Google Sheets data source plugin for Grafana

The Google Sheets data source plugin for Grafana lets you to visualize your Google spreadsheets in Grafana. It uses the Google Sheets API to read the data which you can view in dashboard panels or Explore.

Watch this video to learn more about setting up the Grafana Google Sheets data source plugin:

Give it a try using Grafana Play

With Grafana Play, you can explore and see how it works, learning from practical examples to accelerate your development. This feature can be seen on Google Sheets data source plugin demo.

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Requirements

To use the Google Sheets data source plugin, you need:

A Google account to be able to use Google Sheets.
Any of the following Grafana editions:
- A Grafana OSS server.
- A Grafana Cloud stack.
- A self-managed Grafana Enterprise server with an activated license.

Get started

To start using the plugin, you need to generate an access token, then install and configure the plugin. To do this, refer to Setup.
To learn how to use the query editor, refer to Query Editor.
To quickly visualize spreadsheet data in Grafana, refer to Create a sample dashboard.

Get the most out of the plugin

Add annotations
Configure and use variables
Apply transformations

Quota

The Google Sheets API has per-minute quotas, and they’re refilled every minute. To understand the API quotas, refer to the Google Sheets API Usage limits documentation.