Google Cloud Monitoring's data source plugin for Grafana has received several updates aimed at enhancing user experience and functionality. The collaboration between Google and Grafana Labs has led to the integration of Google Cloud Monitoring as a built-in data source within Grafana, simplifying the creation of dashboards. Recent improvements include the addition of 15 popular sample dashboards from the Google Cloud Monitoring dashboard samples library, allowing users to easily import, edit, and apply them. Another enhancement is the introduction of deep linking, which facilitates seamless navigation between Grafana and the Google Cloud console, specifically targeting the desired time series data for troubleshooting. Additionally, the plugin now supports an improved query interface that aligns with Cloud Monitoring's new dashboard creation flow, enabling advanced visualization options for delta and cumulative metrics. Furthermore, the Monitoring Query Language (MQL) editor has been integrated, allowing users to execute MQL queries directly from Grafana. These updates are designed to streamline the process of building and managing dashboards for Google Cloud Monitoring metrics, furthering the collaboration's goal of offering robust analytical tools within Grafana.