Release Notes
Release Notes for the Business Text panel.
5.6.0 (2024-12-15)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated packages for Code Editor (#380)
5.5.0 (2024-12-09)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated Autosize Code Editor toolbar (#362)
- Added helper statusColor from specific field (#375)
- Updated E2E tests (#377)
- Updated to Grafana 11.4 and dependencies (#378)
- Added replace variables in URLs (#376)
5.4.0 (2024-09-12)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated panel render if first data source does not have data (#353)
- Added wrap button in the code editor (#359)
- Updated Partials loading (#358)
- Updated hyperlinks style (#358)
5.3.0 (2024-08-22)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated Provisioning Dashboard (#346)
- Added partials to load external HTML (#345)
- Added Expandable Editors (#348)

5.2.0 (2024-07-25)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated helpers migration (#338)
- Updated to Grafana 11.1 and dependencies (#339)
5.1.0 (2024-07-01)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated before render code async and pass markdown instance (#322)
- Added running e2e tests in docker (#323)
- Updated Video tutorial (#330)
5.0.0 (2024-06-06)
Breaking changes
- Requires Grafana 10 and Grafana 11.
- Removed external scripts deprecated in Grafana 11. Use import instead.
- Removed non-context code parameters. Please update parameters to use
context
.

Code parameters migration guide
- data -> context.data
- dataFrame -> context.dataFrame
- eventBus -> context.grafana.eventBus
- getLocale -> context.grafana.getLocale
- handlebars -> context.handlebars
- locationService -> context.grafana.locationService
- panelData -> context.panelData
- replaceVariables -> context.grafana.replaceVariables
- timeRange -> context.grafana.timeRange
- timezone -> context.grafana.timezone
Features / Enhancements
- Added plugin e2e tests and remove cypress (#301)
- Updated name to Business Text panel (#304)
- Prepared for Grafana 11 (#304)
- Added ES6 Modules Support (#312)
- Added Units and Decimal in panel options (#311)
- Updated to Grafana 11.0 and dependencies (#315)
4.5.0 (2024-03-13)
Features / Enhancements
- Add Info message if sanitize enabled (#290)
- Update CSS styles responsive and supporting themes (#281)
- Update to Grafana 10.4.0 (#291)
4.4.0 (2024-03-06)
Breaking changes
- Requires Grafana 9.2 and Grafana 10
Features / Enhancements
- Updated context parameter (#270)
- Added theme object, notifySuccess & notifyError (#270)
- Updated dependencies and Actions (#271)
- Replaced custom code parameters with Code Parameters Builder (#285)
- Updated CSS class for the panel instead of a Row (#272)
- Updated Editor auto height from fixed value (#278)
- Disabled unitScale and fieldMinMax standard panel options (#286)
Bug fixes
- Fixed statusColor for Row (#280)
4.3.0 (2023-12-25)

Features / Enhancements
- Updated ESLint configuration and refactor (#239)
- Updated Collapse from @volkovlabs/components (#239)
- Updated Introduction video in README (#240)
- Added data render mode and passing selected data frame (#246)
- Updated to Grafana 10.2.2 and Volkov labs packages (#247)
- Added variableValue helper (#252)
- Added re-render on dashboard refresh (#252)
Bug fixes
- Fixed draggable icon in Grafana 10.3 (#249)
4.2.0 (2023-11-20)

Features / Enhancements
- Add ESLint deprecation check (#203)
- Add custom code option which is called after content is ready (#231)
- Add option to enabled/disable wrapping to support empty lines in HTML (#235)
- Add handlebars (startsWith, endsWith, match) (#211)
- Update ESLint configuration and sort imports (#236)
- Update to Plugin Tools 2.1.1 (#236)
- Use Grafana Access Policy to sign plugin (#236)
- Update to Grafana 10.2.1 (#237)
4.1.0 (2023-07-16)

Features / Enhancements
- Updated ESLint configuration (#192).
- Increased test coverage for the plugin's functionality (#194).
- Added the status field (#196).
- Added support for external JavaScript and CSS resources (#197).
4.0.0 (2023-06-26)
Breaking changes
- Requires Grafana 9 or Grafana 10

Features / Enhancements
- Increased the test coverage and updated the library to test React code (#177).
- Added the Event Bus object into a JavaScript function (#179).
- Migrated to Plugin Tools 1.5.2 (#183).
- Added compatibility with Grafana 10.0.0 (#166, #178, #183).
- Updated the plugin to Node.js 18 and npm (#183).
- Deprecated support for Grafana 8.5 (#183).
- Integrated E2E Cypress testing into the plugin (#184).
- Added support for variables in CSS styles editor (#185).
3.1.0 (2023-03-12)

Features / Enhancements
- Added support for the Time Zone and Time Range parameters in JavaScript code (#155).
- Added compatibility with Grafana 9.4.3 (#156).
- Added the Magic (JavaScript) Trio tutorial in the README file (#157).
- Updated the
replaceVariables
function with a scoped function (#160). - Added the Replace variables and Location service parameters for JavaScript code (#160).
3.0.0 (2023-02-19)
Breaking changes
The default Content and JavaScript editors are not displayed unless values are modified.
To display required editors, including the new Styles, they should be selected in the list.

Features / Enhancements
- Updated the features section in the README file with a new tutorial about JavaScript code editor (#141).
- Added compatibility with Grafana 9.3.6 (#147).
- Update the CI and release workflows (#147).
- Update the README file with a tutorial about using JavaScript (#148).
- Added custom styles (#149).
- Added an option to display optional editors (#149).
- Removed the panel padding (#150).
- Added the code syntax highlighting (#151).
2.2.0 (2023-01-09)

Features / Enhancements
- Added the
JSON
helper to show objects and arrays (#121). - Added compatibility with Grafana 9.3.1 (#122).
- Updated links in the product documentation (#130, #131).
- Added the
Split
helper (#132). - Refactored the text component and styles (#133).
- Added JavaScript code to add Handlebars helpers and event handlers (#134).
- Updated the default content to
{{json @root}}
and the code editor's panel height to200px
(#134). - Updated CSS to fit images into the screen area (#135).
- Added the
getLocale()
parameter into JavaScript сode (#137).
2.1.0 (2022-11-27)
Breaking changes
The code refactoring may introduce breaking changes. Please test the plugin before upgrading it on your production Grafana instances.

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 display 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).
2.0.0 (2022-11-02)
Breaking changes
- Requires Grafana 8.5 and newer.
Features / Enhancements
- Plugin maintenance was overtaken by Volkov Labs (#100).
- Updated the plugin based on Volkov Labs' panel template (#100).
- Added compatibility with Grafana 9.1.6 (#104).
- Added the "Dynamic Text Plugin for Grafana" video into the README file (#106).
- Updated CI to Node.js 16 and synchronized with the release workflow (#107).
- Added compatibility with Grafana 9.2.2 (#108).
- Updated screenshots and the plugin provisioning (#109).