diff --git a/docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v2-1.md b/docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v2-1.md index 809c89fecb9..ceb19c51a66 100644 --- a/docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v2-1.md +++ b/docs/sources/guides/whats-new-in-v2-1.md @@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ Dashboard links can be added under dashboard settings. Either defined as static dashboard links or dropdowns based on custom dashboard search query. These links appear in the same row under the top menu where template variables appear. +- - - + ### Better local Dashboard support -Grafana can now index Dashboards saved locally as JSON from a given directory. +Grafana can now index Dashboards saved locally as JSON from a given directory. These file based dashboards +will appear in the regular dashboard search along regular DB dashboards. > ***Note:*** Saving local dashboards back the folder is not supported; this feature is meant for statically generated JSON dashboards. @@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ Grafana can now index Dashboards saved locally as JSON from a given directory. ## New Authentication Options New authentication methods add numerous options to manage users, roles and organizations. -Grafana 2.1 also includes a "Read-only Editor" role. ### LDAP support This highly requested feature now allows your Grafana users to login with their LDAP credentials. @@ -80,12 +82,12 @@ The Viewer role has been modified in Grafana 2.1 so that users assigned this rol ## Data source Improvements ### InfluxDB 0.9 Support -Grafana 2.1 now comes with full support for InfluxDB 0.9. There is a new query editor designed from the start +Grafana 2.1 now comes with full support for InfluxDB 0.9. There is a new query editor designed from scratch for the new features InfluxDB 0.9 enables. -![InfluxDB Support](/img/v2/influx-query.gif "InfluxDB Support") -

+![InfluxDB Editor](/img/v2/influx_09_editor_anim.gif "InfluxDB Editor") +
### OpenTSDB Data Source improvements Grafana OpenTSDB data source now supports template variable values queries. This means you can create @@ -107,13 +109,20 @@ Overriding the colors of specific series using regular expressions, changing how and allowing string values will help you better understand your data at a glance. ### Graph Panel -Define series color using regex rule -![Define series color using regex rule ](/img/v2/regex_color.gif "Define series color using regex rule ") +Define series color using regex rule. This is useful when you have templated graphs with series names +that change depending selected template variables. Using a regex style override rule you could +for example make all series that contain the word **CPU** `red` and assigned to the second y axis. + +![Define series color using regex rule](/img/v2/regex_color_override.png "Define series color using regex rule") + +New series style override, negative-y transform and stack groups. Negative y tranform is +very useful if you want to plot a series on the negative y scale without affecting the legend values like min or max or +the values shown in the hover tooltip. -New series style override, negative-y transform and stack groups ![Negative-y Transform](/img/v2/negative-y.png "Negative-y Transform") ![Negative-y Transform](/img/v2/negative-y-form.png "Negative-y Transform") ### Singlestat Panel -Now support string values - read more about [Singlestat Panels](../reference/singlestat.md) +Now support string values. Useful for time series database like InfluxDB that supports +string values.