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Dashboards and visualization

Dashboards and visualization

- [Instructor] Dashboards are a common way to group and view different observability signals. Creating meaningful dashboards can make a difference in a team's strategizing process. Signals on a dashboard are grouped logically based on the story its creator is trying to tell. How well a dashboard is created will determine how easy and intuitive it's to use. There are a few things to keep in mind when creating dashboards. First of all, you should have clear titles and descriptions. You should keep in mind that your dashboard may be used by other people aside from you. Making sure your dashboard title clearly depicts the purpose of the dashboard will make you easy to discover. Also, having good descriptions on the dashboard would help people navigate your dashboard easily. In Grafana Cloud, I've created this dashboard for us to walk through as I explain the dashboard best practices. First of all, if we click on the Dashboard…

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