Business Intelligence 2.3.0: Streamlined Onboarding, Licensing, and Code Editing

We’re thrilled to announce the public preview of Business Intelligence 2.3.0, a powerful update from Volkov Labs that elevates the Business Intelligence platform. This release brings a host of enhancements designed to simplify workflows and boost productivity, including:

• Two new guides for seamless onboarding.
• Business Studio improvements:
  • Hassle-free license token updates.
  • Seamless auto-updates.
  • New Results Sample Size for alert row management.
  • Advanced Monaco code editor for crafting action messages.
  • Optimized alert condition overrides.
• Enhanced high-availability and load balancing for robust performance.

Read on to explore how these updates can transform your BI experience with Grafana.

Kickstart Your Journey with Two New Guides

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned user, getting started with Business Intelligence has never been easier. We’ve introduced two comprehensive guides to help you hit the ground running.

Quick Start Guide

• The Quick Start guide provides a streamlined path with minimal steps.
• Prerequisites: An existing Grafana instance and a production database.
• Result: Have Business Studio operational in just minutes.

A glimpse of the Quick Start guide.

Step-by-Step Tutorial

Join Daria in a detailed video tutorial that walks you through the installation process and shows you how to create and assign your first alert action to a rule.

How to Get Started with Business Intelligence Platform for Grafana 2.3.0

Effortless License Token Updates

Transitioning from a Community to a Production license is now a breeze. Forget about fiddling with environment variables—Business Studio makes it simple:

• Navigate to Update Engine License in the settings.
• Enter your new token in the Token field and click Save.
• Outcome: Both Business Studio and Engine licenses are updated in one go.

Easily update your Engine License in Business Studio.

Stay Current with Auto-Updates

Business Studio now automatically checks for updates on GitHub every hour (available for MacOS and Windows). When a new version is released, a convenient dialog prompts you to restart and apply the update, ensuring you’re always using the latest features without any manual effort.

Auto-update prompt in Business Studio.

Fine-Tune Alerts with Results Sample Size

Take control of your alert data with the new Results Sample Size parameter, designed to manage how many alert rows are saved for analysis:

1. Select an engine, navigate to Alert Rules, and choose a rule.
2. On the Settings page under Evaluation, select All Values or Percentage (note: not available for Last Value).
3. Define the sample size in the Event section.

This feature helps you balance data depth with manageability, ensuring actionable insights without overload.

Configure Results Sample Size for alert rules.

Craft Alert Messages with Monaco Code Editor

Elevate your alert message creation with the Monaco code editor, now integrated into the action edit window. Key features include:

• Full support for Handlebars syntax.
• Intelligent code suggestions (triggered by typing . after event).
• Automatic code formatting for clean, readable templates.

Instantly preview your messages on the Preview page to ensure they’re just right.

Monaco code editor for crafting alert message templates.

Code suggestions appear after typing 'event.' in Monaco.

Optimized Alert Condition Overrides

We’ve refined alert condition overrides for better efficiency. A dedicated table in the Business Engine database schema and other performance enhancements ensure smoother operations. Explore the updated schema for a deeper look at these improvements.

Business Engine database schema featuring the overrides table.

Boosted High-Availability & Load Balancing

Behind-the-scenes upgrades enhance reliability and performance, especially for multi-engine setups managing high volumes of alerts. These improvements ensure your BI platform scales effortlessly with your needs.

Download Business Studio 2.3.0 Today

Secure & Signed Releases

Our MacOS and Windows installers are signed, notarized, and built using automated GitHub workflows to guarantee the highest security standards.

• MacOS:
  • Apple Disk Image (Apple Silicon)
  • Apple Disk Image (Intel x86)
  • ZIP (Apple Silicon)
  • ZIP (Intel x86)
• Linux:
  • RPM (arm64)
  • RPM (x64)
  • Debian (arm64)
  • Debian (x86)
• Windows:
  • Executable

Ready to experience Business Intelligence 2.3.0? Download now and let us know how these updates work for you!

We’d Love to Hear From You!

Your feedback and ideas are invaluable to us! Here’s how you can get involved:

• Questions, Feature Requests, or Bugs: Submit a Zendesk ticket to receive a swift and personalized response from our dedicated support team.
• Join the Community: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and share your thoughts or suggestions in the comments.

Your input is crucial in helping us grow and improve, so please don’t hesitate to reach out!