Feature request · Permissions & security · Blocks work
Admin limits on how far back a dashboard can query
1 source thread · first seen 2016-03
Summary
Users can zoom or pick dates far beyond data retention, which can degrade performance or crash the time-series database. Admin controls on time range are requested.
- Affects
- Grafana admin
Evidence
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“performance could degrade significantly or even tsdb crash if you go too far back”