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![](/img/docs/panels/panel-settings-7-0.png)
**Panel title -** Text entered in this field is displayed at the top of your panel in the Panel editor and in the dashboard.
**Panel title -** Text entered in this field is displayed at the top of your panel in the panel editor and in the dashboard.
**Description -** Text entered in this field is displayed in a tooltip in the upper left corner of the panel. Write a description of the panel and the data you are displaying. Pretend you are explaining it to a new user six months from now, when it is no longer fresh in your mind. Future editors (possibly yourself) will thank you.
## 3. Write a query
Each panel needs at least one query to display a visualization. You write queries in the Query tab of the Panel editor. For more information about the Query tab, refer to [Queries]({{< relref "queries.md" >}}).
Each panel needs at least one query to display a visualization. You write queries in the Query tab of the panel editor. For more information about the Query tab, refer to [Queries]({{< relref "queries.md" >}}).
1. Choose a data source. In the first line of the Query tab, click the drop-down list to see all available data sources. This list includes all data sources you added. Refer to [Add a data source]({{< relref "../features/datasources/add-a-data-source.md" >}}) if you need instructions.
1. Write or construct a query in the query language of your data source. Options will vary. Refer to your specific [data source documentation]({{< relref "../features/datasources/_index.md" >}}) for specific guidelines.
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Our Grafana Fundamentals tutorial is a great place to start, or you can learn more about Grafana by reading one of the documentation topics linked below:
- Learn more [Panel editor]({{< relref "panel-editor.md" >}}) options.
- Learn more about [panel editor]({{< relref "panel-editor.md" >}}) options.
- Add more [queries]({{< relref "queries.md" >}}).
- [Transform]({{< relref "transformations.md" >}}) your data.
- [Configure]({{< relref "field-configuration-options.md" >}}) how your results are displayed in the visualization.
- If you made a graph panel, set up an [alert]({{< relref "../alerting/alerts-overview.md" >}}).
- Create [templates and variables]({{< relref "../variables/templates-and-variables.md" >}}).
- Create [templates and variables]({{< relref "../variables/templates-and-variables.md" >}}).