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Business Text for Grafana

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Introduction

Business Text panel is a Grafana visualization plugin that converts plain text and table data into visually appealing, easy-to-read information cards.

The Business Text panel plugin allows you to construct a text visualization template from the values of a dataset returned by a data source query.

Business Text plugin for Grafana | Use HTML, Markdown, JavaScript and CSS | Community use cases

Requirements

  • Business Text panel 5.X requires Grafana 10 or Grafana 11.
  • Dynamic Text panel 4.X requires Grafana 9.2 or Grafana 10.
  • Dynamic Text panel 2.X and 3.X require Grafana 8.5 or Grafana 9.
  • Dynamic Text panel 1.X requires Grafana 7.

Getting Started

You can install the Business Text panel from the Grafana Plugins catalog or use the Grafana command line tool.

For the latter, please use the following command:

grafana-cli plugins install marcusolsson-dynamictext-panel

Highlights

  • Uses Monaco Code Editor with automatic formatting supporting templates, JS code snippets, and CSS styling.
  • Supports Markdown and Handlebars.
  • Renders markdown-it into HTML elements.
    • Supports the highlighting of code syntax using A11Y styles.
  • Provides code sanitization:
    • HTML inside templates is sanitized using XSS.
    • Can be disabled in the Grafana configuration through the disable_sanitize_html parameter.
  • Supports display of nested objects using the {{json object}} Handlebars helper.
  • Supports display of time global variables (__to and __from) as seconds, ISO timestamps, or formatted using the dayjs library.
  • Supports adding the Handlebars helpers and event handlers.
  • Supports adding CSS styles.
  • Supports internationalization using custom helpers.

Documentation

SectionDescription
ContentExplains how to create a visualization template for your data.
RecipesUseful snippets that you can use in your templates.
FeaturesDemonstrates panel features.templates.
Release NotesStay up to date with the latest features and updates.

Business Suite for Grafana

The Business Suite is a collection of open source plugins created and actively maintained by Volkov Labs.

The collection aims to solve the most frequent business tasks by providing an intuitive interface with detailed written documentation, examples, and video tutorials.

Business Suite for Grafana

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License

Apache License Version 2.0, see LICENSE.

Installing Business Text on Grafana Cloud:

For more information, visit the docs on plugin installation.

Changelog

5.4.0 (2024-09-12)

Features / Enhancements

  • Updated panel render if first data source does not have data (#353)
  • Added wrap button in the code editor (#359)
  • Updated Partials loading (#358)
  • Updated hyperlinks style (#358)

5.3.0 (2024-08-22)

Features / Enhancements

  • Updated Provisioning Dashboard (#346)
  • Added partials to load external HTML (#345)
  • Added Expandable Editors (#348)

5.2.0 (2024-07-25)

Features / Enhancements

  • Updated helpers migration (#338)
  • Updated to Grafana 11.1 and dependencies (#339)

5.1.0 (2024-07-01)

Features / Enhancements

  • Updated before render code async and pass markdown instance (#322)
  • Added running e2e tests in docker (#323)
  • Updated Video tutorial (#330)

5.0.0 (2024-06-06)

Breaking changes

  • Requires Grafana 10 and Grafana 11.
  • Removed external scripts deprecated in Grafana 11. Use import instead.
  • Removed non-context code parameters. Please update parameters to use context.

Code parameters migration guide

  • data -> context.data
  • dataFrame -> context.dataFrame
  • eventBus -> context.grafana.eventBus
  • getLocale -> context.grafana.getLocale
  • handlebars -> context.handlebars
  • locationService -> context.grafana.locationService
  • panelData -> context.panelData
  • replaceVariables -> context.grafana.replaceVariables
  • timeRange -> context.grafana.timeRange
  • timezone -> context.grafana.timezone

Features / Enhancements

  • Added plugin e2e tests and remove cypress (#301)
  • Updated name to Business Text Panel (#304)
  • Prepared for Grafana 11 (#304)
  • Added ES6 Modules Support (#312)
  • Added Units and Decimal in panel options (#311)
  • Updated to Grafana 11.0 and dependencies (#315)

4.5.0 (2024-03-13)

Features / Enhancements

  • Add Info message if sanitize enabled (#290)
  • Update CSS styles responsive and supporting themes (#281)
  • Update to Grafana 10.4.0 (#291)

4.4.0 (2024-03-06)

Breaking changes

  • Requires Grafana 9.2 and Grafana 10

Features / Enhancements

  • Update context parameter (#270)
  • Added theme object, notifySuccess & notifyError (#270)
  • Update dependencies and Actions (#271)
  • Replace custom code parameters with Code Parameters Builder (#285)
  • Update CSS class for the Panel instead of a Row (#272)
  • Update Editor auto height from fixed value (#278)
  • Disable unitScale and fieldMinMax standard panel options (#286)

Bug fixes

  • Fix statusColor for Row (#280)

4.3.0 (2023-12-25)

Features / Enhancements

  • Update ESLint configuration and refactor (#239)
  • Update Collapse from @volkovlabs/components (#239)
  • Update Introduction video in README (#240)
  • Add data render mode and passing selected data frame (#246)
  • Update to Grafana 10.2.2 and Volkov labs packages (#247)
  • Add variableValue helper (#252)
  • Add re-render on dashboard refresh (#252)

Bug fixes

  • Fix draggable icon in Grafana 10.3 (#249)

4.2.0 (2023-11-20)

Features / Enhancements

  • Add ESLint deprecation check (#203)
  • Add custom code option which is called after content is ready (#231)
  • Add option to enabled/disable wrapping to support empty lines in HTML (#235)
  • Add handlebars (startsWith, endsWith, match) (#211)
  • Update ESLint configuration and sort imports (#236)
  • Update to Plugin Tools 2.1.1 (#236)
  • Use Grafana Access Policy to sign plugin (#236)
  • Update to Grafana 10.2.1 (#237)

4.1.0 (2023-07-16)

Features / Enhancements

  • Update ESLint configuration (#192)
  • Increase Tests Coverage (#194)
  • Add status field (#196)
  • Add External JavaScript, CSS Resources (#197)
  • Update to Grafana 10.0.2 dependencies (#201)

4.0.0 (2023-06-26)

Breaking changes

  • Requires Grafana 9 and Grafana 10

Features / Enhancements

  • Increase Test Coverage and update to testing-library/react (#177)
  • Add Event Bus object to JavaScript function (#179)
  • Migrate to Plugin Tools 1.5.2 (#183)
  • Update to Grafana 10.0.0 (#166, #178, #183)
  • Update to Node 18 and npm (#183)
  • Remove Grafana 8.5 support (#183)
  • Add E2E Cypress testing (#184)
  • Support Variables in CSS styles editor (#185)

3.1.0 (2023-03-12)

Features / Enhancements

  • Add Time Zone and Range parameters for Javascript Code (#155)
  • Update to Grafana 9.4.3 (#156)
  • Add Magic (JavaScript) Trio tutorial in README (#157)
  • Update replace variables with scoped function (#160)
  • Add Replace variables and Location service parameters for Javascript Code (#160)

3.0.0 (2023-02-19)

Breaking changes

The default Content and JavaScript editors are not displayed by default unless values were modified. To display required editors, including the new Styles, they should be selected in the list.

Features / Enhancements

  • Update README features with new JavaScript Code Editor (#141)
  • Update to Grafana 9.3.6 (#147)
  • Update CI and Release workflows (#147)
  • Update README to include JavaScript tutorial (#148)
  • Add custom styles (#149)
  • Add option to display optional editors (#149)
  • Remove Panel Padding (#150)
  • Add Code Syntax Highlight (#151)
  • Add Breaking Changes for displaying optional editors (#152)

2.2.0 (2023-01-09)

Features / Enhancements

  • Add JSON helper to show objects and arrays (#121)
  • Update to Grafana 9.3.1 (#122)
  • Update Documentation links (#130, #131)
  • Add Split Helper (#132)
  • Refactor Text Component and Styles (#133)
  • Add JavaScript Code to add Handlebars helpers and Event handlers (#134)
  • Update default Content to {{json @root}} and Code Editor height to 200px (#134)
  • Update CSS to fit images to screen (#135)
  • Add getLocale() parameter to JavaScript Code (#137)

2.1.0 (2022-11-27)

Breaking changes

Refactoring may introduce breaking changes. Please test before upgrading in Production.

Features / Enhancements

  • Fix broken link in README (#111)
  • Update CI to upload signed artifacts (#113)
  • Add feature of parsing time formatting syntax (#86)
  • Fix data rendering when using transformations (#98)
  • Update Panel Options to Monaco Code Editor (#114)
  • Increase Test Coverage (#114)
  • Refactor and update images (#116)
  • Refactor Alert Message and Text Options (#117)
  • Add Support for Disable Sanitize HTML configuration (#118)

2.0.0 (2022-11-02)

Breaking changes

This release bumps the minimum required Grafana to >=8.5.

Features / Enhancements

  • Maintained by Volkov Labs (#100)
  • Updated based on Volkov Labs Panel Template (#100)
  • Update to Grafana 9.1.6 (#104)
  • Add "Dynamic Text Plugin for Grafana" video in README (#106)
  • Update CI to Node 16 and Synchronize with Release workflow (#107)
  • Update to Grafana 9.2.2 (#108)
  • Update screenshot and provisioning (#109)

1.9.0 (2022-01-09)

Features / Enhancements

  • Add an option to render template for each row or as a single template. Useful for when you want to create tables from the query result. (#53) Thanks @andykingking.

Bug fixes

  • The dropdown for selecting between multiple frames wasn't visible due to overflow. (#65)

1.8.0 (2021-11-19)

Features / Enhancements

  • Add contains helper (#48)
  • Upgrade dependencies

1.7.2 (2021-06-21)

Features / Enhancements

  • Improve error handling. Avoids having to refresh the dashboard on template errors.

1.7.1 (2021-06-15)

Features / Enhancements

  • Update docs and metadata
  • Upgrade dependencies

1.7.0 (2021-03-08)

Features / Enhancements

  • Add options for default content for empty query results (#15)

1.6.0 (2021-03-04)

Features / Enhancements

  • Improved error handling

1.5.0 (2021-02-16)

Features / Enhancements

  • Avoid recompiling templates on every render

1.4.0 (2021-01-08)

Features / Enhancements

  • Update @grafana/* packages
  • Improved styling for tables and blockquotes

1.3.0 (2021-01-08)

Features / Enhancements

  • Support for HTML tags in templates (#4)
  • Add additional conditional operator (#3)

1.2.1 (2020-11-27)

Features / Enhancements

  • Updated @grafana dependencies from ^7.0.0 to ^7.3.0
  • Improved release process using the new GitHub workflows for Grafana plugins
  • Add screenshot