diff --git a/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/create-dashboard/index.md b/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/create-dashboard/index.md index d129f72b14c..b534a44ae6b 100644 --- a/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/create-dashboard/index.md +++ b/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/create-dashboard/index.md @@ -105,9 +105,18 @@ To see an example of repeating rows, refer to [Dashboard with repeating rows](ht 1. In the **Row Options** dialog box, add a title and select the variable for which you want to add repeating rows. 1. Click **Update**. -{{% admonition type="note" %}} To provide context to dashboard users, add the variable to the row title. -{{% /admonition %}} + +### Repeating rows and the Dashboard special data source + +If a row includes panels using the special [Dashboard]({{< relref "../../../datasources/#special-data-sources" >}}) data source—the data source that uses a result set from another panel in the same dashboard—then corresponding panels in repeated rows will reference the panel in the original row, not the ones in the repeated rows. + +For example, in a dashboard: + +- `Row 1` includes `Panel 1A` and `Panel 1B` +- `Panel 1B` uses the results from `Panel 1A` by way of the `-- Dashboard --` data source +- Repeating row, `Row 2`, includes `Panel 2A` and `Panel 2B` +- `Panel 2B` references `Panel 1A`, not `Panel 2A` ## Move a panel diff --git a/docs/sources/panels-visualizations/configure-panel-options/index.md b/docs/sources/panels-visualizations/configure-panel-options/index.md index da69bc06113..69cdcaa93bd 100644 --- a/docs/sources/panels-visualizations/configure-panel-options/index.md +++ b/docs/sources/panels-visualizations/configure-panel-options/index.md @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Explore and export panel, panel data, and data frame JSON models. ## Configure repeating panels -You can configure Grafana to dynamically add panels or rows to a dashboard. A dynamic panel is a panel that the system creates based on the value of a variable. Variables dynamically change your queries across all panels in a dashboard. For more information about repeating rows, refer to [Configure repeating rows](../add-organize-panels/#configure-repeating-rows). +You can configure Grafana to dynamically add panels or rows to a dashboard. A dynamic panel is a panel that the system creates based on the value of a variable. Variables dynamically change your queries across all panels in a dashboard. For more information about repeating rows, refer to [Configure repeating rows]({{< relref "../../dashboards/build-dashboards/create-dashboard/#configure-repeating-rows" >}}). {{% admonition type="note" %}} Repeating panels require variables to have one or more items selected; you cannot repeat a panel zero times to hide it.