Enable Direct Database Access in PRTG for Enhanced Third-Party Integration
As an IT Infrastructure Manager, I want access to PRTG's underlying database so that I can directly integrate our monitoring data with external analytics or visualization tools such as Grafana or custom Python / PowerShell scripts, to create unified dashboards across multiple data sources, and build custom analytics without relying on intermediate export tools or API polling limitations
Currently, integrating PRTG data with Grafana requires intermediate tools such as the PRTG Data Exporter or API bridges, which adds extra complexity, performance overhead, and maintenance effort. PRTG should have an optional direct connection interface to its database for read-only access under strict security controls.
This would allow administrators and developers to:
- Query live or historical PRTG data directly from Grafana or scripts.
- Build unified dashboards across multiple data sources without relying on external exporters.
- Simplify automation, reporting, and correlation with OT/IT monitoring data.
- This enhancement would make PRTG far more extensible for enterprise and industrial environments, empowering users to create custom analytics, trending, and SLA dashboards directly on top of PRTG’s own database — all while maintaining security and data integrity through role-based access.
Andrew
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Hi there,
Thank you again for submitting your idea to Paessler. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback.
The use of the PRTG database will be gated by the API v2. The reason for this is that the future database is using additional components on top of our SQL+time series database making queries more complex for the typical user.
We are working on a new Grafana plugin which uses the new API v2, but in order to scale and consolidate multiple PRTG servers you will still need the data exporter extension for the time being.
While this particular idea won't be moving forward, please don't be discouraged! Your input is incredibly valuable, and we encourage you to continue sharing your thoughts and ideas with us.
Thanks for your understanding and for helping us shape the future of Paessler.
Best regards,
The Paessler Product Team