Create External Report from Grafana

This article details how to build an External Report in Metric Insights that is linked to a Dashboard on your Grafana server.

PREREQUISITE:

1. Create New External Report

Access New > External Report > Grafana Dashboard

  1. Give your new External Report a descriptive Name
  2. Report Type: Grafana Dashboard
  3. Place your Report in a relevant Category
  4. Define whether you want the report Image to be uploaded manually or automatically. For Automated Collection, define the following settings:
    • Choose the Report Image Trigger from the drop-down list.
  5. Select the Plugin Connection Profile you have created for Grafana
  6. Select the Grafana Dashboard from which the image will be collected
  7. [Next: Define Details] to proceed with Report creation

2. Configure External Report

  1. Show Report in defaults to "External Webpage". For "Viewer", select to show the External Report:
    • "In iframe": To embed the Report into Metric Insights,
    • "As static image": To show an image of the Report in Metric Insights.
      • NOTE: For this option, make sure you Collect Image before going to Viewer.
  2. Select Report Image option:
    • "Always collect all instances of external report": collect all images and cache them on a schedule,
    • "On Demand: only when needed for distribution": individual images are only collected when they need to be included in an email.
  3. [Save and Collect Image]
  4. Once the image is collected, [Enable & Publish].
    • This will open the External Report in Viewer or in External Webpage based on the display settings.