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Sharing dashboards and panels

This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x.

For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see Working in Grafana version 10.

For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see Working in Grafana version 8.

Grafana enables you to share dashboards and panels with other users within an organization and in certain situations, publicly on the Web. You can share using:

  • A direct link

  • A snapshot

  • An export link (for dashboards only)

You must have an authorized viewer permission to see an image rendered by a direct link.

The same permission is also required to view embedded links unless you have anonymous access permission enabled for your Grafana instance.

When you share a panel or dashboard as a snapshot, a snapshot (which is a panel or dashboard at the moment you take the snapshot) is publicly available on the web. Anyone with a link to it can access it. Because snapshots do not require any authorization to view, Grafana removes information related to the account it came from, as well as any sensitive data from the snapshot.

Sharing a dashboard

You can share a dashboard as a direct link or as a snapshot. You can also export a dashboard.

Note

If you change a dashboard, ensure that you save the changes before sharing.

  1. Navigate to the home page of your Grafana instance.

  2. Click on the share icon in the top navigation.

    The share dialog box will open and show the Link tab.

Sharing a direct link

The Link tab shows the current time range, template variables, and the default theme. You can also share a shortened URL.

  1. Click Copy. This action copies the default or the shortened URL to the clipboard.

  2. Send the copied URL to a Grafana user with authorization to view the link.

Publishing a snapshot

A dashboard snapshot shares an interactive dashboard publicly. Grafana strips sensitive data such as queries (metric, template, and annotation) and panel links, leaving only the visible metric data and series names embedded in the dashboard. Dashboard snapshots can be accessed by anyone with the link.

You can publish snapshots to your local instance.

  1. Click Local Snapshot.

  2. Grafana generates a link of the snapshot. Copy the snapshot link, and share it either within your organization or publicly on the web.

Exporting a dashboard

Grafana dashboards can easily be exported and imported. For more information, see Export and import dashboards.

Sharing a panel

You can share a panel as a direct link, or as a snapshot. You can also create library panels using the Share option on any panel.

  1. Click a panel title to open the panel menu.

  2. Click Share. The share dialog box will open and show the Link tab.

Using a direct link

The Link tab shows the current time range, template variables, and the default theme. You can optionally enable a shortened URL to share.

  1. Click Copy to copy the default or the shortened URL to the clipboard.

  2. Send the copied URL to a Grafana user with authorization to view the link.

  3. You also optionally click Direct link rendered image to share an image of the panel.

Querying string parameters for server-side rendered images

  • width: Width in pixels. The default is 800.

  • height: Height in pixels. The default is 400.

  • tz: Timezone in the format UTC%2BHH%3AMM where HH and MM are offset in hours and minutes after UTC.

  • timeout: Number of seconds. The timeout can be increased if the query for the panel needs more than the default 30 seconds.

  • scale: Numeric value to configure device scale factor. Default is 1. Use a higher value to produce more detailed images (higher DPI). Supported in Grafana v7.0+.

Publishing a snapshot

A panel snapshot shares an interactive panel publicly. Grafana strips sensitive data leaving only the visible metric data and series names embedded in the dashboard. Panel snapshots can be accessed by anyone with the link

You can publish snapshots to your local instance.

  1. In the Share Panel dialog box, click Snapshot to open the tab.

  2. Click Local Snapshot. Grafana generates the link of the snapshot.

  3. Copy the snapshot link, and share it either within your organization or publicly on the web.

If you created a snapshot by mistake, click Delete snapshot to remove the snapshot from your Grafana instance.

Creating a library panel

To create a library panel from the Share Panel dialog box.

  1. Click Library panel.

  2. In Library panel name, enter the name.

  3. In Save in folder, select the folder in which to save the library panel. By default, the General folder is selected.

  4. Click Create library panel to save your changes.

  5. Click Save to save the dashboard.