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ActionGrafanaUpdated June 2026

How do I fetch a Grafana dashboard's definition?

Short answer: You can get grafana dashboard in Grafana by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Grafana Get Grafana Dashboard action to a workflow, map its 1 input from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.

Get Grafana Dashboard in Grafana — start free All 5 Grafana actions
Get Grafana Dashboard in Grafana — start free
Inputs

The fields this action accepts.

Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
Dashboard UID
uid
stringRequiredDashboard UID
Sample request
{
  "uid": "{{trigger.uid}}"
}
Returns
{
  "meta": {
    "url": "/d/abc123/my-dashboard"
  },
  "dashboard": {
    "id": 1,
    "uid": "abc123",
    "tags": [
      "production"
    ],
    "title": "My Dashboard"
  }
}

Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.

Triggered by

Apps that pair well as the trigger for Get Grafana Dashboard.

Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.

Gmail → Grafana
1 Gmail triggers
Slack → Grafana
13 Slack triggers
Google Sheets → Grafana
2 Google Sheets triggers
HubSpot → Grafana
18 HubSpot triggers
FAQ

Questions about Get Grafana Dashboard.

What does the Get Grafana Dashboard action do in Grafana?
Returns the dashboard's JSON model — panels, queries, data-source references, layout. For dashboards-as-code workflows that diff JSON across environments or back up dashboards to Git.
What inputs does Get Grafana Dashboard require?
Required: Dashboard UID. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.
Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?
Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.
What happens if Grafana returns an error?
The workflow pauses on the failed node, the error message is captured in the run log, and you can retry the run with one click. Auto-retry policies are configurable per workflow with exponential backoff up to 5 attempts.
Does Get Grafana Dashboard support batch operations?
Yes. Run Get Grafana Dashboard inside a Loop node to process arrays. TinyCommand handles Grafana's rate limits automatically so you don't have to throttle manually.
More actions

Other Grafana actions.

Action
Create Grafana Annotation
Posts a vertical line on every dashboard at the configured timestamp with text and tags. The standard "mark when this deploy went live" workflow that helps engineers correlate metric changes with deploy events.
Action
List Grafana Alert Rules
Returns Grafana-managed unified alerting rules. Useful for inventorying alert configuration and for "audit which alerts haven't fired in 6 months" maintenance workflows.
Action
List Grafana Dashboards
Returns paginated dashboards with optional folder, tag, search filters. Useful for resolving dashboard IDs at workflow setup and for dashboard inventory.
Action
List Grafana Data Sources
Returns every configured data source — Prometheus, InfluxDB, Loki, Tempo, etc. Useful for "audit which data sources have stale connections" maintenance and for resolving data-source names in dashboards-as-code.
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