--- aliases: - ../dashboards/configure-panels-visualizations/ # /docs/grafana/next/dashboards/configure-panels-visualizations/ - ../features/panels/panels/ # /docs/grafana/next/features/panels/panels/ - ../panels/ # /docs/grafana/next/panels/ - ../panels-visualizations/ # /docs/grafana/next/panels-visualizations/ keywords: - grafana - configure - panels - visualizations labels: products: - cloud - enterprise - oss menuTitle: Panels and visualizations title: Panels and visualizations description: Learn about and configure panels and visualizations weight: 80 hero: title: Panels and visualizations level: 1 width: 110 height: 110 description: >- Easily collect, correlate, and visualize data so you can make informed decisions in real time. cards: title_class: pt-0 lh-1 items: - title: Visualizations href: ./visualizations/ description: Learn about all the visualizations available in Grafana, including which visualizations are ideal for different datasets and how to configure their options. height: 24 - title: Panel overview href: ./panel-overview/ description: Learn about the features of the panel. height: 24 - title: Panel editor href: ./panel-editor-overview/ description: Learn about the features of the panel editor and how to begin editing a panel. height: 24 - title: Configure standard options href: ./configure-standard-options/ description: Learn about configuring standard options like units, field display names, and colors. height: 24 - title: Query and transform data href: ./query-transform-data/ description: Learn about querying and transforming your data to refine your visualizations. height: 24 refs: query: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/visualizations/panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/ --- {{< docs/hero-simple key="hero" >}} --- ## Overview Panels are the basic building block in Grafana dashboards, composed of a [query](ref:query) and a visualization, a graphical representation of query results. Visualizations provide you several different ways to present your data within a panel, depending on what best suits the data and your needs. Grafana’s growing suite of visualizations, ranging from time series graphs to heatmaps to cutting-edge 3D charts, help you decode complex datasets. Panels offer a wide variety of formatting and styling options from applying colors based on field values to custom units. Each visualization also comes with options specific to it that give you further control over how your data is displayed. With Grafana panels and visualizations, you can easily get the information you need from your data and optimize performance. ## Explore {{< card-grid key="cards" type="simple" >}}