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Release Notes

Track the evolution of the Business Text panel with these release notes, highlighting new features, enhancements, fixes, and breaking changes across all versions.

5.7.0 (2025-03-05)​

This release introduces new context refresh functionality, improves external resource handling, and updates to Grafana 11.5 with the latest dependencies and attestation in the release workflow.

5.6.0 (2024-12-15)​

This update focuses on enhancing the Code Editor with updated packages for improved functionality.

5.5.0 (2024-12-09)​

Enhancements to the Autosize Code Editor toolbar, new helper functions, and support for variable replacement in URLs, alongside updates to Grafana 11.4.

5.4.0 (2024-09-12)​

Improved panel rendering for data source issues, added new Code Editor features, and enhanced styling and partials loading.

5.3.0 (2024-08-22)​

Introduced partials for external HTML loading, added expandable editors, and updated the provisioning dashboard.

Handlebars partials, expandable editors, and migration updates in Business Text 5.3.0
Handlebars partials, expandable editors, and migration updates in Business Text 5.3.0

5.2.0 (2024-07-25)​

Focused on improving helpers migration and updating to Grafana 11.1 with the latest dependencies.

5.1.0 (2024-07-01)​

Enhanced asynchronous code execution, added E2E testing in Docker, and updated video tutorials.

5.0.0 (2024-06-06)​

Breaking Changes
  • Requires Grafana 10 or 11
  • Removed external scripts (deprecated in Grafana 11); use imports instead
  • Removed non-context code parameters; update to use context
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

Major update with breaking changes for Grafana 10/11 compatibility, rebranding to Business Text panel, and significant enhancements like ES6 module support and new panel settings.

Grafana 11, context breaking changes, and importing JS modules in Business Text 5.0.0
Grafana 11, context breaking changes, and importing JS modules in Business Text 5.0.0