Hi, What is the method to make a snapshot via the API and include the data please ? I can not find any information on the subject. Should I collect the data via a query on the data source (in my case Graphite) then include the result in the “snapshotData” section of the JSON sent to Grafana? Is …

This is not possible, the data is captured by the frontend so you would have to replicate what all the panel & data sources do (issue metric queries etc)

Thank you for your fast reply Torkel. “Forging” a snapshot can represent a lot of work. It should be great if the API could make a snapshot from an existing dashboard. Did you plan to extend the API for make this possible ?

It would not be possible without running the frontend in the backend via a headless browser to capture the snapshot. So possible not tricky, maybe next year when we work on reporting features.

For anyone looking for a temp solution you can find it here. [image] Taking snapshot programmatically Dashboards Hi, I want to save a snapshot of Grafana dashboard programmatically. I tried to get dashboard definition with /api/dashboards/uid/ and save it with /api/snapsh…

Snapshot API : how to get the data?

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daphneitec August 31, 2018, 6:21pm 5

+1 for this feature. Will you please provide updates for this feature? Will it to be a plug-in? We need this feature, please advise.

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