diff --git a/kafka-observ-lib/config.libsonnet b/kafka-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
index 4ce91fce3..d6c0e07e1 100644
--- a/kafka-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
+++ b/kafka-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 
   topicsFilteringSelector: 'topic!="__consumer_offsets"',
   consumerGroupFilteringSelector: 'consumergroup!=""',
+
+  // whether to use Grafana repeat panel feature for totalTime metrics
+  // when set to false, metrics are aggregated by cluster group level.
+  totalTimeMetricsRepeat: true,
+
   zookeeperEnabled: true,
   totalTimeMsQuantile: '0.95',  // quantile to use for totalTimeMs metrics: 0.50, 0.75, 0.95, 0.98, 0.99, 0.999...
   zookeeperClientQuantile: '0.95',  // quantile to use for zookeeperClient metrics: 0.50, 0.75, 0.95, 0.98, 0.99, 0.999...
diff --git a/kafka-observ-lib/panels/totalTime.libsonnet b/kafka-observ-lib/panels/totalTime.libsonnet
index 34490432e..8420b74fe 100644
--- a/kafka-observ-lib/panels/totalTime.libsonnet
+++ b/kafka-observ-lib/panels/totalTime.libsonnet
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 local g = import '../g.libsonnet';
 local commonlib = import 'common-lib/common/main.libsonnet';
+local xtd = import 'github.com/jsonnet-libs/xtd/main.libsonnet';
 {
   new(signals, config):: {
-
+    local instanceLabel = xtd.array.slice(config.instanceLabels, -1)[0],
     _common::
       commonlib.panels.generic.timeSeries.base.stylize()
-      + g.panel.timeSeries.panelOptions.withRepeat(config.instanceLabels[0])
-      + g.panel.timeSeries.panelOptions.withRepeatDirection('v')
       + g.panel.timeSeries.fieldConfig.defaults.custom.withStacking({ mode: 'normal' })
       + g.panel.timeSeries.fieldConfig.defaults.custom.withLineWidth(0)
-      + g.panel.timeSeries.fieldConfig.defaults.custom.withGradientMode('none'),
+      + g.panel.timeSeries.fieldConfig.defaults.custom.withGradientMode('none')
+      + (if config.totalTimeMetricsRepeat then
+           g.panel.timeSeries.panelOptions.withRepeat(instanceLabel)
+           + g.panel.timeSeries.panelOptions.withRepeatDirection('v')
+           + { title+: ' ($%s)' % instanceLabel }
+         else {}),
+
 
     fetchConsumerTotalTimeBreakdown:
-      g.panel.timeSeries.new('Fetch-consumer ($%s)' % config.instanceLabels[0])
+      g.panel.timeSeries.new('Fetch-consumer')
       + g.panel.timeSeries.panelOptions.withDescription(
         |||
           Total time breakdown for fetch requests.
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ local commonlib = import 'common-lib/common/main.libsonnet';
       + self._common,
 
     producerTotalTimeBreakdown:
-      g.panel.timeSeries.new('Producer ($%s)' % config.instanceLabels[0])
+      g.panel.timeSeries.new('Producer')
       + g.panel.timeSeries.panelOptions.withDescription(
         |||
           Total time breakdown for producer requests.
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ local commonlib = import 'common-lib/common/main.libsonnet';
       + self._common,
 
     fetchFollowerTotalTimeBreakdown:
-      g.panel.timeSeries.new('Fetch-follower ($%s)' % config.instanceLabels[0])
+      g.panel.timeSeries.new('Fetch-follower')
       + g.panel.timeSeries.panelOptions.withDescription(
         |||
           Total time breakdown for fetch-follower requests.
diff --git a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/totalTime.libsonnet b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/totalTime.libsonnet
index f9512eae2..3cd481a8f 100644
--- a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/totalTime.libsonnet
+++ b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/totalTime.libsonnet
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function(this)
     filteringSelector: this.filteringSelector + ', quantile="%s"' % this.totalTimeMsQuantile,
     groupLabels: this.groupLabels,
     instanceLabels: this.instanceLabels,
-    aggLevel: 'instance',
+    aggLevel: if this.totalTimeMetricsRepeat then 'instance' else 'group',
     aggFunction: 'avg',
     discoveryMetric: {
       prometheus: 'kafka_network_requestmetrics_requestqueuetimems',