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aliases:
  - /docs/grafana/latest/panels/expressions/
  - /docs/grafana/latest/panels/inspect-panel/
  - /docs/grafana/latest/panels/queries/
  - /docs/grafana/latest/panels/query-a-data-source/
  - /docs/grafana/latest/panels/share-query-results/
  - /docs/sources/panels/query-a-data-source/_index/
title: Query a data source
weight: 200
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# Query a data source

Data source queries return data that appear in visualizations. The query language in which you write depends on the data source you query. Grafana supports connections with many types of data sources.

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