Hi everyone 
I’m new to Grafana and I’m trying to figure out whether it’s possible to build a central status dashboard that displays “squares” (status panels) reflecting alert states from other dashboards.
Here’s what I’m trying to achieve:
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The main dashboard shows a set of squares, where each tile represents a different dashboard.
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Each of those dashboards contains several sub-dashboards.
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A tile should be green when everything is healthy, and turn red if there is an active alert in any of its related sub-dashboards.
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Important note: the status dashboard must be in a completely separate folder/group from the dashboards it reflects.
I’m trying to understand:
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Is there a way in Grafana to fetch the alert state of another dashboard (or a group of dashboards) and display it in a central dashboard?
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Is it possible to aggregate all alerts of a specific dashboard using labels or a query and turn that into a single “status” indicator?
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What’s the recommended best practice for building an overview dashboard that reflects the status of other dashboards, especially when they’re located in different folders/groups?
Any guidance, examples, or references would be greatly appreciated ![]()
Thanks!
central dashboard example :
Here is an example of a dashboard that I want to associate with Process-1. If any of its sub-dashboards triggers an alert, the corresponding tile should turn red :

