Grafana
The Propel Grafana plugin lets you visualize Propel Metrics in Grafana.
Prequisites in Propel​
- You have a Propel account.
- You will need at least one metric created on top of a Propel Data Pool and Propel Data Source in order to visualize data in Grafana.
- A Propel Application scoped with
Admin
access in order to list metrics.
Installation​
Grafana cloud​
- You can create a free Grafana cloud account here.
- Browse to the Propel plugin on the Grafana plugin marketplace and click on install.
Local Grafana​
Copy the plugin files to the plugin directory. More installation instructions.
Setup​
- Inside Grafana, browse to Configuration -> Data Sources.
- Search for and select the Propel data source.
- In the application credentials section, add the client ID and client secret from the appropriate Propel Application.
- Click the "Save and Test" button.
- Verify the connection has succeeded and check the success message correctly returns a count of the metrics available in your Propel application.
Usage​
- Create a new or edit an existing dashboard and add a new panel
- On the query tab, choose Propel as the data source.
- Select a Metric.
- Select a query type from one of the following as appropriate for your Metric: counter, time series, or leaderboard.
- Optionally, add filters.
- Specify a granularity for the query.
- Use Grafana's built-in visualization to verify the setup of your query. Once correct, click "Save" and then "Apply" in the top right of the screen.
Support and Feedback​
Email Propel for support and feedback.