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The Business Media panel is a Grafana plugin that renders PNG, JPG, GIF, MP4, WEBM, MP3, OGG, and PDF files encoded in the base64 format and URL.

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Business Media for Grafana

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Introduction

The Business Media panel is a Grafana plugin that renders PNG, JPG, GIF, MP4, WEBM, MP3, OGG, and PDF files encoded in the base64 format and URL.

Display images and PDF on Grafana using Business Media panel

Requirements

The Business Media panel version requirements for Grafana are as follows:

  • Business Media panel 6.X requires Grafana 10 or Grafana 11.
  • Business Media panel 5.X requires Grafana 10 or Grafana 11.
  • Base64 Image/PDF panel 4.X requires Grafana 9 or Grafana 10.
  • Base64 Image/PDF panel 3.X requires Grafana 8.5 or Grafana 9.
  • Base64 Image/PDF panel 2.X requires Grafana 8.
  • Base64 Image/PDF panel 1.X requires Grafana 7.1.

Getting Started

You can install the Business Media Panel from the Grafana Plugins catalog or use the Grafana command line tool.

For the latter, please use the following command.

grafana-cli plugins install volkovlabs-image-panel

Highlights

  • The media file can be specified in the base64 format or as a URL link.
  • Multiple media files display with pagination functionality.
  • The returned value can include base64 encoded content with or without a specified definition. The formats for the definition can look like data:image/jpg;base64,ENCODED-CONTENT or data:application/pdf;base64,ENCODED-CONTENT.
  • If the data source returns more than one field of the string type, you can select the Field Name in the panel's display options.
  • You can fit image dimensions to the panel size, keep the original values, or adjust dimensions based on the manually supplied values.
  • Allows adding a URL with a title to navigate to other dashboards when clicking the image. URL supports dashboard variables.
  • Provides a toolbar to download, zoom, and navigate between media files.

Documentation

Section Description
Supported formats Explains what formats are supported and how to display media files.
Options Describes all plugin options
Features Demonstrates panel capabilities.
Tutorials Easy to follow tutorials
Release Notes Stay up to date with the latest features and updates.

Business Suite for Grafana

The Business Suite is a collection of open source plugins created and actively maintained by Volkov Labs.

The collection aims to solve the most frequent business tasks by providing an intuitive interface with detailed written documentation, examples, and video tutorials.

Business Suite for Grafana

Enterprise Support

With the Business Suite Enterprise, you're not just getting a product, you're getting a complete support system. You'll have a designated support team ready to tackle any issues.

You can contact us via Zendesk, receive priority in feature requests and bug fixes, meet with us for in-person consultation, and get access to the Business Intelligence. It's a package that's designed to make your life easier.

Always happy to hear from you

License

Apache License Version 2.0, see LICENSE.