Embedding metric charts within GitLab Flavored Markdown (FREE)

You can display metrics charts within GitLab Flavored Markdown fields such as issue or merge request descriptions. The maximum number of embedded charts allowed in a GitLab Flavored Markdown field is 100. Embedding charts is useful when sharing an application incident or performance metrics to others, and you want to have relevant information directly available.

Embedding GitLab-managed Kubernetes metrics

Introduced in GitLab 12.2.

This feature requires Kubernetes metrics.

NOTE: In GitLab versions 13.3 and earlier, metrics dashboard links were in the form https://<root_url>/<project>/-/environments/<environment_id>/metrics. These links are still supported, and can be used to embed metric charts.

To display metric charts, include a link of the form https://<root_url>/<project>/-/metrics?environment=<environment_id> in a field that supports GitLab-flavored Markdown:

### Summary

**Start time:** 2020-01-21T12:00:31+00:00

### Metrics

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/monitor/tanuki-inc/-/metrics?environment=1118134

GitLab unfurls the link as an embedded metrics panel:

You can also embed a single chart. To get a link to a chart, click the {ellipsis_v} More actions menu in the upper right corner of the chart, and select Copy link to chart, as shown in this example:

The following requirements must be met for the metric to unfurl:

The <environment_id> must correspond to a real environment.
Prometheus must be monitoring the environment.
The GitLab instance must be configured to receive data from the environment.
The user must be allowed access to the monitoring dashboard for the environment (Reporter or higher).
The dashboard must have data within the last 8 hours.

If all of the above are true, then the metric unfurls as seen below:

Metric charts may also be hidden:

You can open the link directly into your browser for a detailed view of the data.

Embedding metrics in issue templates

You can also embed either the overview dashboard metrics or individual metrics in issue templates. For charts to render side-by-side, separate links to the entire metrics dashboard or individual metrics by either a comma or a space.

Embedding metrics based on alerts in incident issues

For GitLab-managed alerting rules, the issue includes an embedded chart for the query corresponding to the alert. The chart displays an hour of data surrounding the starting point of the incident, 30 minutes before and after.

For manually configured Prometheus instances, a chart corresponding to the query can be included if these requirements are met:

The alert corresponds to an environment managed through GitLab.
The alert corresponds to a range query.
The alert contains the required attributes listed in the chart below.

Attributes	Required	Description
`annotations/gitlab_environment_name`	Yes	Name of the GitLab-managed environment corresponding to the alert
One of `annotations/title`, `annotations/summary`, `labels/alertname`	Yes	Used as the chart title
`annotations/gitlab_y_label`	No	Used as the chart's y-axis label

Embedding cluster health charts

Introduced in GitLab Ultimate 12.9.

Moved to GitLab core in 13.2.

Cluster Health Metrics can also be embedded in GitLab-flavored Markdown.

To embed a metric chart, include a link to that chart in the form https://<root_url>/<project>/-/cluster/<cluster_id>?<query_params> anywhere that GitLab-flavored Markdown is supported. To generate and copy a link to the chart, follow the instructions in the Cluster Health Metric documentation.

The following requirements must be met for the metric to unfurl:

The <cluster_id> must correspond to a real cluster.
Prometheus must be monitoring the cluster.
The user must be allowed access to the project cluster metrics.
The dashboards must be reporting data on the Cluster Health Page

If the above requirements are met, then the metric unfurls as seen below.