diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifact/ARTIFACT_INVENTORY.template b/.github/workflows/build-artifact/ARTIFACT_INVENTORY.template
index 9efe0957..afaa7e3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifact/ARTIFACT_INVENTORY.template
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifact/ARTIFACT_INVENTORY.template
@@ -58,3 +58,11 @@ This table identifies the Helm charts used by SAS Viya Monitoring for Kubernetes
 | Metrics | Kube Prometheus Stack| __KUBE_PROM_STACK_CHART_REPO__ | __KUBE_PROM_STACK_CHART_NAME__ | __KUBE_PROM_STACK_CHART_VERSION__ | __KUBE_PROM_STACK_CHART_ARCHIVE__ |
 | Metrics | Prometheus Pushgateway| __PUSHGATEWAY_CHART_REPO__ | __PUSHGATEWAY_CHART_NAME__ | __PUSHGATEWAY_CHART_VERSION__ | __PUSHGATEWAY_CHART_ARCHIVE__ |
 | Metrics | Tempo | __TEMPO_CHART_REPO__ | __TEMPO_CHART_NAME__ | __TEMPO_CHART_VERSION__ | __TEMPO_CHART_ARCHIVE__ |
+
+## Table 4. Miscellaneous Component Version Information
+This table provides version information for some miscellaneous components deployed by SAS Viya Monitoring for Kubernetes.
+
+| Component | Version | Project Repository | Notes |
+|--|--|--|--|
+| OpenSearch Datasource Plugin (Grafana) | __GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_PLUGIN_VERSION__ | https://github.com/grafana/opensearch-datasource/releases |Allows Grafana to surface log messages stored in OpenSearch |
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifact/generate_inventory.sh b/.github/workflows/build-artifact/generate_inventory.sh
index a24a953b..f3e9a4af 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifact/generate_inventory.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifact/generate_inventory.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ function buildHelmArchiveFilename {
 
 }
 
+##
+## Helm Chart (Table #3)
+##
 buildHelmArchiveFilename "ESEXPORTER_HELM"
 buildHelmArchiveFilename "FLUENTBIT_HELM"
 buildHelmArchiveFilename "OPENSEARCH_HELM"
@@ -45,6 +48,10 @@ buildHelmArchiveFilename "KUBE_PROM_STACK"
 buildHelmArchiveFilename "PUSHGATEWAY"
 buildHelmArchiveFilename "TEMPO"
 
+
+##
+## Container Images (Table #1)
+##
 parseFullImage "$ALERTMANAGER_FULL_IMAGE"
 v4m_replace "__ALERTMANAGER_FULL_IMAGE__" "$FULL_IMAGE_ESCAPED" "$file"
 
@@ -96,4 +103,9 @@ v4m_replace "__TEMPO_FULL_IMAGE__" "$FULL_IMAGE_ESCAPED" "$file"
 parseFullImage "$PUSHGATEWAY_FULL_IMAGE"
 v4m_replace "__PUSHGATEWAY_FULL_IMAGE__" "$FULL_IMAGE_ESCAPED" "$file"
 
+##
+## Misc components (Table #4)
+##
+v4m_replace "__GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_PLUGIN_VERSION__" "$GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_PLUGIN_VERSION" "$file" 
+
 log_notice "Be sure to review the generated file [$file] prior to adding/committing it to the repo"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8b5be74..d72cebaa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 * **Metrics**
+  * [CHANGE] The `create_logging_datasource.sh` script now uses the OpenSearch datasource plugin
+rather the Elasticsearch datasource plugin when creating the **ViyaLogs** datasource in Grafana.
+The plugin is downloaded and installed if it is not already in place.
   * [UPGRADE] Kube-Prometheus Stack Helm chart has been upgraded from 61.1.1 to 62.7.0.
   * [UPGRADE] Grafana Helm Chart (for OpenShift deployments) has been upgraded from 8.2.1 to 8.5.1.
   * [UPGRADE] Prometheus Pushgateway Helm chart has been upgraded from 2.13.0 to 2.14.0.
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@
   * [UPGRADE] Prometheus Operator has been upgraded from 0.75.0 to 0.76.1.
   * [UPGRADE] Prometheus Pushgateway has been upgraded from 1.8.0 to 1.9.0.
 
+
 ## Version 1.2.29 (16SEP2024)
 * **Overall**
   * [DOCUMENTATION] Reorganization of content to improve readability and flow.
diff --git a/component_versions.env b/component_versions.env
index 1bfad241..2e4b7a83 100644
--- a/component_versions.env
+++ b/component_versions.env
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ OPENSHIFT_OAUTHPROXY_FULL_IMAGE="registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-oauth-proxy:l
 #Grafana (everywhere)
 GRAFANA_FULL_IMAGE="docker.io/grafana/grafana:11.2.0"
 GRAFANA_SIDECAR_FULL_IMAGE="quay.io/kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar:1.27.4"
-GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_PLUGIN_VERSION="2.17.4"
+GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_PLUGIN_VERSION="2.18.0"
 
 #Kube-Prometheus Stack
 KUBE_PROM_STACK_CHART_REPO=prometheus-community
diff --git a/monitoring/bin/create_logging_datasource.sh b/monitoring/bin/create_logging_datasource.sh
index 08086d06..32caf3c0 100755
--- a/monitoring/bin/create_logging_datasource.sh
+++ b/monitoring/bin/create_logging_datasource.sh
@@ -151,24 +151,24 @@ else
    ./logging/bin/user.sh CREATE -ns $tenantNS -t $tenant -u $grfds_user -p "$grfds_passwd" -g
 fi
 
-# Create temporary directory for string replacement in the grafana-datasource-es.yaml file
+# Create temporary directory for string replacement in the grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml file
 monDir=$TMP_DIR/$MON_NS
 mkdir -p $monDir
-cp monitoring/grafana-datasource-es.yaml $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
+cp monitoring/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml $monDir/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml
+
+#Determine OpenSearch version programatically
+parseFullImage "$OS_FULL_IMAGE"
+opensearch_version="${VERSION:-2.12.0}"
+log_debug "OpenSearch version [$opensearch_version] will be specified in datasource definition."
 
 # Replace placeholders
-log_debug "Replacing variables in $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml file"
-if echo "$OSTYPE" | grep 'darwin' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    sed -i '' "s/__namespace__/$LOG_NS/g" $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-    sed -i '' "s/__ES_SERVICENAME__/$ES_SERVICENAME/g" $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml    
-    sed -i '' "s/__userID__/$grfds_user/g" $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-    sed -i '' "s/__passwd__/$grfds_passwd/g" $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-else
-    sed -i "s/__namespace__/$LOG_NS/g" $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-    sed -i "s/__ES_SERVICENAME__/$ES_SERVICENAME/g" $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-    sed -i "s/__userID__/$grfds_user/g" $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-    sed -i "s/__passwd__/$grfds_passwd/g" $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-fi
+log_debug "Replacing variables in $monDir/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml file"
+v4m_replace "__namespace__"          "$LOG_NS"               "$monDir/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml"
+v4m_replace "__ES_SERVICENAME__"     "$ES_SERVICENAME"       "$monDir/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml"
+v4m_replace "__userID__"             "$grfds_user"           "$monDir/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml"
+v4m_replace "__passwd__"             "$grfds_passwd"         "$monDir/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml"
+v4m_replace "__opensearch_version__" "$opensearch_version"   "$monDir/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml"
+
 
 # Removes old Elasticsearch data source if one exists
 if [ "$cluster" == "true" ]; then
@@ -183,14 +183,45 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+# Install OpenSearch datasource plug-in to Grafana
+grafanaPod=$(kubectl -n $MON_NS get pods -l app.kubernetes.io/name=grafana -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+log_debug "Grafana Pod [$grafanaPod]"
+
+pluginInstalled=$(kubectl exec -n $MON_NS $grafanaPod  -- bash -c "grafana cli plugins ls |grep -c opensearch-datasource|| true")
+log_debug "Grafana OpenSearch Datasource Plugin installed? [$pluginInstalled]"
+
+if [ "$pluginInstalled" == "0" ]; then
+
+   log_info "Installing OpenSearch Datasource plugin"
+   pluginVersion="${GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_PLUGIN_VERSION:-2.17.4}"
+   pluginFile="grafana-opensearch-datasource-$pluginVersion.linux_amd64.zip"
+
+   if [ -n "$AIRGAP_HELM_REPO" ]; then
+      log_debug "Air-gapped deployment detected; loading OpenSearch Datasource plugin from USER_DIR/monitoring directory"
+
+      userPluginFile="$USER_DIR/monitoring/$pluginFile"
+      if [ -f "$userPluginFile" ]; then
+         kubectl cp $userPluginFile $MON_NS/$grafanaPod:/var/lib/grafana/plugins
+         kubectl exec -n $MON_NS $grafanaPod  -- unzip -o /var/lib/grafana/plugins/$pluginFile -d /var/lib/grafana/plugins/
+      else
+         log_error "The OpenSearch datasource plugin to Grafana zip file was NOT found in the expected location [$userPluginFile]"
+         exit 1
+      fi
+   else
+      log_debug "Using Grafana CLI to install plugin (version [$pluginVersion])"
+      kubectl exec -n $MON_NS $grafanaPod  -- grafana cli plugins install grafana-opensearch-datasource $pluginVersion
+      log_info "You may ignore any previous messages regarding restarting the Grafana pod; it will be restarted automatically."
+   fi
+else
+   log_debug "The OpenSearch datasource plugin is already installed; skipping installation."
+fi
+
 # Adds the logging data source to Grafana
 log_info "Provisioning logging data source in Grafana"
 if [ "$cluster" == "true" ]; then
-    kubectl create secret generic -n $MON_NS grafana-datasource-es --from-file $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-    kubectl label secret -n $MON_NS grafana-datasource-es grafana_datasource=1 sas.com/monitoring-base=kube-viya-monitoring
-else
-    kubectl create secret generic -n $tenantNS v4m-grafana-datasource-es-$tenant --from-file $monDir/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
-    kubectl label secret -n $tenantNS v4m-grafana-datasource-es-$tenant grafana_datasource-$tenant=true sas.com/monitoring-base=kube-viya-monitoring
+    kubectl delete secret generic -n $MON_NS grafana-datasource-opensearch --ignore-not-found
+    kubectl create secret generic -n $MON_NS grafana-datasource-opensearch --from-file $monDir/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml
+    kubectl label secret -n $MON_NS grafana-datasource-opensearch grafana_datasource=1 sas.com/monitoring-base=kube-viya-monitoring
 fi
 
 # Deploy the log-enabled Viya dashboards
diff --git a/monitoring/grafana-datasource-es.yaml b/monitoring/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml
similarity index 75%
rename from monitoring/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
rename to monitoring/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml
index 11f94db6..fd49b342 100644
--- a/monitoring/grafana-datasource-es.yaml
+++ b/monitoring/grafana-datasource-opensearch.yaml
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ apiVersion: 1
 
 datasources:
 - name: ViyaLogs
-  type: elasticsearch
+  type: grafana-opensearch-datasource
   access: proxy
-  database: viya_logs-*
   url: https://__ES_SERVICENAME__.__namespace__:9200
   basicAuth: true
   basicAuthUser: __userID__
   jsonData:
+    database: viya_logs-*
     tlsSkipVerify: true
     timeField: "@timestamp"
-    esVersion: '7.10.0'
+    version: __opensearch_version__
     logMessageField: message
     logLevelField: level.keyword
   secureJsonData:
     # Change this value
     basicAuthPassword: __passwd__
-  editable: true
\ No newline at end of file
+  editable: true