From the course: Prometheus and Grafana: Visualizing Application Performance
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The stats panel
From the course: Prometheus and Grafana: Visualizing Application Performance
The stats panel
- [Instructor] The stat panel is designed to display performance indicators as single numerical values. This helps you to get an immediate at a glance understanding of critical metrics. The stat panel is important for getting a quick understanding of the current status of a critical metric. The panel also has the option to display a small time series graph known as a spark line in the background. The spark line provides historical context to the single value. For instance, a high current reading of CPU might be less concerning if the spark line shows a recent decline. Be careful not to misinterpret the spark line graph. Like with other Grafana panels, you have access to an impressive array of configuration options within the stat panel editor. The value options section provides control over how the data is presented. The show option allows you to choose between calculate and all values. When calculate is selected, the panel will display single aggregated value derived from the query…
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