Visualizations with InfluxDB 3: More Options Than Ever Before

By Gary Fowler / Developer, Product
Oct 08, 2025

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We’ve been working on a number of items here at InfluxData to give you even more options for creating visualizations and dashboards for your time series data in InfluxDB 3.

Grafana integration: easier than ever

For advanced visualization needs, we continue to recommend Grafana as the gold standard. The good news? It’s now easier than ever to connect Grafana with InfluxDB 3, thanks to significant improvements made by our friends at Grafana.

The Grafana team has enhanced its InfluxDB connector and data source, streamlining the configuration process for InfluxDB 3. What used to require multiple steps and careful configuration is now more straightforward than ever. You can find detailed setup instructions in both Grafana’s documentation and our own InfluxDB 3 integration guides.

But we didn’t stop there. We’ve added powerful features to InfluxDB 3 Explorer to make Grafana integration even smoother:

  • Automatic Grafana Data Source Setup: The InfluxDB 3 Explorer now features a Grafana integration that automatically configures your InfluxDB 3 data source in Grafana, eliminating manual setup steps.
  • Export to Grafana: Once you’ve crafted the perfect query in InfluxDB 3 Explorer, you can export it directly to Grafana, preserving your query logic and saving valuable development time.

These improvements mean you can go from data exploration in InfluxDB 3 Explorer to production dashboards in Grafana faster than ever before.

Native dashboard capabilities: for everyone else

While Grafana remains our recommendation for advanced visualization, we recognize that not everyone uses Grafana or wants to manage a separate dashboarding tool. So, we also created options for these users.

Cloud Serverless Dashboards

We’ve enabled native dashboard capabilities in our InfluxDB Cloud Serverless product. Cloud Serverless customers now have access to visualization dashboards directly from their Cloud UI, providing immediate insights without requiring external tools. This built-in dashboarding gives you quick access to your most important metrics right where you manage your data.

InfluxDB 3 Explorer Dashboards

InfluxDB 3 Explorer has evolved beyond just query exploration. With version 1.3 of InfluxDB 3 Explorer, we are introducing dashboard capabilities, enabling you to create and manage simple dashboards directly within the UI.
InfluxDB 3 Explorer is compatible with all of our InfluxDB 3 products:

  • Query Mode: Available with all InfluxDB 3 products for data exploration and basic visualization, including InfluxDB 3 Core (open source), InfluxDB 3 Enterprise, InfluxDB Cloud Serverless, and InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated.
  • Admin Mode: Available with InfluxDB 3 Core & InfluxDB 3 Enterprise for full query and visualization, along with general InfluxDB 3 administration.

This means whether you’re running InfluxDB 3 in the cloud or on-premises, you have access to built-in visualization capabilities with the InfluxDB 3 Explorer tool.

Power BI integration: Enterprise visualization

For organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, we’re excited to introduce the new InfluxDB 3 Connector for Power BI. This connector opens up the full power of Microsoft’s business intelligence platform for your time series data.

Power BI users can now seamlessly connect to their InfluxDB 3 instances and leverage Power BI’s advanced analytics, custom visualizations, and enterprise reporting features. This integration brings InfluxDB 3 data into the familiar Power BI environment, making it easier for business users to create compelling reports and visualizations. This InfluxDB Power BI Connector is currently available in beta/preview. You can find detailed setup instructions and download links in our InfluxDB 3 integration guides.

Kapacitor support: for our InfluxQL community

We haven’t forgotten about our long-time users who rely on InfluxQL and Kapacitor for their data processing workflows. We’re currently working on an update to Chronograf to support InfluxDB 3 products. We expect to make that update available before the end of the year.

This improvement ensures that existing Chronograf users can continue leveraging their established alerting and data processing pipelines when transitioning to InfluxDB 3.

Recap

InfluxDB 3 users now have more visualization options than ever before, including:

  • Advanced, customizable dashboards → Grafana with enhanced InfluxDB 3 integration
  • Quick, built-in visualization → Native dashboards in Cloud Serverless and InfluxDB 3 Explorer
  • Enterprise business intelligence → Power BI with the new InfluxDB 3 connector
  • Existing workflow compatibility → Updated Chronograf support for InfluxDB 3

Ready to explore your data in new ways? Check out the documentation links above and start visualizing your time series data with the tools that work best for your team.

Want to get started with InfluxDB 3 visualizations? Visit our documentation to explore setup guides for each of these visualization options.