Data models

A pointer-style index of where to find the canonical type definitions for the major entities in Grafana.

Identity

Type	Where
User	pkg/services/user/user.go
SignedInUser	pkg/services/user/user.go
identity.Requester	pkg/services/auth/identity/
Org	pkg/services/org/org.go
Team	pkg/services/team/team.go
ServiceAccount, ServiceAccountToken	pkg/services/serviceaccounts/serviceaccounts.go
ApiKey	pkg/services/apikey/apikey.go
accesscontrol.Permission, Role, RoleBinding	pkg/services/accesscontrol/models.go

Dashboards & content

Type	Where
Dashboard (Go)	pkg/services/dashboards/models.go
Dashboard (CUE / k8s)	apps/dashboard/kinds/
Folder	pkg/services/folder/folder.go and apps/folder/
LibraryElement, LibraryPanel	pkg/services/libraryelements/, pkg/services/librarypanels/
Playlist	pkg/services/playlist/, apps/playlist/
DashboardSnapshot	pkg/services/dashboardsnapshots/
Annotation	pkg/services/annotations/, apps/annotation/
PublicDashboard	pkg/services/publicdashboards/models/

Datasources & queries

Type	Where
DataSource	pkg/services/datasources/models.go
DataQuery	packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts (TS), pkg/expr (Go)
DataFrame, Field	packages/grafana-data/src/types/dataFrame.ts
QueryDataRequest, QueryDataResponse	grafana-plugin-sdk-go (external)
PanelData (frontend)	packages/grafana-data/src/types/panel.ts

Alerting

Type	Where
AlertRule	pkg/services/ngalert/models/
AlertInstance, State	pkg/services/ngalert/state/
AlertmanagerConfig, Receiver, Route	pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/ (re-exporting from the embedded Alertmanager)
Provenance	pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/provenance.go

Plugins

Type	Where
Plugin (Go)	pkg/plugins/plugins.go
PluginMeta (TS)	packages/grafana-data/src/types/plugin.ts
DataSourceApi, DataSourcePlugin	packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
PanelPlugin, PanelProps	packages/grafana-data/src/types/panel.ts
AppPlugin, AppRootProps	packages/grafana-data/src/types/app.ts

Live

Type	Where
LiveChannelAddress, LiveChannelConfig	packages/grafana-data/src/types/live.ts
Channel handlers	pkg/services/live/feature/

Settings & feature toggles

Type	Where
setting.Cfg	pkg/setting/setting.go
featuremgmt.Flag* constants	pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
FeatureToggles (TS)	packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts

Theme

Type	Where
GrafanaTheme2	packages/grafana-data/src/themes/types.ts

See also

• Glossary — definitions of the terms used above.
• Backend / Services — where each domain's models live.