This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x.
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see Working in Grafana version 10.
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x, see Working in Grafana version 9.
The logs panel visualization shows log lines from data sources that support logs, such as Elastic, Influx, and Loki. Typically, you would use this panel next to a graph panel to display the log output of a related process.
The logs panel shows the result of queries that were entered on the Query tab. The results of multiple queries are merged and sorted by time. You can scroll inside the panel if the data source returns more lines than can be displayed.
To limit the number of lines rendered, you can use the Max data points setting in the Query options. If it is not set, the data source will usually enforce a default limit.
Display options
Use the following settings to refine your visualization:
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Time – Show or hide the time column. This is the timestamp associated with the log line as reported from the data source.
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Unique labels – Show or hide the unique labels column, which shows only non-common labels.
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Wrap lines – Toggle line wrapping.
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Order – Display results in descending or ascending time order. The default is Descending, showing the newest logs first. Set to Ascending to show the oldest log lines first.
