---
name: New data source request
description: Raise a request for a new data source plugin
title: "[New Data Source]: <name-of-service>"
labels:
  - area/datasource,type/new-plugin-request
body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
      value: |
        Thank you for requesting a new data source plugin!

        We greatly appreciate feedback from our community about which new data sources would be beneficial. 
        
        Grafana Labs regularly reviews these requests and uses them to inform our prioritization. Note: we cannot offer any guarantees on whether we or our community will build a given data source.
        
        Please check our [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/grafana/projects/619?pane=info) for existing requests and subscribe to stay informed of our plans. If no request exists, please fill out the following information.

        Please do not request support or file bug reports and feature requests for existing plugins here.
        - For support, please use the community support resources [here](https://grafana.com/help/).
        - Please consider the `New Bug Report` or `Feature Requests` [issue templates](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/new/choose) for other requests.
  - type: textarea
    id: background
    attributes:
      label: Background
      description: Tell us about the service you would like to see integrated as a data source
      placeholder: ACME_DB is an open source time-series database that is used by many organizations to store their metrics data. It is a popular choice for monitoring and observability.
    validations:
      required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: use_case
    attributes:
      label: Use case
      description: Describe any key requirements or data you would need surfaced, ideally including why they are useful for you.
      placeholder: My team uses ACME_DB as the application database to monitor our produciton workloads, so we'd like to alert on it and visualize ACME_DB data next to our logs and traces in Grafana.
    validations:
      required: true
  - type: checkboxes
    attributes:
      label: Contribution
      description: If you are interested in creating the data source yourself and contributing to the [plugin catalog](https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/), please fill in the following
      options:
        - label: Are you looking to create the plugin?
        - label: Are you affiliated with the project/product the data source integrates with?
        - label: Does the plugin integrate with a commercial product?