter a new name and/or a new folder and select **Save**
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:::image type="content" source="media\dashboard\copy-dashboard.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Grafana instance. Duplicate a dashboard.":::
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## Edit a dashboard panel
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To update your Grafana panel, follow the steps below.
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To update a Grafana panel, follow the steps below.
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1. Review the visualization to check if you're satisfied with the data and display:
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1. Review the panel to check if you're satisfied with it or want to make some edits.
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:::image type="content" source="media/dashboard/visualization.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Grafana instance. Example of visualization.":::
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1. Toggle **Table view** to display data as a table.
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1. Select time to update the time range
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1. Select the **Visualization** drop-down menu to choose a visualization type that best supports your use case. Go to [visualization](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels-visualizations/visualizations/) for more information.
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1. Select the **Panel options** icon on the right side to review and update various panel options.
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1. Select the time icon to update the time range
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1. Select the visualization drop-down menu to choose a visualization type that best supports your use case. Go to [visualization](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels-visualizations/visualizations/) for more information.
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:::image type="content" source="media/dashboard/panel-time-visualization-options.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Grafana instance. Time, visualization and more options.":::
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Grafana displays a preview of your query results with the visualization applied.
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If needed, in the dropdowns at the top, make selections for your datasource instance.
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1. On the right hand side, select the **Panel options** icon to review and update various panel options.
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## Next steps
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