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# Data Source Overview
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Grafana supports many different storage backends for your time series data (data source). Each data source has a specific Query Editor that is customized for the features and capabilities that the particular data source exposes.
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## Querying
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The query language and capabilities of each data source are obviously very different. You can combine data from multiple data sources onto a single Dashboard, but each Panel is tied to a specific data source that belongs to a particular Organization.
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## Supported data sources
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The following data sources are officially supported:
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* [AWS CloudWatch ]({{< relref "cloudwatch.md" >}} )
* [Azure Monitor ]({{< relref "azuremonitor.md" >}} )
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* [Elasticsearch ]({{< relref "elasticsearch.md" >}} )
* [Google Stackdriver ]({{< relref "stackdriver.md" >}} )
* [Graphite ]({{< relref "graphite.md" >}} )
* [InfluxDB ]({{< relref "influxdb.md" >}} )
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* [Loki ]({{< relref "loki.md" >}} )
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* [Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) ]({{< relref "mssql.md" >}} )
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* [Mixed ]({{< relref "mixed.md" >}} )
* [MySQL ]({{< relref "mysql.md" >}} )
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* [OpenTSDB ]({{< relref "opentsdb.md" >}} )
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* [PostgreSQL ]({{< relref "postgres.md" >}} )
* [Prometheus ]({{< relref "prometheus.md" >}} )
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* [Testdata ]({{< relref "testdata.md" >}} )
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## Data source plugins
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Since grafana 3.0 you can install data sources as plugins. Checkout [Grafana.net ](https://grafana.com/plugins ) for more data sources.
