Community features, monaco code editor, and refactoring in Business Text 2.1.0

We're excited to announce the release of the Business Text panel 2.1.0. This feature release includes the following updates:

• Includes the community-submitted PRs and features.
• Integrated Monaco Code Editor.
• Refactored the plugin's code and increased test coverage to continue enhancing the plugin's functionality.

Business Text panel visualizes cards with people information.

Getting Started

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

Install Business Suite plugins in Cloud, OSS, Enterprise. Getting started with the Business Suite.

For the latter, please use the following command:

grafana cli plugins install marcusolsson-dynamictext-panel

Tutorial

The video reviews the major latest release including the data flow, predefined helpers and numerous examples of the external JavaScript libraries.

The Business Text panel for Grafana. Main features overview in 5.0.0

We have many other tutorials that you can find helpful. You can review all related to this plugin tutorials here.

Release Notes

Breaking changes

Major refactoring may introduce breaking changes. Please test before upgrading in Production.

Features / Enhancements

• Fixed the broken link in the README file (#111).
• Updated CI to upload signed artifacts (#113).
• Added a feature parsing the time formatting syntax (#86).
• Fixed the data rendering when using transformations (#98).
• Updated the panel options to use Monaco Code Editor (#114).
• Increased test coverage for the plugin's functionality (#114).
• Refactored and updated images (#116).
• Refactored alert messages and text options (#117).
• Added support for the parameter regulating HTML sanitization in Grafana (#118).

We’d Love to Hear From You!

Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we’re excited to connect with our community and partners. Whether you have a creative idea, or an issue to report, here are the best ways to reach out:

• Enterprise Partners: Need support or have an urgent request? Submit a Zendesk ticket for fast, personalized assistance from our team.
• Community Members: Have a feature suggestion, or bug to report? Start a conversation by creating a GitHub discussions. We’re all ears!
• Join the Conversation: Stay in the loop and share your thoughts! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and drop a comment—we’re eager to hear your perspective.

Your input drives our improvement, so don’t hesitate to connect with us!