Load JSON into Grafana - grafana

Question

I'm brand new to Grafana. Can I (and how) load a JSON into Grafana and display as a table? Or is it only for time series data?
I'm loading grafana with:
docker run -d \
-p 3000:3000 \
--name=grafana \
-e "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=grafana-simple-json-datasource" \
grafana/grafana
For example:
[{
"hostname": "1.2.3.4"
}, {
"hostname": "2.3.4.5"
}, {
"hostname": "3.4.5.6"
}]
Display that as:
hostname
1.2.3.4
2.3.4.5
3.4.5.6
If I can achieve that (which is the scope of this post),ultimately I want to load 2x tables in and diff them to show a third (calculated) table which includes the items in table 1 but NOT table 2.
For example, if table 2 is:
hostname
2.3.4.5
3.4.5.6
Then table 3 would be:
hostname
1.2.3.4

Answer 1

Grafana is just a visualisation tool. It needs a data source to query data and display. It is optimised for time series data, but static data can also be displayed easily.
Use the API plugin .
You can also use TestData DB data source which is available within Grafana to test scenarios. (does not use json though)
Once the data source is configured, you can use table panel to display data based on queries.
Each dashboard can have multiple panels so tables can be shown side by side.