Enable template variables to add panels dynamically on Grafana Labs

About repeating panels or rows

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About repeating panels and rows

You can configure Grafana to dynamically add panels or rows to a dashboard. A dynamic panel (or row) is a panel that the system creates based on the value of a variable. Variables dynamically change your queries across all panels in a dashboard.

Grafana Play examples

You can see examples in the following dashboards:

Configure repeating panels

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Configure repeating panels

For queries that return multiple values for a variable, you can configure Grafana to dynamically add panels based on those values.

Note: Repeating panels require variables to have one or more items selected; you cannot repeat a panel zero times to hide it.

Before you begin

Ensure that the query includes a multi-value variable.

To configure repeating panels:

Edit the panel you want to repeat.
On the display options pane, expand Panel options > Repeat options.
Select a direction.
- Choose horizontal to arrange panels side-by-side. Grafana adjusts the width of a repeated panel. Currently, you cannot mix other panels on a row with a repeated panel.
- Choose vertical to arrange panels in a column. The width of repeated panels is the same as the original, repeated panel.
To propagate changes to all panels, reload the dashboard.

Configure repeating rows

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Configure repeating rows

As seen above with the panels you can also repeat rows if you have variables set with Multi-value or Include all value selection option.

Before you begin

Ensure that the query includes a multi-value variable.

To configure repeating rows:

On the dashboard home page, click Add panel.
On the Add a panel dialog box, click Add a new row.
Hover over the row title and click the cog icon.
On the Row Options configuration panel, select the variable for which you want to add repeating rows.

To help provide context to dashboard users, add the variable to the row title.