# Unable to enable testdata **URL:** \ **Category:** Configuration\ **Created:** [May 13, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/unable-to-enable-testdata/17262 "2019-05-13T19:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mnew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/mnew/32/7019_2.png) [@mnew](https://community.grafana.com/u/mnew)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/unable-to-enable-testdata/17262/1 "2019-05-13T19:25:40Z")
Hi, I just installed Grafana and I’m trying to go through the getting started steps. One step is to enable the testdata at [http://grafana.staged-by-discourse.com/plugins/testdata/edit](http://grafana.staged-by-discourse.com/plugins/testdata/edit). The instructions are not clear ( `Grafana TestData` is not enabled by default. To enable it, first navigate to the Plugins section, found in your Grafana main menu. Click the Apps tabs in the Plugins section and select the Grafana TestData App.) as there is no Apps tab on my Plugins page. There is a list of plugins, and one is called TestData DB (rather than TestData App). It follows the url stated later in the instructions “(Or navigate to http://your\_grafana\_instance/plugins/testdata/edit to go directly there). Finally click the enable button to enable.” However, when I go to that url I don’t see an Enable button, just an empty Readme (almost empty, actually, as it does say “Dependencies Grafana \*” It seems as if my version of the docs don’t match the product. Is there a newer version of the docs? ---
**Author:** ![mnew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/mnew/32/7019_2.png) [@mnew](https://community.grafana.com/u/mnew)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/unable-to-enable-testdata/17262/2 "2019-05-13T20:10:14Z")
I’m trying the suggested video on Youtube, but again, it seems way out of date and nothing is the same. (This one: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNZMtoSHN4&index=7&list=PLDGkOdUX1Ujo3wHw9-z5Vo12YLqXRjzg2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNZMtoSHN4&index=7&list=PLDGkOdUX1Ujo3wHw9-z5Vo12YLqXRjzg2)) Any suggestions? Not off to a good start, here… ---
**Author:** ![daniellee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/daniellee/32/41_2.png) [@daniellee](https://community.grafana.com/u/daniellee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/unable-to-enable-testdata/17262/3 "2019-05-15T12:28:32Z")
What version of Grafana are you on? In newer versions, it should just work (after being changed from an app to be a datasource). I tested now on a clean installation of Grafana and all I had to do was create a datasource: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/2X/d/d9a3dea2ebf977757a4259958f8d4dad72750288.jpeg) Then I could just use it: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/2X/b/ba993d92004e92e59955c9da130ab6128996387e.png) ---
**Author:** ![mnew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/mnew/32/7019_2.png) [@mnew](https://community.grafana.com/u/mnew)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/unable-to-enable-testdata/17262/4 "2019-05-15T14:00:24Z")
Yes, I’m on the newest version. That’s why I was confused; the docs seem out of date. I was able to get the datasource added, but not by doing what was suggested in the docs. ---
**Author:** ![daniellee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/daniellee/32/41_2.png) [@daniellee](https://community.grafana.com/u/daniellee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/unable-to-enable-testdata/17262/5 "2019-05-19T19:09:23Z")
Sorry - that’s totally the Grafana team’s fault. We updated it and did not update the docs. Will get that fixed.