SCOM Data Source for Grafana: Creating a performance panel

This article describes how to create a performance panel using the SCOM Data Source for Grafana.

Create dashboard 1

Click on the hamburger menu and go to Dashboards.

Create dashboard 2

In the upper right corner, click New and then New dashboard.

Create dashboard 3

Click Add visualization.

Create dashboard 4

Select your desired datasource.

Create dashboard 5

Here you can use Single Class to select specific resources you want to include, or Group, which will include all instances in the class. Then you fill in the rest accordingly:

  • Counter object name
  • Conter name
  • Conter instance name

When you are done, click on Apply in the lower left corner.

Create dashboard 6

A graph should now be showing. However, the data is bundled and in order to visualize it correctly, we need to transform the data.

Create dashboard 7

Click on Transform data.

Create dashboard 8

Search for and select Partition by values.

Create dashboard 9

Click on Select field.

Create dashboard 10

Chose which field you want to visualize your data from. In this example we use Object display name.

RCreate dashboard 11

The data in your graph should now be separated. Click Save in the upper right corner to save your changes.

Create dashboard 12

Click Save again.

Create dashboard 13

This is what the panel should look like when it is done.