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API Server for MySQL

API Server on Node.js enables retrieving and updating values in the MySQL database with Data Manipulation panel.

API Server for PostgreSQL

API Server on Node.js enables retrieving and updating values in the PostgreSQL database with Data Manipulation panel.

Business Forms

The Business Forms panel is a conceptually new plugin for Grafana. It is the first plugin that allows inserting and updating application data, as well as modifying configuration directly from your Grafana dashboard.

Business Forms panel and API Servers

Business Forms panel allows you to communicate data with the API servers. The following table lists the supported API servers and provides links to instructions on how to properly set up them.

Code Editor

The Code editor highlights keywords and formats the entered text. Specific for this element are the following options:

Code Editor Toolbar

The Business Forms panel supports the Code Editor toolbar starting from version 4.4.0. Additional buttons were added in 4.5.0.

Color Picker

The Color Picker allows to check color from palette.

Confirmation Window

The Confirmation window, if enabled, is shown after a user clicks the submit button to highlight changes made in the Business Form.

Control panel

The Business Forms panel plugin enables the creation of control panels with multiple sections and the same identifier.

Custom Button

The Custom button allows add custom button to panel.

Custom Code

Custom code allows you to access the panel's options, REST API responses, form elements, and various Grafana services.

Custom Requests

The Business Forms panel allows you to create your own initial and update requests with custom code.

Data Flow

Relevant starting from version 3.2.0.

Date

The Date type is available starting from version 4.9.0.

Date and Time

The Date and Time element gives access to the built-in date time Grafana component where a user can select a date and time using the familiar controls.

Dynamic forms

With custom code, you can update form elements or their values and options from any data source.

Features

The Business Forms panel provides an extensive set of features.

File

The File type allows users to access their file system to select a file. The file will be transferred as binary or Base64 encoded.

Form Elements

The Business Forms plugin is equipped with a wide variety of element types to cover almost any imaginable web application requirements.

InfluxDB API

Check the InfluxDB v2 API reference for details about API endpoints.

JSON API Server

JSON API Server on Node.js enables retrieving and updating JSON objects to test Data Manipulation panel.

Link

Below is supported starting from version 3.2.1 and Grafana 10.1.0.

Load Indication

If the data loading takes time, the Data Manipulation form will indicate that as follows.

Node-RED

Node-RED is a good companion for Data Manipulation panel because it is simple, provides a visual interface, and does not require any developer experience.

Number Input

The Number Input is a text box where users enter a number manually.

Number Slider

The Number Slider is a horizontal line with a toggle that a user can drag left and right with a mouse. Alternatively, the user can enter the integer number manually.

Password Input

The Password Input is a text box where every entered symbol is transformed into a dot.

Read-only

The Read-only type is sometimes also called the disabled type. It is a text box with a faded background and text. It does not allow a user to change the value it displays.

Read-only Text Area

This element type is similar to the Read-Only type with the difference that this one allows to display of multiple rows of text.

REST API

The Business Forms panel can request data (GET request) and update data (DELETE, PATCH, POST, or PUT request) or configuration through REST API.

String Input

The String Input is a text box where a user manually enters a string value.

Text Area

The Text Area is a rectangular area where a user can enter a text.

Time

The Time type is available starting from version 3.8.0.

Variables

Dashboard and global variables are replaced automatically in the following elements: