Data source connected

Congratulations! You’ve successfully connected a data source to Grafana. This is a real accomplishment. You now have external data flowing into your Grafana instance, ready for querying, visualization, and alerting.

Remember, data sources let you query existing data without migration. Some even include pre-built dashboards. The trade-off is you miss some Grafana Cloud features like ML-powered insights and SLOs. But for connecting to data where it already lives, data sources are the right choice.

Want to try another data source? Head back to the options. Or continue to the wrap-up for key takeaways.