Sentry data source

The Sentry data source plugin lets you query and visualize Sentry data within Grafana. You can display issues, events, spans, session metrics, and organization statistics in Grafana dashboards, giving you a unified view of application errors and performance alongside your other observability data.

Requirements

Grafana version 10.4.0 or later.
A Sentry account (hosted at sentry.io or self-hosted).
A Sentry internal integration authentication token with Read access to Project, Issue & Event, and Organization. Refer to Configure the Sentry data source for setup instructions.

Supported features

Feature	Supported
Metrics	Yes
Alerting	Yes
Annotations	Yes

Supported query types

The Sentry data source supports the following query types. For detailed field descriptions and examples, refer to the query editor documentation.

Query type	Description
Issues	Query Sentry issues with filtering, sorting, and pagination.
Events	Query individual error and transaction events with custom fields.
Spans	Query span data for distributed tracing analysis.
Events Stats	Query time-series event data for trend analysis and visualization.
Spans Stats	Query time-series span data for performance trend analysis.
Metrics	Query session-based metrics such as crash rates and session health.
Stats	Query organization-level usage statistics such as event quotas and consumption.

Get started

The following documents help you set up and use the Sentry data source:

Additional features

After configuring the data source, you can:

Use Explore to query Sentry data without building a dashboard.
Add Transformations to manipulate query results.
Create Template variables for dynamic, reusable dashboards.
Add Annotations to overlay Sentry issues on graphs.
Set up Alerting rules based on Sentry data.

Plugin updates

Always ensure that your plugin version is up-to-date so you have access to all current features and improvements. Navigate to Plugins and data > Plugins to check for updates. Grafana recommends upgrading to the latest Grafana version, and this applies to plugins as well.