Create a new dashboard

Creating a new dashboard in a Git Sync provisioned folder follows the standard Grafana dashboard creation process. The key difference is selecting a provisioned folder as the location, which ensures the dashboard is tracked by Git Sync and saved to your connected repository.

To create a new dashboard in a Git Sync provisioned folder, complete the following steps:

1. In Grafana, click Dashboards in the navigation menu.

2. Click New > Dashboard.

3. Click Add visualization to begin building your dashboard.

4. Select a data source for your visualization.

   For example, select Prometheus.

5. Configure your query and visualization as needed.

   For example, enter a PromQL query like rate(http_requests_total[5m]) and select a Time series visualization.

6. Click Apply to add the visualization to the dashboard.

The dashboard is created with your first visualization. The dashboard remains unsaved until you save it to a Git Sync provisioned folder, which you’ll do in the next milestone.

In the next milestone, you’ll save the dashboard to Git using Git Sync workflows.