From 50239f11e565ecf68291bbd9ea37a7525e1698aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Helmke Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 09:33:32 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Adding terms to glossary (#28884) * Adding terms to glossary * requested edits and addition to style guide * Update contribute/style-guides/documentation-style-guide.md Co-authored-by: Diana Payton <52059945+oddlittlebird@users.noreply.github.com> * Update docs/sources/getting-started/glossary.md Co-authored-by: Marcus Olsson * Update docs/sources/getting-started/glossary.md Co-authored-by: Marcus Olsson Co-authored-by: Diana Payton <52059945+oddlittlebird@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Marcus Olsson --- .../style-guides/documentation-style-guide.md | 4 ++++ docs/sources/getting-started/glossary.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/contribute/style-guides/documentation-style-guide.md b/contribute/style-guides/documentation-style-guide.md index ab86e5cd9e3..04e0eeb4d4b 100644 --- a/contribute/style-guides/documentation-style-guide.md +++ b/contribute/style-guides/documentation-style-guide.md @@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ Do not use. This is developer jargon that refers to a UI panel. Refer to the pan One word, not two. +#### mixin + +One word, not two. Also, not hyphenated. + #### open source, open-source Do not hyphenate when used as an adjective unless the lack of hyphen would cause confusion. For example: _Open source software design is the most open open-source system I can imagine._ diff --git a/docs/sources/getting-started/glossary.md b/docs/sources/getting-started/glossary.md index 6dfee100b03..73274625ae6 100644 --- a/docs/sources/getting-started/glossary.md +++ b/docs/sources/getting-started/glossary.md @@ -40,12 +40,36 @@ This topic lists words and abbreviations that are commonly used in the Grafana d Explore allows a user to focus on a building a query. User can refine the query to return the expected metrics before building a dashboard. + + Export/Import dashboard + + Grafana includes the ability to export your dashboards to a file containing JSON. Community members sometimes share their created dashboards on the [Grafana Dashboards page](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards). Dashboards previously exported or found on this site may be imported by other users. + + + + Exporter + + An exporter translates data that comes out of a data source into a format that Prometheus can digest. + + + + Integration (Grafana Cloud) + + Each Integration in Grafana Cloud uses the cloud agent to connect your data source to Grafana Cloud for visualizing. Note: Prometheus uses the word “integrations” to refer to software that exposes Prometheus metrics without needing an exporter, which is a different use of the same word we use here. + + Graph A commonly-used visualization that displays data as points, lines, or bars. + + Mixin + + A mixin is a set of Grafana dashboards and Prometheus rules and alerts, written in Jsonnet and packaged together in a bundle. + + Panel