Unlocking Key Metrics and Patterns Using Grafana
summary
Shows how to pull a time‑series performance report from Excel/Google Sheets into Grafana using the Google Sheets data source plugin and a Google API key, then applies transformations and overrides to rename, hide and color fields, add data links and value mappings, and render gauges, heatmaps and tables. Demonstrates dynamic dashboard variables to reuse one dashboard for many sheets, a CSV data‑source option, and a randomize troubleshooting feature; alerting support for this plugin remains work in progress.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:12Why Grafana matters
- 8:11Grafana basics & Sheets plugin
- 13:32Visualizing raw data
- 16:25Transforming data
- 19:35Panel configuration
- 27:34Dynamic dashboard variables
- 34:25Annotations for events
- 36:10Troubleshooting with data
- 37:57Grafana benefits
- 39:22Future improvements
- 40:46Q&A
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