# \#alerting

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## [VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Support](https://community.grafana.com/t/vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf-support/164734)

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**Author:** [@prashanthan1987](https://community.grafana.com/u/prashanthan1987)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf-support/164734 "2026-10-17T06:28:43Z")

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Has anyone implemented VCF monitoring with Grafana? I couldn’t find any relevant documentation or references on this. Any insights, recommendations, or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

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## [Resending a webhook](https://community.grafana.com/t/resending-a-webhook/130746)

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**Author:** [@farexg](https://community.grafana.com/u/farexg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 5:03am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/resending-a-webhook/130746 "2026-10-10T05:03:20Z")

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Hello I have added a contact point with webhook integration, in which I have specified the address of the service to send notifications to. I created a test alert and configured it to the above created contact point. I…

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## [Grafana "Alertmanager does not exist for this organization"](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-alertmanager-does-not-exist-for-this-organization/164464)

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**Author:** [@hiteshhari123](https://community.grafana.com/u/hiteshhari123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-alertmanager-does-not-exist-for-this-organization/164464 "2026-09-21T09:25:41Z")

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Im gettting below error in grafana can anyone help me out logger=dashboard-service t=2026-09-18T00:00:25.163766987+06:30 level=error msg="Failed to cleanup k8s dashboard resources" error="org 1: failed to get last resou…

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## [V13.1.1 Mail body trend Graphics](https://community.grafana.com/t/v13-1-1-mail-body-trend-graphics/164385)

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**Author:** [@dorukgungor](https://community.grafana.com/u/dorukgungor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/v13-1-1-mail-body-trend-graphics/164385 "2026-09-10T13:16:49Z")

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I want to add a trend chart to the body of an alert email in Grafana 13.1.1, but it doesn’t support that. How can I do this? Thank you

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## [Error saving alert annotation batch](https://community.grafana.com/t/error-saving-alert-annotation-batch/162761)

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**Author:** [@scootertramp](https://community.grafana.com/u/scootertramp)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/error-saving-alert-annotation-batch/162761 "2026-08-08T14:50:35Z")

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Grafana version : Grafana v13.0.1 (a100054f) Noticed this error of late. \<30\>1 2026-05-04T10:59:40.20063-04:00 raspberry05 grafana 247674 - - logger=ngalert.state.historian backend=annotations rule\_uid=cf50q8nv3ooaoe o…

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## [How to access the original data point timestamp in a Grafana alert notification?](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-access-the-original-data-point-timestamp-in-a-grafana-alert-notification/164047)

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**Author:** [@sreeharithaponnapure](https://community.grafana.com/u/sreeharithaponnapure)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-access-the-original-data-point-timestamp-in-a-grafana-alert-notification/164047 "2026-08-07T05:33:03Z")

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Hello, I’m using Grafana-managed alerting with AWS IoT SiteWise as the data source. The SiteWise query returns a time, numeric value, and quality for each data point. I have an alert rule that monitors the numeric valu…

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## [Optimizing dashboard panel rendering performance with high-frequency time-series data and dynamic variables](https://community.grafana.com/t/optimizing-dashboard-panel-rendering-performance-with-high-frequency-time-series-data-and-dynamic-variables/164027)

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**Author:** [@historyinfo787](https://community.grafana.com/u/historyinfo787)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/optimizing-dashboard-panel-rendering-performance-with-high-frequency-time-series-data-and-dynamic-variables/164027 "2026-08-04T06:05:19Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m working on configuring a high-density operational dashboard in Grafana and running into some performance bottlenecks when scaling up the number of panels and active template variables. Current Setup: …

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## [How to implement a writable modal popup in a Grafana dashboard without leaving the current dashboard?](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-implement-a-writable-modal-popup-in-a-grafana-dashboard-without-leaving-the-current-dashboard/163821)

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**Author:** [@rohitrs9255](https://community.grafana.com/u/rohitrs9255)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-implement-a-writable-modal-popup-in-a-grafana-dashboard-without-leaving-the-current-dashboard/163821 "2026-07-29T05:02:08Z")

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Hi everyone, I am developing a Grafana dashboard where users can click an icon to open a modal popup without leaving or closing the current dashboard. The popup should contain an editable form with fields such as: I…

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## [How can define text filter regex](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-can-define-text-filter-regex/163335)

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**Author:** [@babsdn](https://community.grafana.com/u/babsdn)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-can-define-text-filter-regex/163335 "2026-07-27T11:45:05Z")

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My last data thta is showing in grafana is such as follow :slight\_smile: HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 - 14716 bytes in 0.011 second response time |time=0.010866s;5.000000;10.000000;0.000000 size=14716B;;;0 so I want to define…

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## [The future of datasource managed alerts (support for Mimir Alertmanager)](https://community.grafana.com/t/the-future-of-datasource-managed-alerts-support-for-mimir-alertmanager/163777)

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**Author:** [@donc](https://community.grafana.com/u/donc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 9:01am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/the-future-of-datasource-managed-alerts-support-for-mimir-alertmanager/163777 "2026-07-20T09:01:59Z")

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Hi all, Having read the following blog about alerting changes in Grafana Cloud, does anyone know what the future holds for Mimir Alertmanager in Grafana opensource? Will it continue to be supported?

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## [\[Showcase\] Grafana alerts that arrive with an AI diagnosis and a proposed fix](https://community.grafana.com/t/showcase-grafana-alerts-that-arrive-with-an-ai-diagnosis-and-a-proposed-fix/163769)

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**Author:** [@scottdnelsoncoffee](https://community.grafana.com/u/scottdnelsoncoffee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/showcase-grafana-alerts-that-arrive-with-an-ai-diagnosis-and-a-proposed-fix/163769 "2026-07-16T00:43:40Z")

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I’ve got a number of apps running on my homelab and got tired of addressing some routine alerts. So I built a small pipeline where the alert and the investigation arrive as one Telegram message: what fired, what an AI ag…

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## [Alert\_instance does not contain newest alert state in database \[version 12.3.1\]](https://community.grafana.com/t/alert-instance-does-not-contain-newest-alert-state-in-database-version-12-3-1/163738)

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**Author:** [@kacperkafara](https://community.grafana.com/u/kacperkafara)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/alert-instance-does-not-contain-newest-alert-state-in-database-version-12-3-1/163738 "2026-07-15T12:02:40Z")

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What Grafana version and what operating system are you using? 12.3.1 What are you trying to achieve? Maintain dashboard which present alert state for each evaluation group. How are you trying to achieve it? Cr…

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## [Configure Grafana notifications for Teams Workflows with message previews](https://community.grafana.com/t/configure-grafana-notifications-for-teams-workflows-with-message-previews/163145)

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**Author:** [@shammik1](https://community.grafana.com/u/shammik1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/configure-grafana-notifications-for-teams-workflows-with-message-previews/163145 "2026-07-15T09:55:16Z")

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What Grafana version and what operating system are you using? My Grafana Version is 12.4.1 My OS is Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS What are you trying to achieve? Configure Grafana notifications for Teams Workflows with mes…

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## [Searching Alert Rules by Configured Notification Endpoint](https://community.grafana.com/t/searching-alert-rules-by-configured-notification-endpoint/163596)

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**Author:** [@djdwave](https://community.grafana.com/u/djdwave)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/searching-alert-rules-by-configured-notification-endpoint/163596 "2026-07-15T08:59:25Z")

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We have a large number of Alert Rules. It looks like there should be a way to search by “Contact Point” and there is an option (example: \_contact\_ = Slack #… ). The tagging/labeling is not sufficient to map Alert Rule …

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## [I want to monitor httpd by Grafana alloy process monitoring](https://community.grafana.com/t/i-want-to-monitor-httpd-by-grafana-alloy-process-monitoring/163540)

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**Author:** [@mani24](https://community.grafana.com/u/mani24)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 8:15am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/i-want-to-monitor-httpd-by-grafana-alloy-process-monitoring/163540 "2026-07-07T08:15:50Z")

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I want to monitor httpd by Grafana process monitoring and using below matcher in alloy.conf file. but when trying prometheus query, it is showing total count as 12(including rotatelogs which contains the word httpd) do a…

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## [Feature request: native threading for Google Chat receiver (grafana/alerting#542)](https://community.grafana.com/t/feature-request-native-threading-for-google-chat-receiver-grafana-alerting-542/163571)

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**Author:** [@celsodias12](https://community.grafana.com/u/celsodias12)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/feature-request-native-threading-for-google-chat-receiver-grafana-alerting-542/163571 "2026-07-06T11:37:18Z")

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This is a feature request, not a support question. Grafana version / OS: N/A — applies to all versions using the Google Chat receiver. What are you trying to achieve? Group an alert’s firing and resolved notifications…

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## [Restrict Users with "Editor" Role not configure other Users' Notfication Configuration](https://community.grafana.com/t/restrict-users-with-editor-role-not-configure-other-users-notfication-configuration/163526)

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**Author:** [@clivetan](https://community.grafana.com/u/clivetan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/restrict-users-with-editor-role-not-configure-other-users-notfication-configuration/163526 "2026-07-06T09:38:21Z")

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Hi Grafana, Can we restrict users with “Editor” Role to have edit access to their own notification configuration, avoiding sceanrios where “Editor” users modify/delete other configured contact points? Thanks! Regards, …

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## [Grafana Questions](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-questions/163501)

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**Author:** [@vibhu22oct](https://community.grafana.com/u/vibhu22oct)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-questions/163501 "2026-07-01T06:29:46Z")

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How much data volume can Grafana handle ? can it handle terabytes of data ? Can Superset perform near real time reporting , example reports should display updated data within 5-10 minutes? how to achieve this in Grafana …

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## [Payment Declined on Indian Crefit card](https://community.grafana.com/t/payment-declined-on-indian-crefit-card/163427)

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**Author:** [@ailabs1](https://community.grafana.com/u/ailabs1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/payment-declined-on-indian-crefit-card/163427 "2026-06-25T15:58:50Z")

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Hi Grafana Billing Team, Thanks for the notice. We’ve been trying to pay invoice #INV237320 ($5.07), but every attempt fails with the error: “We were unable to process your credit card. Try again or use a different paym…

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## [Navigate to Active notifications page shows Page not found top of page](https://community.grafana.com/t/navigate-to-active-notifications-page-shows-page-not-found-top-of-page/162886)

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**Author:** [@scootertramp](https://community.grafana.com/u/scootertramp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/navigate-to-active-notifications-page-shows-page-not-found-top-of-page/162886 "2026-06-23T14:06:51Z")

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Version: Grafana v13.0.1+security-01 (9bbe672d) Active notifications do show up when they exists.

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## [How can show an item is down in grafana while my datasource is zabbix](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-can-show-an-item-is-down-in-grafana-while-my-datasource-is-zabbix/163322)

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**Author:** [@babsdn](https://community.grafana.com/u/babsdn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-can-show-an-item-is-down-in-grafana-while-my-datasource-is-zabbix/163322 "2026-06-23T12:09:55Z")

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I am using zabbix as datasource for grafana . Also I have added some template on that for example it can show my java service is up or down . according to uptime for example if it could not get new data show java is dow…

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## [Overview dashboard that take data from other dashboards](https://community.grafana.com/t/overview-dashboard-that-take-data-from-other-dashboards/163349)

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**Author:** [@ibanerjee28011999](https://community.grafana.com/u/ibanerjee28011999)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 9:18am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/overview-dashboard-that-take-data-from-other-dashboards/163349 "2026-06-19T09:18:55Z")

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What Grafana version and what operating system are you using?–\>13.0.1 ; Windows What are you trying to achieve?–\>Trying to build an overview dashboard in tabular format that can show diff rates from diff panels of d…

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## [How to Configure Email Alerts in Grafana](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-configure-email-alerts-in-grafana/163327)

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**Author:** [@infofcc3](https://community.grafana.com/u/infofcc3)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-configure-email-alerts-in-grafana/163327 "2026-06-17T12:34:21Z")

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Grafana Alerting helps you monitor your systems and receive email notifications when specific conditions are met. This guide explains how to configure email alerts in Grafana using Gmail SMTP. Prerequisites Grafana in…

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## [Time-shifted Grafana plugin support for popular datasources, now with Grafana 13+ support](https://community.grafana.com/t/time-shifted-grafana-plugin-support-for-popular-datasources-now-with-grafana-13-support/162902)

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**Author:** [@leoswing](https://community.grafana.com/u/leoswing)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/time-shifted-grafana-plugin-support-for-popular-datasources-now-with-grafana-13-support/162902 "2026-06-09T07:57:38Z")

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Hi everyone, I built CompareQueries, a Grafana datasource plugin for comparing time-shifted queries across datasources in one panel. It helps with common dashboard and alerting workflows like: today vs yesterday this…

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## [Provision Alert Rules via API](https://community.grafana.com/t/provision-alert-rules-via-api/163113)

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**Author:** [@monsdarnbagrid](https://community.grafana.com/u/monsdarnbagrid)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/provision-alert-rules-via-api/163113 "2026-06-02T07:24:35Z")

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I’d like to extract my configured alert-rules from a self-hosted Grafana instance and port them over to another instance for initial provisioning. Based on these I’d like to continue working on the alerts, so it should b…

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## [Customize dashboard and panel link in email alert notifications](https://community.grafana.com/t/customize-dashboard-and-panel-link-in-email-alert-notifications/155464)

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**Author:** [@walnussbaer](https://community.grafana.com/u/walnussbaer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/customize-dashboard-and-panel-link-in-email-alert-notifications/155464 "2026-06-01T11:22:08Z")

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What Grafana version and what operating system are you using? grafana:12.1.0 running as docker container What are you trying to achieve? Customize dashboard and panel link in email alert notifications, so that I can…

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## [How can convert string value to number in grafana alerting (PromQl)](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-can-convert-string-value-to-number-in-grafana-alerting-promql/163053)

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**Author:** [@infofcc3](https://community.grafana.com/u/infofcc3)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-can-convert-string-value-to-number-in-grafana-alerting-promql/163053 "2026-05-28T12:40:54Z")

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Hello, I am using SNMP Exporter with Prometheus and Grafana. My switch only exposes fault information as a string label, not as a numeric value. Example metric: siemens\_fault\_text{fault\_id="106", siemens\_fault\_text="…

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## [Grafana alert state lost on restart](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-alert-state-lost-on-restart/163039)

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**Author:** [@z340](https://community.grafana.com/u/z340)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-alert-state-lost-on-restart/163039 "2026-05-28T06:22:10Z")

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What Grafana version and what operating system are you using? 12.1.0, Alpine Linux v3.21 What are you trying to achieve? I’m trying to have my alert states retain their status when a grafana instance gets evicted. …

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## [Exploring “Letter Boxed”Style Thinking for Creative Grafana Dashboards](https://community.grafana.com/t/exploring-letter-boxed-style-thinking-for-creative-grafana-dashboards/162748)

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**Author:** [@hellencharless54](https://community.grafana.com/u/hellencharless54)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/exploring-letter-boxed-style-thinking-for-creative-grafana-dashboards/162748 "2026-05-10T21:56:32Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m new to building dashboards in Grafana and have been exploring more creative ways to visualize data. Recently, I was inspired by word puzzles like Letter Boxed (where you connect letters under specific …

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## [Anyone Else Finding “Letter Boxed”-Style Thinking Useful in Data Exploration?](https://community.grafana.com/t/anyone-else-finding-letter-boxed-style-thinking-useful-in-data-exploration/162823)

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**Author:** [@hellencharless54](https://community.grafana.com/u/hellencharless54)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/anyone-else-finding-letter-boxed-style-thinking-useful-in-data-exploration/162823 "2026-05-09T21:13:39Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve been browsing through the monthly top discussions here and noticed how many threads revolve around pattern recognition, data exploration, and finding efficient solutions to complex problems. It actual…

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