- What Grafana version and what operating system are you using?
I am using Grafana version 10.0.3 on Linux (Ubuntu, to be exact). I have the CSV Plugin for Grafana installed.
- What are you trying to achieve?
I am trying to use Grafana’s time series visualization tool to plot a time series graph from a local CSV file.
- How are you trying to achieve it?
I created a CSV datasource and specified the local file path and name. Then, I created a dashboard and selected the CSV file as a source. I named the fields like how they appeared in the CSV file (in the first row).
- What happened?
Only the date and time column shows up. When I choose table view, the date and time column comes up, but the other column (force) is nowhere to be found. I get an error message saying that “Data is missing a number field.” Interestingly, when “ignore unknown” is turned off, the force column does show up. I already set the fields to number instead of string.
I suspect Grafana is having issues parsing/understanding the second column (force), that is why it is showing up in table view but not when I check “ignore unknown.” I have tried many things and have not been able to solve this issue. I tried converting the data into a float, removing extra whitespace, and keeping it as a string, none solved the issue.
- What did you expect to happen?
I expected to have two columns of data (for time series visualization): date/time and force. So far I only have date/time.
- Can you copy/paste the configuration(s) that you are having problems with?
table view with ignore unknown on
table view with ignore unknown off
- Did you receive any errors in the Grafana UI or in related logs? If so, please tell us exactly what they were.
The Grafana UI just says “data is missing a number field.” The logs don’t reveal anything interesting/important.
- Did you follow any online instructions? If so, what is the URL?
