Release Notes

Release Notes for the Business Charts panel.

6.6.0 (2025-02-20)

Features / Enhancements

• Added E2E tests (#349)
• Updated packages for Code Editor (#352)
• Updated Apache ECharts 5.6.0 and dependencies (#355)
• Updated to Grafana 11.5 and dependencies (#361)
• Updated release workflow to include attestation (#361)

6.5.0 (2024-10-25)

Features / Enhancements

• Updated Autosize Code Editor toolbar (#341)
• Updated refresh for dashboard scene (#346)
• Updated Grafana 11.3.0 and dependencies (#346)

Improved Code Editor, included scatter and boxplot into Visual Editor, and Grafana 11.3 Scenes updates in Business Charts 6.5.0.

6.4.1 (2024-09-16)

Features / Enhancements

• Updated Gauge dashboard (#337)
• Updated Code Editor toolbar (#338)

6.4.0 (2024-09-11)

Features / Enhancements

• Added Boxplot in Visual Editor (#327)
• Updated Grafana 11.2 dependencies (#330)
• Added Scatter to Visual editor and limit selection to supported charts (#332)
• Added promise libraries import (#333)
• Updated Code editor toolbar (#334)

6.3.0 (2024-08-26)

Features / Enhancements

• Added visual editor for bar and sunburst (#322)
• Added Expandable Editors (#324)
• Updated Examples dashboards (#325)

Radar visual editor, expandable editor, and context migration updates in Business Charts 6.3.0.

6.2.0 (2024-08-01)

Features / Enhancements

• Updated to Apache ECharts 5.5.1 (#309)
• Updated E2E workflow using Docker (#310)
• Updated migration for context parameters (#317)
• Added Radar to visual editor (#316)

6.1.0 (2024-05-26)

Features / Enhancements

• Added plugin e2e tests and remove cypress (#281, #283)
• Updated context parameters in Examples (#282)
• Added Business Charts video tutorial (#291)
• Updated provisioning for events (#289)
• Updated panel options (#289)
• Updated Code suggestions (#293)
• Updated to Grafana 11.0 and dependencies (#294)

6.0.0 (2024-03-24)

Breaking changes

• Requires Grafana 10 and Grafana 11.
• Removed non-context code parameters. Please update parameters to use context.

Visual editor, context breaking changes, and Grafana 11 in Business Charts 6.0.0.

Code parameters migration guide

• data -> context.panel.data
• theme -> context.grafana.theme
• echartsInstance -> context.panel.chart
• echarts -> context.echarts
• ecStat -> context.ecStat
• replaceVariables -> context.grafana.replaceVariables
• eventBus -> context.grafana.eventBus
• locationService -> context.grafana.locationService
• notifySuccess -> context.grafana.notifySuccess
• notifyError -> context.grafana.notifyError

Features / Enhancements

• Updated name to Business Charts panel (#268)
• Added Apache Acknowledgment and update description (#268)
• Updated to Grafana 10.4.1 (#270)
• Removed ArrayVector deprecated in Grafana 11 (#272)
• Updated Apache ECharts deprecation warnings (#272)

5.3.0 (2024-03-06)

Features / Enhancements

• Updated to Apache ECharts library 5.5.0 (#257)
• Updated code parameters with Code Parameters Builder (#261)
• Updated auto size code editor (#263)

5.2.0 (2024-02-15)

Breaking changes

• Requires Grafana 9.2 and Grafana 10

Features / Enhancements

• Updated README and documentation (#214)
• Added visual editor for working with data sources (#211)
• Updated ESLint configuration and refactoring (#237)
• Updated dependencies and Actions (#238)
• Added context parameter to non-visual mode (#245)
• Added refresh function using Application Event Bus (#247)
• Updated to disallow to choose already selected fields (#251)
• Updated echarts.volkovlabs.io to use visual editor and data sources (#248)
• Updated draggable handler in Visual editor (#256)

5.1.0 (2023-08-11)

Streaming, wordcloud, and fixed memory leak in Business Charts 5.1.0.

Features / Enhancements

• Added compatibility with Grafana 10.0.3 (#206).

Bugfixes

• Fixed memory leaks when resubscribing to the restore event (#208).

5.0.0 (2023-07-19)

Breaking changes

• This release requires Grafana 9 or Grafana 10.

Features / Enhancements

• Updated the product documentation with recent updates (#182).
• Updated examples for Grafana 10 (#190).
• Added Result v2 with unsubscribe function (#188).
• Updated the streaming to redraw charts (#188).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 10.0.0 (#191).
• Updated the README file and panel options (#192).
• Deprecated support for Grafana 8.5 (#193).
• Updated support for Grafana 10.0.2 dependencies (#195).
• Updated ESLint configuration (#196).
• Integrated the Wordcloud extension (#198).
• Updated to Apache ECharts library 5.4.3 (#199).

4.5.0 (2023-06-03)

Grafana 10, added alerts, and updated examples in Business Charts 4.5.0.

Features / Enhancements

• Migrated to Plugin Tools 1.5.2 (#171, #176).
• Updated the plugin to Node 18 and npm (#172, #173).
• Added an alert for the theme parsing error (#175).
• Updated the default function to support Grafana 10 (#178).
• Tested the plugin on Grafana 10 Preview (#179).

4.4.0 (2023-05-25)

Theme editor, updated Google maps, and increased test coverage in Business Charts 4.4.0.

Features / Enhancements

• Increased the test coverage and updated the test library (#163).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.5.2 (#164).
• Updated the Google Maps extension to version 1.6.0 (#164).
• Integrated E2E Cypress tests into the testing cycle (#165).
• Added Theme Editor to enable usage of custom themes (#167).
• Updated the documentation (#166, #168).

4.3.1 (2023-04-21)

Breaking changes

• Removed the getDataSourceSrv parameter due to security reasons.

US and World maps, ECharts 5.4.2, and annotations in Business Charts 4.3.1.

4.3.0 (2023-04-16)

Features / Enhancements

• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.4.7 (#146).
• Added getDataSourceSrv parameter to retrieve the entry point to data sources (#146).
• Updated to Apache ECharts library 5.4.2 (#147).
• Updated U.S. and world GeoJSON maps used in the GeoMap module (#154).
• Added the Alert State and Annotations (#155).

4.2.0 (2023-03-04)

EventBus, removed padding, and transparent background in Business Charts 4.2.0.

Features / Enhancements

• Added EventBus to the available parameters for publishing events (#122).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.3.6 (#132).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.4.3 (#142).
• Updated CI and release workflows (#134).
• Added NoPadding to remove extra padding around (#138).
• Set the background color as transparent by default (#139).
• Added the Magic (JavaScript) Trio tutorial (#141).

4.1.0 (2023-01-12)

Streaming, data zoom, and documentation updates in Business Charts 4.1.0.

Features / Enhancements

• Synchronized the README file with the product documentation (#111).
• Added the Streaming support for WebSockets and Grafana Live (#113).
• Moved the InfluxDB example to the guest blog post (#115).
• Updated the documentation and tutorials in the README file (#116).
• Added the data zooming to the default Line example (#117).

4.0.0 (2022-12-20)

Breaking changes

• World and U.S. GeoJSON maps are not loaded by default. Please select JSON in the Maps option.

Maps breaking changes, examples, and documentation updates in Business Charts 4.0.0.

Features / Enhancements

• Update ECharts Examples at https://echarts.volkovlabs.io (#103).
• Added the Calendar examples at https://echarts.volkovlabs.io (#105).
• Updated the README file and moved the product documentation to the documentation site (#107).

Bug fixes

• Fixed JavaScript code in the product documentation (#102).

3.8.0 (2022-12-10)

Features / Enhancements

• Updated the documentation about the event handling (#80).
• Added the Histograms, Clustering, and Regression tutorial (#83).
• Added the Provisioning dashboards for ECharts examples at https://echarts.volkovlabs.io (#91).
• Added support for Gaode Maps (#95).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.3.1 (#97).
• Added support for Google Maps (#98).
• Refactored the support for maps (#99).
• Updated to Apache ECharts library 5.4.1 (#101).

Bug fixes

• Fixed the Disabled Format options (#88).

3.7.0 (2022-11-16)

Features / Enhancements

• Limit the URL for loading the Baidu map (#76).

3.6.0 (2022-11-13)

Features / Enhancements

• Updated CI to Node 16 and synchronized it with the release workflow (#65).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.2.2 (#66).
• Updated thumbnails of video tutorials on YouTube (#66).
• Updated CI to upload signed artifacts (#68).
• Added the Statistics tool (Regression, Clustering, etc.) (#69).
• Added event handling for mouse events (#71).
• Added suggestions for available parameters in Monaco Code Editor (#32).
• Improved the test coverage (#8).
• Added Status notification on event handling (#74).
• Added support for Baidu maps (#64).
• Added tutorials on how to load and use Baidu maps (#75).

3.5.0 (2022-10-04)

Features / Enhancements

• Updated to Apache ECharts library 5.4.0 (#52).
• Added the Stacked Bar Graph (InfluxDB) example (#55).
• Added examples into the README file and updated links in the Plugin.json file (#56).

3.4.0 (2022-09-21)

Features / Enhancements

• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.1.0 (#37).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.1.6 (#50).
• Added a YouTube tutorial for PNG/SVG images (#38).
• Explained access to dashboard variables into the README file (#39).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.1.4 (#44).
• Added a video tutorial about Grafana variables (#45).
• Added instructions about data sources into the README file (#46).
• Added the Compatibility check workflow (#49).
• Add ECharts-GL extension, which provides 3D plots, globe visualization and WebGL acceleration (#51)

3.3.0 (2022-08-12)

Breaking changes

• Signed as Community Plugin.

Features / Enhancements

• Added support for showing the plugin in Grafana Catalog (#35).

3.2.0 (2022-08-09)

Features / Enhancements

• Added links to video tutorials on YouTube into the README file (#29).
• Added video tutorials on YouTube (#31).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.0.6 (#34).

3.1.0 (2022-07-11)

Features / Enhancements

• Added description of setOption() into the README file and options (#12).
• Fixed the issue with the missing maps JSON files (#14).
• Registered U.S. and World maps (#20).
• Added the auto formatting (#21).
• Added compatibility with Grafana 9.0.2 (#22).
• Added support for the replaceVariables variables support in the code editor (#9).
• Added the locationService parameter (#24).
• Integrated the Liquid fill plugin (#25).

Bug fixes

• Resolved the issue with chart corruption after resetting the zoom (#13).

3.0.0 (2022-06-19)

Breaking changes

• Requires Grafana 8.5+ or 9.0+.
• Uses Monaco Code Editor instead of Code Mirror.
• Based on the ECharts 5.3.3.
• Removes outdated ECharts Extensions (echarts-wordcloud, echarts-liquidfill, echarts-gl).

Features / Enhancements

• Initial Release based on the bilibala-echarts-panel 2.2.4.
• Updated based on Volkov Labs panel Template 2.0.0.
• Refactored the plugin code (#2).
• Replaced Code Mirror with Monaco Code Editor (#3).
• Refactored panel and updated plugin files (#4).
• Updated the provisioning, screenshots, and removed Follow Theme (#5).
• Added SVG and Canvas Renderer (#6).