Add an issues (open/closed) panel to a dashboard

In this milestone, you create a new dashboard and add a panel that displays GitHub issues data, including the count of open and closed issues over time.

1. Navigate to Dashboards from the main menu.

2. Click New and select New dashboard.

3. Open the panel editor by doing one of the following:

   • If you see an Add visualization button or placeholder, click it.
   • If you see a Configure visualization button, click it.
   • If you see a + icon in the top toolbar, click it and select Configure.

   Any of these options opens the panel editor.

4. Click the data source dropdown and select your GitHub data source from the list. If you have multiple data sources, look for the one named after your GitHub connection.

5. If you see a New query editor banner with a Back to classic button, click Back to classic. The GitHub data source requires the classic query editor to show the Query Type dropdown.

6. In the query editor at the bottom of the screen, find the Query Type dropdown and choose Issues.

7. Enter your GitHub organization name in the Owner field. For example, grafana.

8. Enter your repository name in the Repository field. For example, grafana.

9. In the query editor, find the Time Field dropdown and select Created At.

10. Select Table as the visualization type.

11. In the Panel options on the right, enter a title for your panel in the Title field. For example, GitHub Issues (Open/Closed) Overview.

12. Click Save dashboard. In the dialog that appears, enter a title for your dashboard and click Save.

13. Click Back to dashboard to exit the panel editor and return to the dashboard view.

The panel now displays a Table visualization showing issue trends over time.

In the next milestone, you’ll create a similar panel for pull request data.