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Use Chronograf to visualize data Use Chronograf with InfluxDB 3 Core Chronograf is a data visualization and dashboarding tool designed to visualize data in InfluxDB 1.x. Learn how to use Chronograf with InfluxDB 3 Core. Chronograf
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Chronograf is a data visualization and dashboarding tool designed to visualize data in InfluxDB 1.x using the InfluxQL query language. This page walks through how to use Chronograf with {{% product-name %}}.

Prerequisites

Enable InfluxDB 3 support

To connect Chronograf to {{% product-name %}}, start Chronograf with InfluxDB 3 support enabled using one of the following methods:

{{< tabs-wrapper >}} {{% tabs %}} CLI flag Environment variable {{% /tabs %}} {{% tab-content %}}

chronograf --influxdb-v3-support-enabled

{{% /tab-content %}} {{% tab-content %}}

export INFLUXDB_V3_SUPPORT_ENABLED=true
chronograf

{{% /tab-content %}} {{< /tabs-wrapper >}}

Create an InfluxDB connection

  1. Open Chronograf and click Configuration (wrench icon) in the navigation menu.

  2. Click Add Connection.

    Chronograf connections landing page

  3. In the Server Type dropdown, select InfluxDB 3 Core.

    {{< img-hd src="/img/chronograf/v1-influxdb3/server-type-dropdown.png" alt="Chronograf Server Type dropdown" />}}

  4. Enter your {{% product-name %}} connection credentials:

    • Connection URL: URL of your {{% product-name %}} instance

      http://{{< influxdb/host >}}

    • Connection Name: Name to uniquely identify this connection configuration

    • Database Token: InfluxDB {{% token-link "database" %}} with read permissions on the database you want to query

    • Telegraf Database Name: InfluxDB database Chronograf uses to populate parts of the application, including the Host List page (default is telegraf)

    {{< img-hd src="/img/chronograf/v1-influxdb3/core-connection.png" alt="Chronograf InfluxDB 3 Core connection configuration" />}}

  5. Click Add Connection.

  6. Select the dashboards you would like to create, and then click Next.

  7. To configure a Kapacitor connection, provide the necessary credentials, and then click Continue. Otherwise, click Skip.

  8. Click Finish.

Configure connection via CLI

You can also configure the connection when starting Chronograf:

Replace the following:

  • {{% code-placeholder-key %}}DATABASE_TOKEN{{% /code-placeholder-key %}}: {{% token-link "database" %}} with read permissions
chronograf --influxdb-v3-support-enabled \
  --influxdb-type=influx-v3-core \
  --influxdb-url=http://{{< influxdb/host >}} \
  --influxdb-token=DATABASE_TOKEN

For a complete list of configuration options, see InfluxDB 3 connection options.

Query data in the Data Explorer

  1. In Chronograf, click {{< icon "graph" "v2" >}} Explore in the left navigation bar.
  2. Build and submit InfluxQL queries.

[!Note]

Schema information in the Data Explorer

{{% product-name %}} supports InfluxQL metaqueries, so schema information is available in the Data Explorer to help build queries. You can also use fully qualified measurements in the FROM clause. For example:

-- Fully qualified measurement
SELECT * FROM "db-name"."rp-name"."measurement-name"

-- Fully qualified measurement shorthand (use the default retention policy)
SELECT * FROM "db-name".."measurement-name"

For more information about available InfluxQL functionality, see InfluxQL feature support.

Important notes

No administrative functionality

Chronograf cannot be used for administrative tasks in {{% product-name %}}. For example, you cannot do the following:

  • Define databases
  • Modify retention policies
  • Add users
  • Kill queries

When connected to an {{% product-name %}} database, functionality in the {{< icon "crown" >}} InfluxDB Admin section of Chronograf is disabled.

To complete administrative tasks, use the influxdb3 CLI.

Annotations and variables

Annotations and dashboard variables work with {{% product-name %}} when a chronograf database exists and is accessible with the same database token.

When setting up variables with dynamic tag values, the backend query limits the scope of the record search with a time condition. By default, this is time > now() - 7d. Tags from records older than this limit are ignored. To change this setting, use the --influxdb-v3-time-condition flag or INFLUXDB_V3_TIME_CONDITION environment variable.