grafana/docs/sources/shared/visualizations/datalink-options-2.md

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Data links and actions options

There are four data link shared files, datalink-options.md, datalink-options-1.md, datalink-options-2.md, and datalink-options-3.md to cover the most common combinations of options. Using shared files ensures that content remains consistent across visualizations that share the same options and users don't have to figure out which options apply to a specific visualization when reading that content. This file is used in the following visualizations: bar chart, candlestick, state timeline, status history, time series, trend, xy chart

Data links allow you to link to other panels, dashboards, and external resources and actions let you trigger basic, unauthenticated, API calls. In both cases, you can carry out these tasks while maintaining the context of the source panel.

For each data link, set the following options:

• Title
• URL
• Open in new tab
• One click - Opens the data link with a single click. Only one data link can have One click enabled at a time.

For each action, define the following API call settings:

Option	Description
Title	A human-readable label for the action that's displayed in the UI.
Confirmation message	A descriptive prompt to confirm or cancel the action.
Method	Select from POST, PUT, or GET.
URL	The request URL. To add a variable, click in the URL field and enter $ or press Ctrl+Space or Cmd+Space to see a list of available variables.
Variables	Key and Name pairs with a type selection. Click the + icon to add as many variables as you need. To add a variable to the request, prefix the key with $. You can set the values for the variables when performing an action.
Query parameters	Key and Value pairs. Click the + icon to add as many key/value pairs as you need.
Headers	Comprised of Key and Value pairs and a Content-Type. Click the + icon to add as many key/value pairs as you need.
Content-Type	Select from the following: application/json, text/plain, application/XML, and application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
Body	The body of the request.

To learn more, refer to Configure data links and actions.