Parting thoughts

Before we move on to the next chapter, there are a couple of things you should take away from this exploration of how to develop meaningful Grafana presentations. The first deals with visual display considerations and the second deals with automating the process of ingesting your data.

Considering layout

Play with your dashboards’ panel arrangements to see what various combinations look like. This is a good opportunity to get a better understanding of how to work with the Grafana layout manager. While you experiment with the ordering of the various panels, keep a few things in mind:

• Different cultural groups read from left to right, right to left, or from top to bottom. Know your audience and arrange your dashboard panels to reveal information in the order that your viewers typically scan.
• Use color, size, and visual contrast to draw the eye of the viewer toward the information you want to particularly highlight. Finally, depending on the context...