---
title: Guides for Chronograf
description: Step-by-step instructions for using Chronograf’s features.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/chronograf/v1/guides/
estimated_tokens: 1115
product: Chronograf
version: v1
---

# Guides for Chronograf

Follow the links below to explore Chronograf’s features.

### [Write data to InfluxDB](/chronograf/v1/guides/write-to-influxdb/)

Use Chronograf to write data to InfluxDB. Upload line protocol into the UI, use the InfluxQL `INTO` clause, or use the Flux `to()` function to write data back to InfluxDB.

### [Advanced Kapacitor usage](/chronograf/v1/guides/advanced-kapacitor/)

Use Kapacitor with Chronograf to manage alert history, TICKscripts, and Flux tasks.

### [Analyze logs with Chronograf](/chronograf/v1/guides/analyzing-logs/)

Analyze log information using Chronograf.

### [Clone dashboards and cells](/chronograf/v1/guides/cloning-in-ui/)

Clone a dashboard or a cell and use the copy as a starting point to create new dashboard or cells.

### [Configure Chronograf alert endpoints](/chronograf/v1/guides/configuring-alert-endpoints/)

Send alert messages with Chronograf alert endpoints.

### [Create Chronograf alert rules](/chronograf/v1/guides/create-alert-rules/)

Trigger alerts by building Kapacitor alert rules in the Chronograf user interface (UI).

### [Create Chronograf dashboards](/chronograf/v1/guides/create-a-dashboard/)

Visualize your data with custom Chronograf dashboards.

### [Explore data in Chronograf](/chronograf/v1/guides/querying-data/)

Query and visualize data in the Data Explorer.

### [Monitor InfluxDB Enterprise clusters](/chronograf/v1/guides/monitoring-influxenterprise-clusters/)

Use Chronograf dashboards with an InfluxDB OSS server to measure and monitor InfluxDB Enterprise clusters.

### [Use annotations in Chronograf views](/chronograf/v1/guides/annotations/)

Add contextual information to Chronograf dashboards with annotations.

### [Use dashboard template variables](/chronograf/v1/guides/dashboard-template-variables/)

Chronograf dashboard template variables let you update cell queries without editing queries, making it easy to interact with your dashboard cells and explore your data.

### [Use pre-created dashboards in Chronograf](/chronograf/v1/guides/using-precreated-dashboards/)

Display metrics for popular third-party applications with preconfigured dashboards in Chronograf.

### [View Chronograf dashboards in presentation mode](/chronograf/v1/guides/presentation-mode/)

View dashboards in full screen using presentation mode.

### [Visualization types in Chronograf](/chronograf/v1/guides/visualization-types/)

Chronograf’s dashboard views support the following visualization types, which can be selected in the **Visualization Type** selection view of the [Data Explorer](/chronograf/v1/guides/querying-data).

[Visualization Type selector](/img/chronograf/1-6-viz-types-selector.png)

Each of the available visualization types and available user controls are described below.

-   [Line Graph](#line-graph)
-   [Stacked Graph](#stacked-graph)
-   [Step-Plot Graph](#step-plot-graph)
-   [Single Stat](#single-stat)
-   [Line Graph + Single Stat](#line-graph-single-stat)
-   [Bar Graph](#bar-graph)
-   [Gauge](#gauge)
-   [Table](#table)
-   [Note](#note)

For information on adding and displaying annotations in graph views, see [Adding annotations to Chronograf views](/chronograf/v1/guides/annotations/).