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+page_title: What's New in Grafana v3.0
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+page_description: What's new in Grafana v3.0
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+page_keywords: grafana, new, changes, features, documentation
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+---
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+# What's New in Grafana v3.0
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+## Commercial Support
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+Commercial Support subscriptions for Grafana are now [generally available](https://grafana.net/support/plans/).
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+Raintank is committed to a 100% open-source strategy for Grafana. We
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+do not want to go down the “open core” route. If your organization
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+finds Grafana valuable, please consider purchasing a subscription. Get
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+direct support, bug fixes, and training from the core Grafana team.
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+
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+## Plugins
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+With the popularity of Grafana continuing to accelerate, it has been
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+challenging to keep up with all the requests for new features, new
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+panels, new data sources, and new functionality. Saying “no” so often
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+has been frustrating, especially for an open source project with such
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+a vibrant community.
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+
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+The team felt that it was time to dramatically improve extensibility
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+through plugin support. Grafana 3.0 comes with a completely revamped
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+plugin SDK / API.
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+We’ve refactored our **Data Source** plugin architecture and added
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+two new plugin types:
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+
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+* **Panel** plugins let you add new panel types for your Dashboards.
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+* **App** plugins bundle **Panels** plugins, **Data Sources** plugins,
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+Dashboards, and Grafana **Pages**. Apps are a great way to provide an
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+entire experience right within Grafana.
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+
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+## Grafana.net
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+<img src="/img/v3/grafana_net_tour.png">
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+A preview of [Grafana.net](http://grafana.net) is launching along with this release. We
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+think it’s the perfect compliment to Grafana.
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+Grafana.net currently offers a central repository where the community
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+can come together to discover and share plugins (Data Sources, Panels,
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+Apps) and Dashboards for Grafana 3.0 and above.
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+We are also working on a hosted Graphite-compatible Data Source that
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+will be optimized for use with Grafana. It’ll be easy to combine your
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+existing Data Source(s) with this OpenSaaS option.
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+
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+Finally, Grafana.net will also be a hub to manage all your Grafana
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+instances. You’ll be able to monitor their health and availability,
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+perform Dashboard backups, and more.
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+Grafana.net will officially launch along with the stable version of
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+Grafana 3.0, but <a href=http://www.grafana.net>check out the preview
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+and sign up for an account</a> in the meantime.
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+
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+
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+## grafana-cli
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+
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+Grafana 3.0 comes with a new command line tool called grafana-cli. You
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+can easily install plugins from Grafana.net with it. For
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+example:
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+
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+```
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+grafana-cli install grafana-pie-chart-panel
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+```
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+
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+## Personalization & Preferences
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+The home dashboard, timezone and theme can now be customized on Organization
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+and user Profile level. Grafana can also track recently viewed dashboards, which
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+can then be displayed in the dashboard list panel.
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+
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+## Improved Playlists
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+
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+You can now save Playlists, and start them by using a Playlist URL. If
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+you update a running Playlist, it will update after its next cycle.
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+This is powerful as it allows you to remote control Grafana. If you
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+have a big TV display showing Grafana in your company lobby, create a
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+playlist named Lobby, and start it on the computer connected to the
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+Lobby TV.
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+
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+You can now change the Lobby playlist and have the dashboards shown in
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+the Lobby update accordingly, automatically.
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+The playlist does not even have to contain multiple Dashboards; you
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+can use this feature to reload the whole Dashboard (and Grafana)
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+periodically and remotely.
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+You can also make Playlists dynamic by using Dashboard **tags** to
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+define the Playlist.
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+<img src="/img/v3/playlist.png">
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+
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+## Improved UI
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+We’ve always tried to focus on a good looking, usable, and responsive
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+UI. We’ve continued to pay a lot of attention to these areas in this
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+release.
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+Grafana 3.0 has a dramatically updated UI that not only looks better
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+but also has a number of usability improvements. The side menu now
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+works as a dropdown that you can pin to the side. The Organization /
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+Profile / Sign out side menu links have been combined into an on hover
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+slide out menu.
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+
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+In addition, all the forms and the layouts of all pages have been
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+updated to look and flow better, and be much more consistent. There
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+are literally hundreds of UI improvements and refinements.
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+Here’s the new side menu in action:
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+<img src="/img/v3/menu.gif">
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+And here's the new look for Dashboard settings:
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+<img src="/img/v3/dashboard_settings.png">
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+
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+Check out the <a href="http://play.grafana.org" target="_blank">Play
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+Site</a> to get a feel for some of the UI changes.
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+
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+## Improved Annotations
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+
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+It is now possible to define a link in each annotation. You can hover
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+over the link and click the annotation text. This feature is very
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+useful for linking to particular commits or tickets where more
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+detailed information can be presented to the user.
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+
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+<img src="/img/v3/annotation_links.gif">
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+
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+## Data source variables
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+
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+This has been a top requested feature for very long we are exited to finally provide
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+this feature. You can now add a new `Data source` type variable. That will
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+automatically be filled with instance names of your data sources.
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+
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+<img src="/img/v3/data_source_variable.png">
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+
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+You can then use this variable as the panel data source:
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+
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+<img src="/img/v3/data_source_variable_use.png">
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+
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+This will allow you to quickly change data source server and reuse the
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+same dashboard for different instances of your metrics backend. For example
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+you might have Graphite running in multiple data centers or environments.
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+
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+## Prometheus, InfluxDB, and OpenTSDB improvements
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+
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+All three of these popular included Data Sources have seen a variety
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+of improvements in this release. Here are some highlights:
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+
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+### Prometheus
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+
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+The Prometheus Data Source now supports annotations.
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+
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+### InfluxDB
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+
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+You can now select the InfluxDB policy from the query editor.
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+<img src="/img/v3/influxdb_policy.png">
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+
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+Grafana 3.0 also comes with support for InfluxDB 0.11 and InfluxDB 0.12.
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+
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+### OpenTSDB
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+
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+OpenTSDB 2.2 is better supported and now supports millisecond precision.
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+
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+## Breaking changes
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+
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+Dashboards from v2.6 are compatible; no manual updates should be necessary. There could
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+be some edge case scenarios where dashboards using templating could stop working.
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+If that is the case just enter the edit view for the template variable and hit Update button.
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+This is due to a simplification of the variable format system where template variables are
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+now stored without any formatting (glob/regex/etc), this is done on the fly when the
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+variable is interpolated.
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+
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+* Plugin API: The plugin API has changed so if you are using a custom
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+data source (or panel) they need to be updated as well.
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+
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+* InfluxDB 0.8: This data source is no longer included in releases,
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+you can still install manually from [Grafana.net](http://grafana.net)
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+
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+* KairosDB: This data source has also no longer shipped with Grafana,
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+you can install it manually from [Grafana.net](http://grafana.net)
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+
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+## CHANGELOG
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+For a detailed list and link to github issues for everything included
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+in the 3.0 release please view the
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+[CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
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+file.
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