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Add a threshold to a legacy graph panel
In the Graph panel visualization, thresholds enable you to add lines or sections to a graph to make it easier to recognize when the graph crosses a threshold.
Before you begin
To add a threshold to a graph panel:
- Navigate to the graph panel to which you want to add a threshold.
- On the Panel tab, click Thresholds.
- Click Add threshold.
- Complete the following fields:
- T1 - Both values are required to display a threshold.
- lt or gt - Select lt for less than or gt for greater than to indicate what the threshold applies to.
- Value - Enter a threshold value. Grafana draws a threshold line along the Y-axis at that value.
- Color - Choose a condition that corresponds to a color, or define your own color.
- custom - You define the fill color and line color.
- critical - Fill and line color are red.
- warning - Fill and line color are yellow.
- ok - Fill and line color are green.
- Fill - Controls whether the threshold fill is displayed.
- Line - Controls whether the threshold line is displayed.
- Y-Axis - Choose left or right.
- T1 - Both values are required to display a threshold.
- Click Save to save the changes in the dashboard.