#### Alias patterns - replaced with measurement name - $measurement = replaced with measurement name - $1 - $9 = replaced with part of measurement name (if you separate your measurement name with dots) - $col = replaced with column name - $tag_exampletag = replaced with the value of the <i>exampletag</i> tag - You can also use [[tag_exampletag]] pattern replacement syntax #### Stacking and fill - When stacking is enabled it is important that points align - If there are missing points for one series it can cause gaps or missing bars - You must use fill(0), and select a group by time low limit - Use the group by time option below your queries and specify for example 10s if your metrics are written every 10 seconds - This will insert zeros for series that are missing measurements and will make stacking work properly #### Group by time - Group by time is important, otherwise the query could return many thousands of datapoints that will slow down Grafana - Leave the group by time field empty for each query and it will be calculated based on time range and pixel width of the graph - If you use fill(0) or fill(null) set a low limit for the auto group by time interval - The low limit can only be set in the group by time option below your queries - Example: 60s if you write metrics to InfluxDB every 60 seconds #### Documentation links: [Grafana's InfluxDB Documentation](http://docs.grafana.org/features/datasources/influxdb) [Official InfluxDB Documentation](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb)