Grafana HTTP API Data Source 1.2.0

We released a new version of Grafana HTTP API Data Source 1.2.0. This feature release

• Added formatted Annotation labels for Alerts.
• Added Alert Rules and Alert UID field to Alert Annotations.
• Added Variables support.
• Updated Scoped Variables for Annotations.

Grafana Catalog

The plugin was updated in Grafana Catalog on March 31, 2023.

Alert labels

We added formatted Alert labels in the labels field, which can be parsed using Extract field transformation to sort, filter, and display by values.

Grafana HTTP API Data Source used to display Alerting History.

Alert Rules and UID

Based on the alert rules Annotations will return the Alert name and UID fields. Alert UID can be used for data links to quickly direct to the rules configuration.

Alert Name and UID displayed for each Alert annotation.

Annotations

Annotations might seem different from the Alerts, but under the hood, they are very similar. With a little help from the Grafana HTTP API data source, you can easily work with both.

This is an introductory video for anyone interested in Grafana Alerts and Annotations.

Annotations, Alerts, and Annotation queries in Grafana explained.

How to and Demo

In this tutorial, we look at the concept from a data flow point of view and provide step-by-step instructions which you can follow and learn as you go.

Annotations and Alerts tutorial for Grafana with Timescale.

Variables support

We added initial Variables support to the data source. You can select Alert Rules, Data Sources, and Annotations by UID or text fields.

Grafana HTTP API Data Source can be used for Dashboard Variables.

Calendar

The Grafana HTTP API Data Source can be used together with Calendar panel to visualize alerts that happened in a week or month.

Alerts for this week displayed using Calendar panel.

Getting Started

The Grafana HTTP API Data Source can be installed from the Grafana Catalog or utilizing the Grafana command line tool.

For the latter, use the following command.

grafana-cli plugins install volkovlabs-grapi-datasource

YouTube Tutorial

Will be available soon.

Release Notes

Features / Enhancements

• Add formatted Annotation labels for Alerts (#19)
• Update Annotation Limit to 100 by default (#19)
• Add Alert Rules and UID for Alerts Annotations (#20)
• Update Scoped Variables for Annotations (#21)
• Add Variable Support (#25)
• Update provisioning for testing Alerts (#26, #28)
• Add Annotations Tutorial (#29)

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