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Getting started with Chronograf	/chronograf/v1.7/introduction/getting_started/	chronograf_1_7 name weight parent Getting started 30 Introduction

Overview

Chronograf allows you to quickly see data you have stored in InfluxDB so you can build robust queries and alerts. After your administrator has set up Chronograf as described in Installing Chronograf, get started with key features using the guides below.

Data visualization

• Investigate your data by building queries using the Data Explorer.
• Use pre-created dashboards to monitor your application data or create your own dashboards.
• Customize dashboards using template variables.

Alerting

• Create alert rules to generate threshold, relative, and deadman alerts on your data.
• View all active alerts on an alert dashboard.
• Use alert endpoints in Chronograf to send alert messages to specific URLs and applications.

Infrastructure monitoring

• View all hosts and their statuses in your infrastructure.
• Use pre-created dashboards to monitor your applications.