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@@ -10,9 +10,21 @@ Grafana has an advanced graphite query editor that lets you quickly navigate the
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Change function paramaters and much more. The editor cannot handle all types of queries yet.
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To switch to a regular text box click the pen icon to the right.
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-## Installing Graphite
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## Adding the data source to Grafana
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+Open the side menu by clicking the the Grafana icon in the top header. In the side menu under the `Dashboards` link you
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+should find a link named `Data Sources`. If this link is missing in the side menu it means that your current
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+user does not have the `Admin` role for the current organization.
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+Now click the `Add new` link in the top header.
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+Name | Description
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+------------ | -------------
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+Name | The data source name, important that this is the same as in Grafana v1.x if you plan to import old dashboards.
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+Default | Default data source means that it will be pre-selected for new panels.
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+Url | The http protocol, ip and port of you graphite-web or graphite-api install.
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+Access | Proxy = access via Grafana backend, Direct = access directory from browser.
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## Metric editor
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@@ -39,3 +51,9 @@ Some functions like aliasByNode support an optional second argument. To add this
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## Point consolidation
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+All graphite metrics are consolidated so that graphite doesn't return more data points than there are pixels in the graph. By default
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+this consolidation is done using `avg` function. You can how graphite consolidates metrics by adding the Graphite consolidateBy function.
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+> *Notice* This means that legend summary values (max, min, total) cannot be all correct at the same time. They are calculated
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+> client side by Grafana. And depending on your consolidation function only one or two can be correct at the same time.
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