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# Grafana data source plugin template
# Bitmovin Analytics Grafana Plugin

This template is a starting point for building a Data Source Plugin for Grafana.
Plugin that allows you to connect Bitmovin Analytics solution into your Grafana dashboards.

## What are Grafana data source plugins?
## Setup

Grafana supports a wide range of data sources, including Prometheus, MySQL, and even Datadog. There’s a good chance you can already visualize metrics from the systems you have set up. In some cases, though, you already have an in-house metrics solution that you’d like to add to your Grafana dashboards. Grafana Data Source Plugins enables integrating such solutions with Grafana.
### Add the datasource

## Getting started
Add the plugin and acquire your Bitmovin Analytics API key from the [bitmovin dashboard](https://dashboard.bitmovin.com/account).

Configure the datasource:

| Setting | Value |
|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| URL | `https://api.bitmovin.com/v1` |
| API Key | Your API key |
| Ad Analytics | If checked, the datasource is switched to query ads data |

Optionally add your `Tenant Org Id` which you can also get from the [bitmovin dashboard](https://dashboard.bitmovin.com).

### Add example dashboard

See the [example_dashboard.json](example_dashboard.json) for a demo. Configure the datasource with your Api Key and select a license key in each panel.

## Time Series Graph

Add a new panel and select the bitmovin analytics datasource.
Configure the metric with following settings:

| Setting | Description |
|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| License* | Your analytics license |
| Metric* | Aggregation method to use, e.g. `count`, `sum` |
| Dimension* | Dimension to aggregate over |
| Filter | Apply filters to the query |
| Format as time series* | Check the switch to see time series data |
| Group By* | Group query by dimension and plot as individual time series |
| Order By | Order query ascending or descending by dimension |
| Limit | Limit the result to given number |
| Interval* | Time granularity of queries, select `AUTO` to automatically adapt to selected time range |
| Alias By* | Set the name of series (only visible with multiple queries in one Graph) |

Settings marked with `*` are required for the time series graph.

### Grouped Time Series

To compare e.g. impressions per browser, we provide the `Group By` attribute to group the results by specific dimensions and plot them as individual time series. Multiple `Group Bys` are supported for time series.

## Tables

Configure the metric as described in [Time Series Graph](#time-series-graph) but uncheck the `Format as time series` option and add a `Group By` dimension. It is recommended to add a limit (e.g. 10).

## Support

Please refer to our [Documentation](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/integrating-bitmovin-analytics-with-grafana) and [Analytics Api Reference](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/reference/overview) for more information or reach out to us at [bitmovin.com](https://bitmovin.com/contact-bitmovin/).

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## Development

This project was generated with `yarn create @grafana/[email protected]`.

### Frontend

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# Distributing your plugin

When distributing a Grafana plugin either within the community or privately the plugin must be signed so the Grafana application can verify its authenticity. This can be done with the `@grafana/sign-plugin` package.

_Note: It's not necessary to sign a plugin during development. The docker development environment that is scaffolded with `@grafana/create-plugin` caters for running the plugin without a signature._

## Initial steps

Before signing a plugin please read the Grafana [plugin publishing and signing criteria](https://grafana.com/legal/plugins/#plugin-publishing-and-signing-criteria) documentation carefully.

`@grafana/create-plugin` has added the necessary commands and workflows to make signing and distributing a plugin via the grafana plugins catalog as straightforward as possible.

Before signing a plugin for the first time please consult the Grafana [plugin signature levels](https://grafana.com/legal/plugins/#what-are-the-different-classifications-of-plugins) documentation to understand the differences between the types of signature level.

1. Create a [Grafana Cloud account](https://grafana.com/signup).
2. Make sure that the first part of the plugin ID matches the slug of your Grafana Cloud account.
- _You can find the plugin ID in the `plugin.json` file inside your plugin directory. For example, if your account slug is `acmecorp`, you need to prefix the plugin ID with `acmecorp-`._
3. Create a Grafana Cloud API key with the `PluginPublisher` role.
4. Keep a record of this API key as it will be required for signing a plugin

## Signing a plugin

### Using Github actions release workflow

If the plugin is using the github actions supplied with `@grafana/create-plugin` signing a plugin is included out of the box. The [release workflow](./.github/workflows/release.yml) can prepare everything to make submitting your plugin to Grafana as easy as possible. Before being able to sign the plugin however a secret needs adding to the Github repository.

1. Please navigate to "settings > secrets > actions" within your repo to create secrets.
2. Click "New repository secret"
3. Name the secret "GRAFANA_API_KEY"
4. Paste your Grafana Cloud API key in the Secret field
5. Click "Add secret"

#### Push a version tag

To trigger the workflow we need to push a version tag to github. This can be achieved with the following steps:

1. Run `npm version <major|minor|patch>`
2. Run `git push origin main --follow-tags`

## Learn more

Below you can find source code for existing app plugins and other related documentation.

- [Basic data source plugin example](https://github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-examples/tree/master/examples/datasource-basic#readme)
- [`plugin.json` documentation](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/reference-plugin-json)
- [How to sign a plugin?](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/publish-a-plugin/sign-a-plugin)
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