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Prerequisites:

• Start the Grafana

• configure datasource.

  • Name - PDF_ENDPOINT

  • url - http://localhost:8080DOMAIN_NAME/PlatformService/datasource/exportPDF/getDashboardAsPDF(Note: if App is configured with domain name use that to configure)

  • No Auth is required. Click on Save and Test.

• Make sure you have workflow and report jar are running to receive mails.

• Configure your mail id in Grafana → Preference → email. ( For this you need admin permission)

• Configure work type in INSIGHTS_WORKFLOW_TYPE - > GRAFANADASHBOARDPDFREPORT.

• Configure work flow task in INSIGHS_WORKFLOW_TASK table as below

  • Code Block
    language json
    { "description":"GRAFANA_PDF_Execute", "mqChannel":"WORKFLOW.TASK.GRAFANAPDF.EXCECUTION", "componentName":"com.cognizant.devops.platformreports.assessment.core.GrafanaPDFExecutionSubscriber", "dependency":"0", "workflowType":"GRAFANADASHBOARDPDFREPORT" }

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    language json
    { "description":"Grafana Email_Exeute", "mqChannel":"WORKFLOW.TASK.EMAIL.EXCECUTION", "componentName":"com.cognizant.devops.platformreports.assessment.core.ReportEmailSubscriber", "dependency":"1", "workflowType":"GRAFANADASHBOARDPDFREPORT" }

• Check your smtp configurations in server-config.json .

  • For more details on SMTP config, please see here Server-Config.json Components

  Give grafana admin user and password in “userId”: <GrafanaAdminUser>, and “password”:<Grafanaadminpassword>

• Start the Grafana using below commands or configure service with respect to OS.

  • Windows - .\bin\windows-amd64\grafana-server --homepath=.

  • Linux - .\bin\linux-amd64\grafana-server --homepath=.

  We can use

• There are 2 options to generate PDF

  • From Customized Grafana - No Scheduling and mailing Details are available and email will be sent Dashboard - Immediate dashboard pdf emailed to the user requestedwho is downloading it.

  • From Platform UI Through Configuration - Scheduled dashboard reports with mailing preferences as shown in below screens.

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Usage:

From Customized Grafana :

Grafana PDF Download Options:

• Dashboard

  • Click the below Download icon dropdown and choose dashboard .On click you will get a message "PDF sent to your inbox!" .

  • This option will print the entire dashboard as PDF format which cannot be printable if the dashboard is huge .

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• Printable

  • Click the below Download icon dropdown and choose Printable. On click you will get a message "PDF sent to your inbox!" .

  • This option will print the entire dashboard as PDF format which can be printable .

  • Note: Text panels are not supported in printable . Either remove text panels in dashboard or use Dashboard option

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UI for creating and scheduling customized reports:

From the menu select Dashboard Report Download:

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