Business Intelligence 2.6.0: Alerting Page, Action History, and Event Details Unveiled

We’re excited to introduce the public preview of Business Intelligence 2.6.0, a significant update designed to elevate alerting and event management. Crafted by Volkov Labs, this release for the Business Intelligence platform delivers powerful new features, including:

• A centralized Alerting Page for monitoring events across high availability clusters.
• A dedicated Action History Page to track sent notifications.
• Improved Event Details with visible data frame fields for better insights.
• Compatibility with Grafana 11.5.2 transformations in utilities.
• A streamlined Business Engine Docker image through an optimized build process.
• An updated Business Engine OpenAPI specification for seamless integrations.

Join Mikhail as he showcases these game-changing updates in detail:

Business Alerting, Action History, and Event Page Updates in Business Intelligence 2.6.0

Spotlight: Supercharge Alerting with Dashboard Variables

Dive deeper into Business Alerting by learning how dashboard variables can transform your workflows in Grafana:

Mastering Business Alerting: Dashboard Variables in Grafana Cloud

Alerting Page: Unified Insights Across Clusters

The new Alerting Page brings all alerts from multiple high availability clusters into a single, intuitive view. Whether you’re overseeing a handful or hundreds of alerts, this page provides a comprehensive overview of their current states, simplifying monitoring and response.

Stay tuned for upcoming filtering and sorting capabilities to further enhance your analysis.

Alerting Page in Business Studio for unified cluster monitoring.

Action History Page: Full Visibility into Notifications

The Action History Page offers a detailed record of messages triggered by alert actions, ensuring complete transparency. Access it in just a few steps:

1. Select a Business Engine, go to the Actions tab, and choose an alert action.
2. Navigate to the Action History page.
3. Review submitted messages, including resolved variable values where applicable.

This feature guarantees you can trace every notification’s path with ease.

Action History Page displaying submitted messages.

Event Details: Enhanced Clarity with Data Frame Fields

For alerts in the Alerting state, the Event Details page now highlights data frame column headers. This visual enhancement makes interpreting alert data faster and more intuitive, empowering quicker troubleshooting and informed decision-making.

Data frame headers bring clarity to the Event Details page.

Seamless Grafana Transformation Compatibility

Business Intelligence 2.6.0 is fully aligned with Grafana 11.5.2 transformations, ensuring smooth integration. While most core Grafana transformations—built on a universal framework—function flawlessly, certain specialized transformations tied to specific data sources or use cases may exhibit inconsistencies.

Transformation Note

If you encounter issues with niche, source-specific transformations, don’t hesitate to contact us. We’re here to help resolve any challenges!

Optimized Business Engine Docker Image

We’ve refined the build process to significantly reduce the size of the Business Engine Docker image. This behind-the-scenes optimization enhances efficiency across development, testing, and deployment, enabling faster updates and smoother operations.

Updated OpenAPI Specification

The Business Engine’s OpenAPI specification has been updated to support the latest features, ensuring third-party developers can maintain seamless integrations and build custom workflows with confidence.

Downloads: Business Studio 2.6.0

Secure Releases

All MacOS and Windows installers are signed, notarized, and built using automated GitHub workflows for maximum security and reliability.

• 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

Getting Started

Business Intelligence Platform is a powerful solution that harnesses Docker containers to deliver a modular, scalable, and user-friendly environment for alert-driven analytics. Whether you're just starting out or are an experienced user, our Quick Start Guide is designed to help you set up and deploy the platform effortlessly.

This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough of the essential setup process, ensuring you can get up and running in no time. Key topics include:

• Configuring the Business Engine: Understand how to set up the core component that powers your analytics.
• Launching the Business Studio: Deploy and access the intuitive interface on your local machine for seamless management and visualization.

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!