Build Grafana forms with Paperform

Grafana is an open-source observability and monitoring platform for visualizing metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources.

Paperform connects to Grafana directly through Stepper workflows.

How Grafana connects to Paperform

Direct methods run inside your Paperform account. Zapier and Make are there too if your team already uses them.

Stepper workflows

Direct

Run a Stepper workflow when someone submits your form: 14 Grafana actions and 3 triggers, included in your Paperform account.

Open Stepper from your Paperform account and create a workflow.
Start it with the Paperform “New Submission” trigger and choose your form.
Add a Grafana step, connect your account and map the submission’s answers to its fields.

Grafana actions in Stepper

Create Dashboard
Find Dashboard
Delete Dashboard
Create Folder
Create Annotation
Update Annotation
Create Data Source
Find Data Source
Create Alert Rule
Find Alert Rule
+4 more

Grafana events that can start a workflow

New Dashboard
New Annotation
New Alert Rule

What your form sends to Grafana

For example, with a Stepper workflow the “Create Dashboard” action takes these fields. Map each one to a question on your form, and every submission fills them in.

Grafana field	Question on your form	Required
Title	Short answer	Yes
Folder	Dropdown or choice	No
Tags	Dropdown or choice	No
Message	Long answer	No

Start from a template

Pick a template, then connect it to Grafana. There are 30,000+ in the templates directory.

Client Intake Form

Job Application Form

Sales Order Form

Quote Form

Employee Benefits Enrollment Form

Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for SaaS Companies

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Questions

1. Does Paperform integrate with Grafana?

Yes. Paperform connects to Grafana through Stepper workflows.

2. How do I connect Paperform to Grafana?

Open Stepper from your Paperform account and create a workflow. 2. Start it with the Paperform “New Submission” trigger and choose your form. 3. Add a Grafana step, connect your account and map the submission’s answers to its fields.

3. Do I need Zapier to connect Grafana?

No. Stepper workflows runs inside your Paperform account.

4. What can a Stepper workflow do in Grafana?

Create Dashboard, Find Dashboard, Delete Dashboard, Create Folder, Create Annotation and Update Annotation, and 8 more actions. Stepper is included in your Paperform account.

5. What else can happen after someone submits the form?

The same submission can take a payment, get a document signed with Papersign and run more steps in a Stepper workflow, all from your Paperform account.

Bring us the workflow that keeps breaking

Start with the one form whose data never quite lands where it should. Connect the rest when you're ready.

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