Macros

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Open source Grafana Cloud

Use macros to add dashboard context to your queries. Macros are available in HTTP params and JSONPath expressions.

MacroDescription
$__unixEpochFrom()Start of the dashboard time interval as a Unix timestamp, i.e. 1494410783
$__unixEpochTo()End of the dashboard time interval as a Unix timestamp, i.e. 1494410783
$__isoFrom()Start of the dashboard time interval as a ISO8601 timestamp, i.e. 2021-05-17T20:48:09.000Z
$__isoTo()End of the dashboard time interval as a ISO8601 timestamp, i.e. 2021-05-17T20:48:09.000Z