Field options and overrides

    The data model used in Grafana, the data frame, is a columnar-oriented table structure that unifies both time series and table query results. Each column within this structure is called a field. A field can represent a single time series or table column.

    Field options, both standard and custom, can be found in the Field tab in the panel editor. Changes on this tab apply to all fields (i.e. series/columns). For example, if you change the unit to percentage, then all fields with numeric values are displayed in percentages. Learn how to apply a field option in Configure all fields.

    Field option types are common to both field options and field overrides. The only difference is whether the change will apply to all fields (apply in the Field tab) or to a subset of fields (apply in the Overrides tab).

    • apply to all panel visualizations that allow transformations.