Introduction to CDF & Grafana

Use the Cognite Data Source for Grafana and get started with visualizing data from CDF.

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About this course

Welcome to Introduction to CDF & Grafana!
Grafana is one of the most popular visualization tools. With the Cognite Data Source for Grafana, it connects to Cognite Data Fusion (CDF). In this course, you will learn how you can connect Grafana to CDF and work with time series, events, and custom queries in Grafana.

Learning objectives

  • Explain the advantages of using the Cognite Data Source for Grafana.
  • Connect Grafana to a CDF project using the Cognite Data Source.
  • Work with time series, events, and custom queries in Grafana.

Who should take this course?
Grafana users who want to start working with CDF. This course is also suitable for anyone who would like to have an overview of the main functionalities of the Cognite Data Source for Grafana.

Instructor
Cognite Academy has developed this course.

Sofie Haug
Academy Engineer

Ivan Polomanyi
Software Engineer

Maciej Mrowiec
Director of Product Management

Roman Vizniak
Frontend Developer

Knowledge prerequisites
We recommend this course for intermediate Grafana users who can work with panels, dashboards, and time series. If you are not familiar with this tool, we suggest you review the Grafana documentation portal. Click here for panels, here for dashboards, and here for time series.

Technical prerequisites
In this course, you will be alternating between two windows: this e-learning course and Grafana. Therefore we suggest using two screens if possible to make switching windows easier.

Content15 min

  • Welcome
  • Set up
  • Access to the CDF project
  • Install the Cognite Data Source for Grafana
  • Generate the client secret
  • Configure the Cognite Data Source for Grafana
  • Working with time series
  • Plot time series
  • Check your knowledge
  • Custom queries
  • Introduction to custom queries
  • Custom queries
  • Check your knowledge
  • Visualizing events
  • Adding events as annotations
  • Check your knowledge
  • Summary
  • Key Takeaways
  • Share your feedback

About this course

Welcome to Introduction to CDF & Grafana!
Grafana is one of the most popular visualization tools. With the Cognite Data Source for Grafana, it connects to Cognite Data Fusion (CDF). In this course, you will learn how you can connect Grafana to CDF and work with time series, events, and custom queries in Grafana.

Learning objectives

  • Explain the advantages of using the Cognite Data Source for Grafana.
  • Connect Grafana to a CDF project using the Cognite Data Source.
  • Work with time series, events, and custom queries in Grafana.

Who should take this course?
Grafana users who want to start working with CDF. This course is also suitable for anyone who would like to have an overview of the main functionalities of the Cognite Data Source for Grafana.

Instructor
Cognite Academy has developed this course.

Sofie Haug
Academy Engineer

Ivan Polomanyi
Software Engineer

Maciej Mrowiec
Director of Product Management

Roman Vizniak
Frontend Developer

Knowledge prerequisites
We recommend this course for intermediate Grafana users who can work with panels, dashboards, and time series. If you are not familiar with this tool, we suggest you review the Grafana documentation portal. Click here for panels, here for dashboards, and here for time series.

Technical prerequisites
In this course, you will be alternating between two windows: this e-learning course and Grafana. Therefore we suggest using two screens if possible to make switching windows easier.

Content15 min

  • Welcome
  • Set up
  • Access to the CDF project
  • Install the Cognite Data Source for Grafana
  • Generate the client secret
  • Configure the Cognite Data Source for Grafana
  • Working with time series
  • Plot time series
  • Check your knowledge
  • Custom queries
  • Introduction to custom queries
  • Custom queries
  • Check your knowledge
  • Visualizing events
  • Adding events as annotations
  • Check your knowledge
  • Summary
  • Key Takeaways
  • Share your feedback