Google Sheets: Spreadsheet data in dashboards

What it’s for: Human-maintained data including on-call schedules, manual logs, budgets, and targets.

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Reference cells or ranges; there’s no query language to learn
Requires Google authentication
Best for small, human-maintained data rather than high-volume telemetry; Google’s sheet size and API rate limits apply

Best for

On-call schedules
Manual tracking and logs
Application targets and KPIs
Data non-engineers maintain

Tip: Reference cells using A1 notation, like Sheet1!A1:E100.

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Google Sheets data source

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Here’s a data source that surprises people: Google Sheets. Why would you want spreadsheet data in Grafana?

Because lots of important data lives in spreadsheets maintained by non-technical users. On-call schedules. Budget targets. Manual incident tracking. Application KPIs that someone updates weekly.

With the Google Sheets data source, that data shows up in your dashboards alongside your technical metrics. Your operations manager updates the budget spreadsheet, and your dashboard automatically reflects the changes.

The interface is familiar. Just reference cells or ranges, and Google handles the collaboration features.

For combining human-maintained data with automated telemetry, Google Sheets is genuinely useful.

Google Sheets: Spreadsheet data in dashboards

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