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Build persistent, team-facing Grafana dashboards that poll Sift for telemetry data on a configurable interval, making it suitable for both live monitoring and historical analysis.

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Before you begin

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How the Grafana plugin works

The Sift Grafana plugin adds Sift as a data source inside Grafana. Once configured, Grafana polls the Sift backend on a configurable interval, displaying data as soon as Sift has ingested it. Panels can query raw Channel data or apply a Calculated Channel expression before plotting. Sift is a standard Grafana data source and can be combined with any other Grafana-compatible source in the same dashboard.

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Install and configure the Sift plugin

  1. In Grafana, install the Sift data source plugin.
  2. Add Sift as a new data source.
  3. Enter your Sift REST API base URL and API key.
  4. Save the data source configuration and verify the connection.

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Build a dashboard panel

  1. In Grafana, create a new dashboard and add a new panel.
  2. Select Sift as the data source.
  3. Select a query type:
    • Channels to plot raw telemetry from a specific Channel.
    • Calculated Channels to apply a Sift expression to one or more Channels before plotting.
  4. Run the query to preview the data.
  5. Save the panel and the dashboard.

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Verify

To verify the connection is working, confirm the panel displays a time-series plot with one trace per Channel query. If the panel shows no data, confirm the following:
  • The Grafana time range overlaps with the Run’s data window in Sift. Adjust the time range to match the timestamps of your Run.
  • The data source configuration was saved successfully. If not, check that the REST base URL and API key were entered correctly.
  • The selected Asset, Run, and Channel exist in your Sift workspace and contain ingested data.

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