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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +page_title: What's New in Grafana v3.1 |
| 3 | +page_description: What's new in Grafana v3.1 |
| 4 | +page_keywords: grafana, new, changes, features, documentation |
| 5 | +--- |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +# What's New in Grafana v3.1 |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Dashboard Export & Import |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +The export feature is now accessed from the share menu. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +<img src="/img/v31/export_menu.png"> |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +Dashboards exported from Grafana 3.1 are now more portable and easier for others to import than before. |
| 16 | +The export process extracts information data source types used by panels and adds these to a new `inputs` |
| 17 | +section in the dashboard json. So when you or another person tries to import the dashboard they will be asked to |
| 18 | +select data source and optional metrix prefix options. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +<img src="/img/v31/import_step1.png"> |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +The above screenshot shows the new import modal that gives you 3 options for how to import a dashboard. |
| 23 | +One notable new addition here is the ability to import directly from Dashboards shared on [Grafana.net](https://grafana.net). |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +The next step in the import process: |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +<img src="/img/v31/import_step2.png"> |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +Here you can change the name of the dashboard and also pick what data sources you want the dashboard to use. The above screenshot |
| 30 | +shows a CollectD dashboard for Graphite that requires a metric prefix be specified. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +## Discover Dashboards |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +On [Grafana.net](https://grafana.net) you can now browse & search for dashboards. We have already added a few but |
| 35 | +more are being uploaded every day. To import a dashboard just copy the dashboard url and head back to Grafana, |
| 36 | +then Dashboard Search -> Import -> Paste Grafana.net Dashboard URL. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +<img src="/img/v31/gnet_dashboards_list.png"> |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +## Constant template variables |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +We added a new template variable named constant that makes it easier to share and export dashboard that have custom prefixes. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +## Dashboard Urls |
| 45 | +Having current time range and template variable value always sync with the URL makes it possible to always copy your current |
| 46 | +Grafana url to share with a colleague without having to use the Share modal. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Internal metrics |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Do you want metrics about viewing metrics? Ofc you do! In this release we added support for sending metrics about Grafana to graphite. |
| 51 | +You can configure interval and server in the config file. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +## Logging |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +Switched logging framework to log15 to enable key value per logging and filtering based on different log levels. |
| 56 | +Its now possible to configure different log levels for different modules. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +### Breaking changes |
| 59 | +- **Logging** format have been changed to improve log filtering. |
| 60 | +- **Graphite PNG** Graphite PNG support dropped from Graph panel (use Grafana native PNG instead). |
| 61 | +- **Migration** No longer possible to migrate dashboards from 1.x (Stored in ES or Influx 0.8). |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +## CHANGELOG |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +For a detailed list and link to github issues for everything included |
| 66 | +in the 3.1 release please view the |
| 67 | +[CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) |
| 68 | +file. |
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