We are happy to announce the release of the Variable Panel 2.3.1. This release includes the following updates:
- Added the feature to automatically clear Search values after switching tabs.
- Added the Persistent mode.
- Added compatibility with Grafana 10.2.2 and Grafana 10.3.0 (pre-release).
The plugin was updated in the Grafana Plugins catalog on December 15, 2023.
Number of downloads
The Variable plugin shoots for the stars and is very close to 100K downloads! 👏
Clear Search values after switching tabs
This feature is applicable when your Variable panel displays multiple tabs.
In the example below, the variable panel displays two tabs: Location and Country. When a user clicks a funnel icon and types in the Search values, only the nodes containing, in this example, 5 are shown.
Next, if this user switches to the Country tab, the Search values are cleared and no filters are applied.
That means that when a user changes tabs, all previous Search values are removed.
The same rule applies to the Favorites. The Show only favorites filter is cleared when a user switches to another tab.
Persistent Mode
This feature is applicable when Variable configured in Minimized and Button layouts. This mode could be turned on and off in the Variable panel options.
When Enabled, the selected values are stored in the browser's local storage. It comes in handy when one variable panel is controlled by the other variable panel.
For instance, in the illustration below, I have two variable panels. One displays countries and the other one displays states within the selected country. I chose USA in the first panel and then IL on the other panel.
Depending on the Persistent option value set for the State variable panel, the selected value is either saved in the browser for future use or not.
Getting Started
The Variable panel 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-variable-panel
YouTube Tutorial
The Variable panel builds on top of the regular dashboard variables. It allows you to have dashboard filters in a separate panel which you can place anywhere on the dashboard.
The variable panel offers you single- and multi-variable layouts along with an advanced Tree View.
Release Notes
Bugfixes in 2.3.1
- Fix draggable icon for Grafana 10.3 (#107)
Features / Enhancements in 2.3.0
- Add clean table state on tab change (#101)
- Update ESLint configuration and refactor (#102)
- Add persistent mode (#103)
- Update to Grafana 10.2.2 and Volkov labs packages (#104)
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