Update dashboards/cardinality-explorer.json

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Made Victoriametrics url a variable
2026-05-27 21:47:45 +03:00 · 2026-03-01 18:06:11 -06:00 · 2026-03-01 12:04:52 -06:00 · 2026-02-27 14:59:10 +01:00
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+{
+  "__inputs": [
+    {
+      "name": "DS_VICTORIAMETRICS-INFINITY",
+      "label": "VictoriaMetrics-Infinity",
+      "description": "",
+      "type": "datasource",
+      "pluginId": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+      "pluginName": "Infinity"
+    }
+  ],
+  "__elements": {},
+  "__requires": [
+    {
+      "type": "grafana",
+      "id": "grafana",
+      "name": "Grafana",
+      "version": "12.2.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "panel",
+      "id": "table",
+      "name": "Table",
+      "version": ""
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "panel",
+      "id": "text",
+      "name": "Text",
+      "version": ""
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "datasource",
+      "id": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+      "name": "Infinity",
+      "version": "3.7.2"
+    }
+  ],
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "builtIn": 1,
+        "datasource": {
+          "type": "grafana",
+          "uid": "-- Grafana --"
+        },
+        "enable": true,
+        "hide": true,
+        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+        "type": "dashboard"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "editable": true,
+  "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+  "graphTooltip": 0,
+  "id": null,
+  "links": [
+    {
+      "asDropdown": false,
+      "icon": "bolt",
+      "includeVars": false,
+      "keepTime": false,
+      "tags": [],
+      "targetBlank": false,
+      "title": "RESET FILTERS",
+      "tooltip": "",
+      "type": "link",
+      "url": "/d/add4lqn/cardinality-explorer?var-topN=$topN&var-match={__name__!=\"\"}&var-focus="
+    }
+  ],
+  "panels": [
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+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0
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+      "options": {
+        "code": {
+          "language": "plaintext",
+          "showLineNumbers": false,
+          "showMiniMap": false
+        },
+        "content": "This dashboard mimics [VictoriaMetrics Cardinality Explorer](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/#cardinality-explorer). Dashboard is in `Work in Progress` status.\nDashboard always show cardinality for **TODAY ONLY**. Can't find a good way to allow selecting date.\n\n- `Limit entries` - show N entries in tables\n- `Time series selector` - automatically updates with click on table rows. Can be manually edited.\n- `Focus label` - automatically updates with click on table rows. Can be manually edited.\n- `RESET FILTERS` - resets the filters.\n\n",
+        "mode": "markdown"
+      },
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+      "transparent": true,
+      "type": "text"
+    },
+    {
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+        "type": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+        "uid": "${ds}"
+      },
+      "fieldConfig": {
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+            "mode": "thresholds"
+          },
+          "custom": {
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+            "cellOptions": {
+              "type": "auto"
+            },
+            "footer": {
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+            },
+            "hideFrom": {
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+            },
+            "inspect": false
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
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+            "steps": [
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+                "value": 0
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": 80
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": [
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+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "value"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Number of series"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "name"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Metric name"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "links",
+                "value": [
+                  {
+                    "title": "Filter by metric name",
+                    "url": "/d/add4lqn/cardinality-explorer?var-topN=$topN&var-match={__name__=\"${__value.raw}\"}&var-ds=$ds"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "requestsCount"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Requests count"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "lastReqTS"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Last request"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "mappings",
+                "value": [
+                  {
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+                        "index": 0,
+                        "text": "Never"
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "type": "value"
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "unit",
+                "value": "dateTimeFromNow"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
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+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "lastRequestTimestamp"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "custom.hideFrom.viz",
+                "value": true
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
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+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 4
+      },
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+      "options": {
+        "cellHeight": "sm",
+        "showHeader": true,
+        "sortBy": [
+          {
+            "desc": true,
+            "displayName": "Number of series"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "12.2.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "columns": [],
+          "computed_columns": [],
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+            "uid": "$ds"
+          },
+          "filters": [],
+          "format": "table",
+          "global_query_id": "",
+          "parser": "backend",
+          "refId": "A",
+          "root_selector": "data.seriesCountByMetricName",
+          "source": "url",
+          "type": "json",
+          "url": "$victoriametrics_url/api/v1/status/tsdb?topN=$topN&match[]=$match",
+          "url_options": {
+            "data": "",
+            "method": "GET"
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Metric names with the highest number of series",
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "calculateField",
+          "options": {
+            "alias": "lastReqTS",
+            "binary": {
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+                  "id": "byName",
+                  "options": "lastRequestTimestamp"
+                }
+              },
+              "operator": "*",
+              "right": {
+                "fixed": "1000"
+              }
+            },
+            "mode": "binary",
+            "reduce": {
+              "reducer": "sum"
+            },
+            "replaceFields": false
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "table"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+        "uid": "$ds"
+      },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": {
+            "mode": "thresholds"
+          },
+          "custom": {
+            "align": "auto",
+            "cellOptions": {
+              "type": "auto"
+            },
+            "footer": {
+              "reducers": []
+            },
+            "hideFrom": {
+              "viz": false
+            },
+            "inspect": false
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": 0
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": 80
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": [
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "value"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Number of series"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "name"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Metric name"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "links",
+                "value": [
+                  {
+                    "title": "Filter by metric name",
+                    "url": "/d/add4lqn/cardinality-explorer?var-topN=$topN&var-match={\"${__value.raw}\"!=\"\"}&var-focus=${__value.raw}&var-ds=$ds"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 12,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 16
+      },
+      "id": 2,
+      "options": {
+        "cellHeight": "sm",
+        "showHeader": true,
+        "sortBy": [
+          {
+            "desc": true,
+            "displayName": "Number of series"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "12.2.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "columns": [],
+          "computed_columns": [],
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+            "uid": "$ds"
+          },
+          "filters": [],
+          "format": "table",
+          "global_query_id": "",
+          "parser": "backend",
+          "refId": "A",
+          "root_selector": "data.seriesCountByLabelName",
+          "source": "url",
+          "type": "json",
+          "url": "$victoriametrics_url/api/v1/status/tsdb?topN=$topN&match[]=$match",
+          "url_options": {
+            "data": "",
+            "method": "GET"
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Labels with the highest number of series",
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "calculateField",
+          "options": {
+            "alias": "lastReqTS",
+            "binary": {
+              "left": {
+                "matcher": {
+                  "id": "byName",
+                  "options": "lastRequestTimestamp"
+                }
+              },
+              "operator": "*",
+              "right": {
+                "fixed": "1000"
+              }
+            },
+            "mode": "binary",
+            "reduce": {
+              "reducer": "sum"
+            },
+            "replaceFields": false
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "table"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+        "uid": "$ds"
+      },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": {
+            "mode": "thresholds"
+          },
+          "custom": {
+            "align": "auto",
+            "cellOptions": {
+              "type": "auto"
+            },
+            "footer": {
+              "reducers": []
+            },
+            "hideFrom": {
+              "viz": false
+            },
+            "inspect": false
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": 0
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": 80
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": [
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "value"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Number of series"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "name"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Metric name"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "links",
+                "value": [
+                  {
+                    "title": "Filter by metric name",
+                    "url": "/d/add4lqn/cardinality-explorer?var-topN=$topN&var-match={\"${__value.raw}\"!=\"\"}&var-focus=${__value.raw}&var-ds=$ds"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 24,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 16
+      },
+      "id": 3,
+      "options": {
+        "cellHeight": "sm",
+        "showHeader": true,
+        "sortBy": [
+          {
+            "desc": true,
+            "displayName": "Number of series"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "12.2.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "columns": [],
+          "computed_columns": [],
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+            "uid": "$ds"
+          },
+          "filters": [],
+          "format": "table",
+          "global_query_id": "",
+          "parser": "backend",
+          "refId": "A",
+          "root_selector": "data.seriesCountByFocusLabelValue",
+          "source": "url",
+          "type": "json",
+          "url": "$victoriametrics_url/api/v1/status/tsdb?topN=$topN&match[]=$match&focusLabel=$focus",
+          "url_options": {
+            "data": "",
+            "method": "GET"
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Values for \"$focus\" label with the highest number of series",
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "calculateField",
+          "options": {
+            "alias": "lastReqTS",
+            "binary": {
+              "left": {
+                "matcher": {
+                  "id": "byName",
+                  "options": "lastRequestTimestamp"
+                }
+              },
+              "operator": "*",
+              "right": {
+                "fixed": "1000"
+              }
+            },
+            "mode": "binary",
+            "reduce": {
+              "reducer": "sum"
+            },
+            "replaceFields": false
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "table"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+        "uid": "$ds"
+      },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": {
+            "mode": "thresholds"
+          },
+          "custom": {
+            "align": "auto",
+            "cellOptions": {
+              "type": "auto"
+            },
+            "footer": {
+              "reducers": []
+            },
+            "hideFrom": {
+              "viz": false
+            },
+            "inspect": false
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": 0
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": 80
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": [
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "value"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Number of series"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "name"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "displayName",
+                "value": "Metric name"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "links",
+                "value": [
+                  {
+                    "title": "Filter by metric name",
+                    "url": "/d/add4lqn/cardinality-explorer?var-topN=$topN&var-match={\"${__value.raw}\"!=\"\"}&var-focus=${__value.raw}&var-ds=$ds"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 12,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 28
+      },
+      "id": 4,
+      "options": {
+        "cellHeight": "sm",
+        "showHeader": true,
+        "sortBy": [
+          {
+            "desc": true,
+            "displayName": "Number of series"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "12.2.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "columns": [],
+          "computed_columns": [],
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+            "uid": "$ds"
+          },
+          "filters": [],
+          "format": "table",
+          "global_query_id": "",
+          "parser": "backend",
+          "refId": "A",
+          "root_selector": "data.labelValueCountByLabelName",
+          "source": "url",
+          "type": "json",
+          "url": "$victoriametrics_url/api/v1/status/tsdb?topN=$topN&match[]=$match",
+          "url_options": {
+            "data": "",
+            "method": "GET"
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Labels with the highest number of unique values",
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "calculateField",
+          "options": {
+            "alias": "lastReqTS",
+            "binary": {
+              "left": {
+                "matcher": {
+                  "id": "byName",
+                  "options": "lastRequestTimestamp"
+                }
+              },
+              "operator": "*",
+              "right": {
+                "fixed": "1000"
+              }
+            },
+            "mode": "binary",
+            "reduce": {
+              "reducer": "sum"
+            },
+            "replaceFields": false
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "table"
+    }
+  ],
+  "preload": false,
+  "schemaVersion": 42,
+  "tags": [],
+  "templating": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "current": {
+          "text": "",
+          "value": "${DS_SHIFT-INFINITY}",
+          "selected": true
+        },
+        "name": "ds",
+        "options": [],
+        "query": "yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource",
+        "refresh": 1,
+        "regex": "",
+        "type": "datasource"
+      },
+      {
+        "current": {
+          "text": "10",
+          "value": "10"
+        },
+        "label": "Limit entries",
+        "name": "topN",
+        "options": [
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "5",
+            "value": "5"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": true,
+            "text": "10",
+            "value": "10"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "20",
+            "value": "20"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "30",
+            "value": "30"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "40",
+            "value": "40"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "50",
+            "value": "50"
+          }
+        ],
+        "query": "5,10,20,30,40,50",
+        "type": "custom",
+        "valuesFormat": "csv"
+      },
+      {
+        "current": {
+          "text": "{__name__!=\"\"}",
+          "value": "{__name__!=\"\"}"
+        },
+        "label": "Time series selector",
+        "name": "match",
+        "options": [
+          {
+            "selected": true,
+            "text": "{__name__!=\"\"}",
+            "value": "{__name__!=\"\"}"
+          }
+        ],
+        "query": "{__name__!=\"\"}",
+        "type": "textbox"
+      },
+      {
+        "current": {
+          "text": "",
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "label": "Focus label",
+        "name": "focus",
+        "options": [
+          {
+            "selected": true,
+            "text": "",
+            "value": ""
+          }
+        ],
+        "query": "",
+        "type": "textbox"
+      },
+      {
+        "current": {
+          "text": "http://victoriametrics:8428",
+          "value": "http://victoriametrics:8428"
+        },
+        "description": "URL of the Victoriametrics API instance",
+        "label": "Victoriametrics URL",
+        "name": "victoriametrics_url",
+        "options": [
+          {
+            "selected": true,
+            "text": "http://victoriametrics:8428",
+            "value": "http://victoriametrics:8428"
+          }
+        ],
+        "query": "http://victoriametrics:8428",
+        "type": "textbox"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "time": {
+    "from": "now-5m",
+    "to": "now"
+  },
+  "timepicker": {},
+  "timezone": "browser",
+  "title": "VictoriMetrics - Cardinality Explorer",
+  "uid": "add4lqn",
+  "version": 2,
+  "weekStart": ""
+}
--- a/deployment/docker/compose-vm-cluster.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/compose-vm-cluster.yml
@@ -25,15 +25,19 @@ services:
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - GF_PLUGINS_PREINSTALL=yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource
    volumes:
      - grafanadata:/var/lib/grafana
      - ./provisioning/datasources/prometheus-datasource/cluster.yml:/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/cluster.yml
+      - ./provisioning/datasources/infinity-datasource/cluster.yml:/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/infinity-cluster.yml
      - ./provisioning/dashboards:/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards
      - ./../../dashboards/victoriametrics-cluster.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vm.json
      - ./../../dashboards/vmagent.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmagent.json
      - ./../../dashboards/vmalert.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmalert.json
      - ./../../dashboards/vmauth.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmauth.json
      - ./../../dashboards/alert-statistics.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/alert-statistics.json
+      - ./../../dashboards/cardinality-explorer.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/cardinality-explorer.json

  # vmstorage shards. Each shard receives 1/N of all metrics sent to vminserts,
  # where N is number of vmstorages (2 in this case).
--- a/deployment/docker/compose-vm-single.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/compose-vm-single.yml
@@ -43,14 +43,18 @@ services:
      - "victoriametrics"
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
+    environment:
+      - GF_PLUGINS_PREINSTALL=yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource
    volumes:
      - grafanadata:/var/lib/grafana
      - ./provisioning/datasources/prometheus-datasource/single.yml:/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/single.yml
+      - ./provisioning/datasources/infinity-datasource/single.yml:/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/infinity-single.yml
      - ./provisioning/dashboards:/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards
      - ./../../dashboards/victoriametrics.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vm.json
      - ./../../dashboards/vmagent.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmagent.json
      - ./../../dashboards/vmalert.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmalert.json
      - ./../../dashboards/alert-statistics.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/alert-statistics.json
+      - ./../../dashboards/cardinality-explorer.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/cardinality-explorer.json
    restart: always

  # vmalert executes alerting and recording rules
--- a/deployment/docker/provisioning/datasources/infinity-datasource/cluster.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/provisioning/datasources/infinity-datasource/cluster.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: 1
+
+datasources:
+  - name: VictoriaMetrics-Infinity
+    type: yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource
+    url: "http://vmauth:8427/select/0/prometheus"
+    basicAuth: true
+    basicAuthUser: foo
+    secureJsonData:
+      basicAuthPassword: bar
--- a/deployment/docker/provisioning/datasources/infinity-datasource/single.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/provisioning/datasources/infinity-datasource/single.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: 1
+
+datasources:
+  - name: VictoriaMetrics-Infinity
+    type: yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource
+    url: "http://victoriametrics:8428"