Timepicker Buttons Panel for Grafana

A Grafana panel which allows you to create a list of buttons which set specific times (retrieved from a datasource) on the dashboard's timepicker when clicked.

Compatibility

This plugin works with Grafana 7.0.0 and up.

For older versions, check out the releases page.

Installation

sudo service grafana-server stop
cd /var/lib/grafana/plugins
sudo git clone https://github.com/WilliamVenner/grafana-timepicker-buttons
sudo mv grafana-timepicker-buttons williamvenner-timepickerbuttons-panel
sudo chown grafana:grafana williamvenner-timepickerbuttons-panel -R
sudo chmod 774 williamvenner-timepickerbuttons-panel -R
sudo service grafana-server start

Usage

Display Style Configuration

The timepicker can be configured to display buttons (vertically or horizontally), or as a dropdown list.

Field Mapping

All dates and times should use UTC.

The data returned from the datasource must be formatted as a Table, not a Time Series.

The panel can be configured to indicate which fields are mapped to the button properties:

The data fields returned from the datasource should be mapped with the following panel configuration settings:

Column	Default Value	Description
Time From Field	time_from	RequiredA UNIX Timestamp (`Number`)This will set the "From" part of the time range.The value can include or exclude ms. Example: 1612413008000 or 1612413008
Time To Field	time_to	OptionalA UNIX Timestamp (`Number`)This will set the "To" part of the time range. The value can include or exclude ms. Example: 1612413008000 or 1612413008If this is not supplied, it will default to `now`.
Button Text Field	button_text	OptionalWhat the text inside the button will say.If this is not supplied, it will default to a locale-formatted timestamp.
Primary Field	primary	OptionalField used to determine if the button will be marked with a `star` icon
Primary Value	1	OptionalA Regex pattern to perform on the `Primary Field`. If matched the button will be marked with a `star` icon.