build-grafana-dashboardslisted

# Build Grafana Dashboards Design and deploy Grafana dashboards with best practices for maintainability, reusability, and version control. ## When to Use - Creating visual representations of Prometheus, Loki, or other data source metrics - Building operational dashboards for SRE teams and incident responders - Establishing executive-level reporting dashboards for SLO compliance - Migrating dashboards from manual creation to version-controlled provisioning - Standardizing dashboard layouts across teams with template variables - Creating drill-down experiences from high-level overviews to detailed metrics ## Inputs - **Required**: Data source configuration (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, etc.) - **Required**: Metrics or logs to visualize with their query patterns - **Optional**: Template variables for multi-service or multi-environment views - **Optional**: Existing dashboard JSON for migration or modification - **Optional**: Annotation queries for event correlation (deployments, incidents) ## Procedure > See [Extended Examples](references/EXAMPLES.md) for complete configuration files and templates. ### Step 1: Design Dashboard Structure Plan dashboard layout and organization before building panels. Create a dashboard specification document: ```markdown # Service Overview Dashboard ## Purpose Real-time operational view for on-call engineers monitoring the API service. ## Rows 1. High-Level Metrics (collapsed by default) - Request rate, error rate, latency (RED metric