Introduction to Dashboarding

Grafana Setup and Azure PostgreSQL Connection

Pipeline Health Dashboard

Data Quality Dashboard

Presenting Metrics and Definitions

Practice

Assignment

Gotchas & Pitfalls

Week 11 Lesson Plan (Teachers)

Grafana Setup and Azure PostgreSQL Connection

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Suggested Topics

• Accessing the HYF-managed Grafana instance (or setting up Azure-managed Grafana)
• Creating a read-only database user in Azure PostgreSQL for Grafana
• Why read-only access matters: security, preventing accidental writes, query isolation
• Adding Azure PostgreSQL as a data source in Grafana: connection string, authentication
• Testing the data source connection and running a simple query
• Grafana UI overview: dashboards, panels, queries, variables
• Organizing dashboards: folders, naming conventions, team access
• Troubleshooting connection issues: firewall rules, credentials, network access

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