metadata-ingestion/docs/sources/grafana/README.md
Grafana is a business intelligence and analytics platform. Learn more in the official Grafana documentation.
The DataHub integration for Grafana covers BI entities such as dashboards, charts, datasets, and related ownership context. Depending on module capabilities, it can also capture features such as lineage, usage, profiling, ownership, tags, and stateful deletion detection.
| Source Concept | DataHub Concept | Notes |
|---|---|---|
"grafana" | Data Platform | |
| Grafana Folder | Container | Subtype Folder |
| Grafana Dashboard | Container | Subtype Dashboard |
| Grafana Panel/Visualization | Chart | Various types mapped based on panel type (e.g., graph → LINE, pie → PIE) |
| Grafana Data Source | Dataset | Created for each panel's data source |
| Dashboard Owner | Corp User | Dashboard creator assigned as TECHNICAL_OWNER; email suffix removal configurable via remove_email_suffix |
| Dashboard Tags | Tag | Supports both simple tags and key:value tags |