grafana/dashboard-schemas/README.md
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# Dashboard Schemas
Schema description documents for [Grafana Dashboard
JSON](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/reference/dashboard/) and core
panels.
> **Note:** This directory is experimental. The schemas are not currently
> implemented or enforced in Grafana.
Schemas are defined in [Cue](https://cuelang.org/). Cue was chosen because it
strongly facilitates our primary use cases - [schema
definition](https://cuelang.org/docs/usecases/datadef/), [data
validation](https://cuelang.org/docs/usecases/validation/), and [code
generation/extraction](https://cuelang.org/docs/usecases/generate/).
## Schema Organization
Each schema describes part of a dashboard. `Dashboard.cue` is the main dashboard
schema object. All other schemas describe nested objects within a dashboard.
They are grouped in the following directories:
* `panels` - schemas for
[panels](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels/panels-overview/).
* `targets` - targets represent
[queries](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels/queries/). Each [data
source](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/) type has a
unique target schema.
* `variables` - schemas for
[variables](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/variables/variable-types/).
* `transformations` - schemas for
[transformations](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels/transformations/types-options/).
The following somewhat conveys how they fit together when constructing a
dashboard:
```
+-----------+ +-----------+
| Dashboard +------> Variables |
+---------+-+ +-----------+
| +--------+ +---------+
+----> Panels +----> Targets |
+------+-+ +---------+
| +-----------------+
+------> Transformations |
+-----------------+
```
## Definitions
All schemas are [Cue
definitions](https://cuelang.org/docs/references/spec/#definitions-and-hidden-fields).
Schemas intended to be exported must begin with a capital letter. For example,
[Gauge](./panels/Gauge.cue). Definitions beginning with a lowercase letter will
not be exported. These are reusable components for constructing the exported
definitions. For example, [`#panel`](./panels/panel.cue) is intended to
be a base schema for panels. `#Gauge` extends `#panel` with the following:
```
#Gauge: panel & {
...
}
```
## Exporting OpenAPI
[OpenAPI](https://www.openapis.org/) schemas can be exported from these CUE
sources.
### Command Line
While you can use `cue export` to output OpenAPI documents, it does not expand
references which makes the output unusable.
```
cue export --out openapi -o - ./...
```
### Using Go
You need to use Go to generate useable OpenAPI schemas. This directory contains
a Go program that will output just the OpenAPI schemas for one or many Cue
packages.
```
go run . <entrypoint> ...
```