# Config PMM server to store metrics to other data source

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**Category:** PMM 2.x\
**Created:** [January 22, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/config-pmm-server-to-store-metrics-to-other-data-source/7394 "2020-01-22T03:14:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/config-pmm-server-to-store-metrics-to-other-data-source/7394/1 "2020-01-22T03:14:22Z")

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As the default Prometheus is not persistent data source, I would like to config the PMM server to store the metrics to other persistent data source such as MySQL or TimescaleDB. I am using PMM 2.2.0 and have tried “Configuration” → “Data Source” → “Add data source” → choose MySQL → set as default. It seems this does not config PMM server to store the metrics to MySQL.

Any advice are welcome.