Plugins 〉Kinetica
Kinetica
Datasource
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Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Install on Grafana Cloud
Plugins can be installed directly from within your Grafana instance or automated using the Cloud API or Terraform.
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This is a paid for plugin developed by a marketplace partner. To purchase entitlement please fill out the contact us form.
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- Grafana Labs will reach out to discuss your needs
- Payment will be taken by Grafana Labs
- Once purchased the plugin will be available for you to install (cloud) or a signed version will be provided (on-premise)
Thank you! We will be in touch.
For more information, visit the docs on plugin installation.
Installing on a local Grafana:
For local instances, plugins are installed and updated via a simple CLI command. Plugins are not updated automatically, however you will be notified when updates are available right within your Grafana.
1. Install the Data Source
Use the grafana-cli tool to install Kinetica from the commandline:
grafana-cli plugins install The plugin will be installed into your grafana plugins directory; the default is /var/lib/grafana/plugins. More information on the cli tool.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file for your architecture below and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
2. Configure the Data Source
Accessed from the Grafana main menu, newly installed data sources can be added immediately within the Data Sources section.
Next, click the Add data source button in the upper right. The data source will be available for selection in the Type select box.
To see a list of installed data sources, click the Plugins item in the main menu. Both core data sources and installed data sources will appear.
Changelog
All notable changes to the Kinetica Grafana Datasource Plugin will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
[Unreleased]
BREAKING CHANGES
- Minimum Grafana version increased from 10.4.0 to 12.3.0
- Reason: Plugin is built with Grafana SDK 12.3.0 and cannot guarantee compatibility with older versions
- Impact: Users running Grafana 10.4-12.2 must either upgrade Grafana or use an older plugin version
- See
docs/DEPENDENCY_MISMATCH_ANALYSIS.mdfor full technical explanation
Changed
- E2E test suite reduced to 7 stable tests (from initial 34)
- Reflects realistic cross-version testing limitations
- Focus on truly stable functionality (alerts, provisioning, basic page loads)
- See
E2E_TESTS_README.mdfor testing strategy
- Updated documentation to follow Grafana publishing best practices
- Comprehensive work logs added in
docs/work-logs/directory
Added
- E2E test suite with Playwright
- Test environment documentation
- Plugin validation documentation
- Publishing compliance report
- Dependency mismatch analysis documentation
- Create-plugin tool analysis documentation
Fixed
- Aligned
grafanaDependencydeclaration with actual SDK version used in build - E2E tests now pass reliably across supported Grafana versions (12.3.0+)
[7.2.3.0] - 2024-01-13
Added
- Initial release of the Kinetica Grafana Datasource Plugin
- Visual SQL Query Builder with support for:
- Schema and table selection
- Column selection with aggregation functions (AVG, COUNT, MAX, MIN, SUM, STDDEV, VAR)
- JOIN operations (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL) with multiple conditions
- WHERE clause filters with AND/OR logic
- GROUP BY with HAVING clause support
- ORDER BY with ASC/DESC sorting
- LIMIT and OFFSET pagination
- Set operations (UNION, UNION ALL, INTERSECT, EXCEPT)
- Raw SQL mode with Monaco code editor
- Time series support with automatic time column detection
- Time range macros (
$__timeFilter,$__timeGroup,$__from,$__to) - Backend plugin with Go SDK integration
- Health check endpoint for connection validation
- Secure credential storage using Grafana's encrypted secureJsonData
- Provisioning support for datasource and dashboards
- Docker Compose development environment
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