JSON Data Format

Dashboard

Dashboard Items

All dashboard items share a common structure. Each is a JSON dictionary with an item_type attribute indicating what type of dashboard item it is. Item types generally fall into two categories - structural elements, which control dashboard layout, and presentations, which create some visible output in the rendered dashboard.

Structural Item Types

• dashboard_definition
• section
• row
• cell

Presentation Types

These item types have a visual component, but do not consume data from queries.

• heading
• separator
• markdown

Data Presentation Types

These item type have a graphical or textual component linked to one or more data queries.

Charts

• simple_time_series
• standard_time_series
• donut_chart
• bar_chart
• discrete_bar_chart
• singlegraph
• singlegraph_grid
• scatter_plot

Text Presentations

• singlestat
• timeshift_singlestat
• comparison_singlestat
• jumbotron_singlestat
• timeshift_jumbotron_singlestat
• comparison_jumbotron_singlestat
• timerstat
• summation_table
• timeshift_summation_table
• comparison_summation_table
• percentage_table