From 4c6d2f4c64a1373d683493c956dbcba5d5e9ad22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konstantin Nosov Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:44:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add disclaimer regarding histroical data https://github.com/grafana/mqtt-datasource/issues/107 --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4a0e182..ba4283c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ The MQTT data source plugin allows you to visualize streaming MQTT data from within Grafana. +## Disclaimer + +This plugin does not provide a storage for your events. It means, that if you want to query your historical data - this plugin is not for you. This datasource provides you an access to MQTT connetcion, which could be used to get Retained topics, but NOT intended to work with historical data. If you want to work with historical data please take a look for some storage engine like Loki to store events that you recieve from MQTT. + ## Requirements The MQTT data source has the following requirements: