Business News Data Source 2.4.0
We are happy to announce the release of the Business News Data Source 2.4.0. This release includes the following updates:
- Added URL parameters with dashboard variables support.
- Updated to the latest Grafana 9.4.7 toolkit and workflows.
The plugin was updated in Grafana Catalog on April 14, 2023.
![Business News Data Source allows displaying any News Feeds on your dashboard.](/img/blog/2023-04-08-rss-datasource-2.4.0/dashboard.png)
URL parameters
URL parameters allow reusing the data source for news feeds with the same URL.
For example, a data source can be set to YouTube. You can display specific or multiple news feeds using a dashboard variable.
![Dashboard variables can be used in URL parameters.](/img/blog/2023-04-08-rss-datasource-2.4.0/parameters.png)
Getting Started
Business News data source can be installed from the Grafana Catalog or utilizing the Grafana command line tool.
For the latter, please use the following command.
grafana-cli plugins install volkovlabs-rss-datasource
YouTube Tutorial
The Business News data source is a plugin for Grafana that retrieves RSS/Atom feeds and allows visualizing them using Business Text and other panels.
Release Notes
Features / Enhancements
- Update to Grafana 9.4.7 (#44)
- Update CI and Release workflows (#45)
- Update Documentation, Provisioning (#46)
- Add URL parameters with variables support (#47, #48)
Feedback
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- Ask a question, request a new feature, and file a bug with GitHub issues.
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