create dashboard

Create monitoring dashboards with key metrics for service observability.

Steps

1. Define the dashboard audience and purpose:
2. Select the key metrics for the dashboard:
3. Design the dashboard layout:
4. Create each panel:
5. Add interactive elements:
6. Configure dashboard settings:
7. Test with real data across different scenarios.

Format

Dashboard: <name>
Tool: <Grafana|Datadog|CloudWatch>
Panels: <count>
Key Metrics:

Rules

• Keep dashboards focused: one dashboard per service or concern.
• Use consistent color coding (green=good, yellow=warning, red=critical).
• Include SLA target lines on all latency and error rate graphs.