datasource browse

Purpose

Open a live datasource browser against Grafana with in-place modify and delete actions.

When to use

Use this when you want an interactive inventory view for inspecting, editing, or deleting live datasources.

Key flags

• --org-id: browse one explicit Grafana org.
• --all-orgs: aggregate datasource browsing across visible orgs. Requires Basic auth.
• Shared live flags: --url, --token, --basic-user, --basic-password.

Examples

# Purpose: Open a live datasource browser against Grafana with in-place modify and delete actions.
grafana-util datasource browse --url http://localhost:3000 --basic-user admin --basic-password admin

# Purpose: Open a live datasource browser against Grafana with in-place modify and delete actions.
grafana-util datasource browse --url http://localhost:3000 --basic-user admin --basic-password admin --org-id 2

Before / After

• Before: you had to bounce between inventory pages, edit dialogs, and delete prompts to inspect a datasource.
• After: one browser view keeps the live inventory in front of you and puts edit/delete actions next to the rows you are reviewing.

What success looks like

• you can inspect the live list without losing context
• edit and delete actions stay close to the rows they affect
• org-scoped browsing is obvious before you change anything

Failure checks

• if the browser opens with missing rows, verify the org scope and the credentials used for the view
• if edit or delete actions are missing, confirm that the account actually has permission to mutate datasources
• if the org switch looks wrong, check whether --all-orgs or --org-id is being used intentionally

Related commands

• datasource list
• datasource modify
• datasource delete