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title = "Testdata Panel"
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keywords = ["grafana", "dashboard", "documentation", "panels", "testdata"]
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type = "docs"
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[menu.docs]
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name = "Test data"
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parent = "datasources"
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# Test data Panel
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> NOTE: This panel is disable by default.
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## Purpose
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The purpose of this data sources is to make it easier to create fake data for any panel.
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Using `Grafana TestData` you can build your own time series and have any panel render it.
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This make is much easier to verify functionally since the data can be shared very
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## Enable
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`Grafana TestData` is not enabled by default. To enable it you have to go to `/plugins/testdata/edit` and click the enable button.
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## Create mock data.
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Once `Grafana TestData` is enabled you use it as a datasource in the metric panel.
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## Scenarios
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You can now choose different scenario that you want rendered in the drop down menu. If you have scenarios that you think should be added, please add them to `` and submit a pull request.
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## CSV
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The comma separated values scenario is the most powerful one since it lets you create any kind of graph you like.
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Once you provided the numbers `Grafana TestData` will distribute them evenly based on the time range of your query.
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## Dashboards
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`Grafana TestData` also contains some dashboards with example. `/plugins/testdata/edit`
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### Commit updates to the dashboards
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If you want to submit a change to one of the current dashboards bundled with `Grafana TestData` you have to update the revision property.
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Otherwise the dashboard will not be updated automatically for other Grafana users.
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## Using test data in issues
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If you post an issue on github regarding time series data or rendering of time series data we strongly advice you to use this data source to replicate the data.
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That makes it much easier for the developers to replicate and solve the issue you have.
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