2.2 Copying Widgets (Panels)

What

IfCopy wean haveexisting Grafana panel, called a widget in this KB series, when another dashboard already has the powerview toyou create our own dashboards, then surely we must be able to add content to them...need.

When/Why

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How

TakingCopying pre-existing dashboard content from other dashboards is as easy a normal Grafana workflow: copy the panel, paste it into the target dashboard, adjust it if needed, and pasterepeat (rinsefor andthe repeat):next panel.

If you find that your copied panel is blank, take a look at resolving that in this article: Fixing Blank Copied Panel