<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Visualize your data in Grafana on Grafana Labs</title><link>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/</link><description>Recent content in Visualize your data in Grafana on Grafana Labs</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Dashboards</title><link>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/dashboards/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:35:46 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/dashboards/</guid><content><![CDATA[

  
    
      
    
  
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;overview&#34;&gt;Overview&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A Grafana dashboard is a set of one or more 
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/panels-visualizations/panel-overview/&#34;&gt;panels&lt;/a&gt;, organized and arranged into one or more rows, that provide an at-a-glance view of related information. These panels are created using components that query and transform raw data from a data source into visualizations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A data source can be an SQL database, Grafana Loki, Grafana Mimir, or an API endpoint. It can even be a basic CSV file. Data source plugins take a query you want answered, retrieve the data from the data source, and reconcile the differences between the data model of the data source and the data model of Grafana dashboards.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;Queries allow you to reduce the entirety of your data to a specific dataset, providing a more manageable visualization. Since data sources have their own distinct query languages, Grafana dashboards provide you with a query editor to accommodate these differences.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A panel is the container that displays the visualization and provides you with various controls to manipulate it. Panel options let you customize many aspects of a visualization and the options differ based on which visualization you select. When the data format in a visualization doesn&amp;rsquo;t meet your requirements, you can apply a transformation that manipulates the data returned by a query.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With 150&#43; data source plugins, you can unify all your data sources into a single dashboard to streamline data monitoring and troubleshooting. With Grafana, you can translate, transform, and visualize data in flexible and versatile dashboards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;explore&#34;&gt;Explore&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;div class="">Easily collect, correlate, and visualize data with beautiful dashboards using Grafana—the solution that drives informed decisions, enhances system performance, and streamlines troubleshooting.&lt;/div>
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&lt;h2 id="overview">Overview&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>A Grafana dashboard is a set of one or more
&lt;a href="/docs/grafana/v12.4/panels-visualizations/panel-overview/">panels&lt;/a>, organized and arranged into one or more rows, that provide an at-a-glance view of related information. These panels are created using components that query and transform raw data from a data source into visualizations.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Panels and visualizations</title><link>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/panels-visualizations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:35:46 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/panels-visualizations/</guid><content><![CDATA[

  
    
      
    
  
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;overview&#34;&gt;Overview&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Panels are the basic building block in Grafana dashboards, composed of a 
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/&#34;&gt;query&lt;/a&gt; and a visualization, a graphical representation of query results.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Visualizations provide you several different ways to present your data within a panel, depending on what best suits the data and your needs. Grafana’s growing suite of visualizations, ranging from time series graphs to heatmaps to cutting-edge 3D charts, help you decode complex datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Panels offer a wide variety of formatting and styling options from applying colors based on field values to custom units. Each visualization also comes with options specific to it that give you further control over how your data is displayed. With Grafana panels and visualizations, you can easily get the information you need from your data and optimize performance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;explore&#34;&gt;Explore&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;h2 id="overview">Overview&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>Panels are the basic building block in Grafana dashboards, composed of a
&lt;a href="/docs/grafana/v12.4/panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/">query&lt;/a> and a visualization, a graphical representation of query results.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Explore</title><link>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/explore/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:35:46 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/explore/</guid><content><![CDATA[

  
    
      
    
  
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&lt;p&gt;Explore is your starting point for querying, analyzing, and aggregating data in Grafana. You can quickly begin creating queries to start analyzing data without having to create a dashboard or customize a visualization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;explore&#34;&gt;Explore&lt;/h2&gt;

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>Visualize data&lt;/h1>&lt;/div>
&lt;div class="">Easily collect, correlate, and visualize data with beautiful dashboards using Grafana—the solution that drives informed decisions, enhances system performance, and streamlines troubleshooting.&lt;/div>
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&lt;h2 id="overview">Overview&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>Explore is your starting point for querying, analyzing, and aggregating data in Grafana. You can quickly begin creating queries to start analyzing data without having to create a dashboard or customize a visualization.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Drilldown</title><link>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/simplified-exploration/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:35:46 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/visualizations/simplified-exploration/</guid><content><![CDATA[&lt;h1 id=&#34;drilldown&#34;&gt;Drilldown&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Grafana Drilldown apps are designed for effortless data exploration through intuitive, queryless interactions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Easily explore telemetry signals with these specialized tools, tailored specifically for the Grafana databases to provide quick and accurate insights.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;div class=&#34;admonition admonition-note&#34;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p class=&#34;title text-uppercase&#34;&gt;Note&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Grafana Explore apps have changed to Grafana Drilldown apps.
For example, Explore Logs is now Logs Drilldown.
To learn more, read &lt;a href=&#34;/blog/2025/02/20/grafana-drilldown-apps-the-improved-queryless-experience-formerly-known-as-the-explore-apps/&#34;&gt;Grafana Drilldown apps: the improved queryless experience formerly known as the Explore apps&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;To learn more, read:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/blog/2024/10/22/from-multi-line-queries-to-no-code-investigations-meeting-grafana-users-where-they-are/&#34;&gt;From multi-line queries to no-code investigations: meeting Grafana users where they are&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/blog/2024/09/24/queryless-metrics-logs-traces-profiles/&#34;&gt;A queryless experience for exploring metrics, logs, traces, and profiles: Introducing the Drilldown apps suite for Grafana&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p>The Grafana Drilldown apps are designed for effortless data exploration through intuitive, queryless interactions.&lt;/p>
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