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Panel Options

Panel-level options apply to the whole weathermap. Open the panel options sidebar and look under Panel and Link Options.

Background

  • Color — the canvas background color.
  • Image — set a background image by URL (floor plan, geographic map, building outline, network zones). Choose an Image Fit (contain / cover / auto).
  • Move With Map — when enabled, the background image is drawn inside the map canvas so it pans and zooms together with the nodes and links. When off (default), the image stays fixed like a wallpaper.

Image URLs are validated

Only relative Grafana paths and http/https URLs are allowed; unsafe schemes are rejected.

Canvas size, zoom, and offset

Option Purpose
Viewbox Width / Height (px) The logical size of the drawing area.
Zoom Scale Current zoom level (also controlled by scroll — see Interactions).
View Offset X / Y Current pan offset.
Display Timestamp Show the time-range end timestamp in the corner.

Grid

Enable Grid to snap node dragging to a fixed grid, set the grid size, and optionally show guides. Great for aligning large maps.

Value Display Mode

Controls how each metric is resolved from the data points across the selected dashboard time range:

Mode Meaning
Last The most recent data point (default).
Average Mean of all points in the range.
Min Smallest value in the range.
Max Largest value in the range.
95th Percentile 95th percentile over the range.

Use Average / 95th Percentile for capacity-planning views where a single-point snapshot is misleading; Max to catch peaks.

Timeline Slider

Enable Timeline Slider to add a scrubber at the bottom of the panel. Drag it to move through the selected time range and see link values as they were at that moment — the map's link values update retroactively.

  • A timestamp label shows the selected time.
  • The Live button returns to the latest/aggregate value.
  • Off by default; enabling it changes nothing until you scrub.

Perfect for incident retrospectives (replay an outage), trend analysis, and comparing peak vs. baseline periods.

Scope

The slider currently scrubs link values. Node status coloring follows the latest value.

  • Default Link Units — the unit formatter used by links that don't set their own.
  • Link Value Decimal Places — fixes decimal precision on link labels (blank = automatic).

Coloring behavior

Option Purpose
Color Scale Mode Match thresholds by percent (current ÷ bandwidth) or by absolute value.
Gradient Color Blend the link color between its A and Z endpoint colors.
Dynamic Stroke Scale link stroke width with utilization (min/max width).
Flow Animation Animate the link's dashes in the direction of flow (with a speed setting).

Color scale / thresholds

Define the Color Scale — a list of threshold → color stops. Depending on Color Scale Mode, thresholds are matched against utilization percent or the raw value. The legend at the bottom of the panel reflects these bands. Thresholds above 100% are supported for oversubscribed links.

Tooltip settings

Customize the hover tooltip: font size, text/background colors, inbound/outbound line colors, and whether the mini graph scales to bandwidth.