# Diferent types of use for Grafana **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/diferent-types-of-use-for-grafana/25858 "2020-02-11T12:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cristianudnunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@cristianudnunes](https://community.grafana.com/u/cristianudnunes)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/diferent-types-of-use-for-grafana/25858/1 "2020-02-11T12:43:41Z")
Hey guys, i’m new in this area of monitoring stuff… I’m doing a class of grafana and seeing this is a powerfull tool. I wonder if it’s possible to use Grafana for show others things besides metrics… I want to create diferent types of visualizations doing some SELECT in my database, where I have a lot of information about the employees, for example… but it is not working properly… It’s possible to create others types of graphics and visualizations(others things) with grafana or it only works with devices? Thanks 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@pooh](https://community.grafana.com/u/pooh)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/diferent-types-of-use-for-grafana/25858/2 "2020-02-11T13:24:17Z")
> Hey guys, i’m new in this area of monitoring stuff… Welcome. > I’m doing a class of grafana and seeing this is a powerfull tool. I wonder > if it’s possible to use Grafana for show others things besides metrics… Such as? > I want to create diferent types of visualizations doing some SELECT in my > database, where I have a lot of information about the employees, for > example… but it is not working properly… Tell us what you’re trying to achive, show us how you’re trying to do it, and tell us what isn’t working as you expect. Then we might be able to help, either to achieve what you want, or to let you know where Grafana’s limitations are. At present you’re telling us “I’m trying to do something different and it isn’t working”. We have no idea what you’re doing or how it’s failing. > It’s possible to create others types of graphics and visualizations(others > things) with grafana or it only works with devices? Grafana works with any information you can get into your back-end data store. However, I suspect you’re really asking about the type of visualisation panels which Grafana has available, for representing your data. Try giving us some examples of the data you want to represent, and how you would like it to be shown, and we might have some ideas for you. Antony.