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What's new from Grafana Labs
What's new from Grafana Labs
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Release date: 2025-08-21

Dynamic connection direction in Canvas visualizations

You can now control the direction of connections between canvas elements by mapping the direction to a field value. A positive value draws the connection arrow forward, a negative value draws it in reverse, and a value of zero removes the directional arrow entirely. Alternatively, you can assign a fixed direction value.

This is especially useful for visualizing real-time data flows, system states, or transitions, where directionality changes based on metrics.


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