# Annotations panel
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This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support **Grafana version 9.x**.  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 12.x, see [Working in Grafana version 12](using-grafana-v12.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see [Working in Grafana version 10](using-grafana-v10.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see [Working in Grafana version 8](using-grafana-v8.md).

The Annotations panel shows a list of available annotations you can use to view annotated data. Various options are available to filter the list based on tags and on the current dashboard.

## Annotation query
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The following options control the source query for the list of annotations.

**Query Filter**

Use the query filter to create a list of annotations from all dashboards in your organization or the current dashboard in which this panel is located. It has the following options:
+ All dashboards - List annotations from all dashboards in the current organization.
+ This dashboard - Limit the list to the annotations on the current dashboard.

**Time Range**

Use the time range option to specify whether the list should be limited to the current time range. It has the following options:
+ None - no time range limit for the annotations query.
+ This dashboard - Limit the list to the time range of the dashboard where the annotation list panel is available.

**Tags**

Use the tags option to filter the annotations by tags. You can add multiple tags in order to refine the list.

**Note**  
Optionally, leave the tag list empty and filter on the fly by selecting tags that are listed as part of the results on the panel itself.

*Limit*

Use the limit option to limit the number of results returned.

## Display
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These options control additional metadata included in the annotations panel display.

**Show user**

Use this option to show or hide which user created the annotation.

**Show time**

Use this option to show or hide the time the annotation creation time.

**Show Tags**

Use this option to show or hide the tags associated with an annotation. *NB*: You can use the tags to live-filter the annotation list on the panel itself.

## Link behavior
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**Link target**

Use this option to chose how to view the annotated data. It has the following options.
+ Panel - This option will take you directly to a full-screen view of the panel with the corresponding annotation
+ Dashboard - This option will focus the annotation in the context of a complete dashboard

**Time before**

Use this option to set the time range before the annotation. Use duration string values like “1h” = 1 hour, “10m” = 10 minutes, etc.

**Time after**

Use this option to set the time range after the annotation.