# Creating dashboards
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This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support **Grafana version 9.x**.  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 12.x, see [Working in Grafana version 12](using-grafana-v12.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see [Working in Grafana version 10](using-grafana-v10.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see [Working in Grafana version 8](using-grafana-v8.md).

**Creating a dashboard **

Dashboards and panels allow you to show your data in visual form using Grafana. Each panel needs at least one query to display a visualization. Before you get started, complete the following prerequisites.
+ Ensure that you have the proper permissions. For more information about permissions, see [Users, teams, and permissions](Grafana-administration-authorization.md).
+ Identify the dashboard to which you want to add the panel.
+ Understand the query language of the target data source.
+ Ensure that data source for which you are writing a query has been added.

 To create a dashboard:

1. Sign into Grafana, hover your cursor over **Dashboard**, and click **\+ New Dashboard**.

1. Click **Add a new panel**.

1. In the first line of the **Query** tab, click the dropdown list and select a data source.

1. Write or construct a query in the query language of your data source.

1. In the **Visualization** list, select a visualization type. Grafana displays a preview of your query results with the visualization applied. For more information, see [Visualizations options](v9-panels-viz.md).

1. Adjust panel settings in the following ways.
   + [Configure value mappings](v9-panels-configure-value-mappings.md)
   + [Visualization-specific options](v9-panels-viz.md)
   + [Override field values](v9-panels-configure-overrides.md)
   + [Configure thresholds](v9-panels-configure-thresholds.md)
   + [Configure standard options](v9-panels-configure-standard-options.md)
**Note**  
Most visualizations need some adjustment before they properly display the information you need.

1. Add a note to describe the visualization (or describe your changes) and then click **Save** in the upper-right corner of the page.
**Note**  
Notes are helpful if you need to revert the dashboard to a previous version.

**Configuring repeating rows**

You can configure Grafana to dynamically add panels or rows to a dashboard based on the value of a variable. Variables dynamically change your queries across all rows in a dashboard. For more information about repeating panels, see [Configure repeating panels]().

You can also repeat rows if you have variables set with `Multi-value` or `Include all values` selected.

Before you get started, ensure that the query includes a multi-value variable, then you should complete the following steps.

1. On the dashboard home page, click **Add panel**.

1. On the **Add a panel** dialog box, click **Add a new row**.

1. Hover over the row title and click the cog icon.

1. On the **Row Options** dialog box, add a title and select the variable for which you want to add repeating rows.
**Note**  
 To provide context to dashboard users, add the variable to the row title. 

**To move a panel**

1. Open the dashboard.

1. Click the panel title and drag the panel to the new location. You can place a panel on a dashboard in any location.

**To resize a panel**

1. Open the dashboard.

1. To adjust the size of the panel, click and drag the lower-right corner of the panel. You can size a dashboard panel to suits your needs.