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If grafana supported numeric entry fields and buttons it could easily replace wonderware intouch etc.

Traditional scada systems have such brutal plotting abilities they are ripe for disruption

for sure. we're continuously adding capabilities to the Canvas panel to support SCADA-type and flowchart use cases.

there's some initial movement towards "press Canvas element -> invoke HTTP api call":

we added streaming/websocket data sources a few major versions back.

i'm hoping to make something more standardized and pluggable like data sources.

I think OPC-UA uses http, and there are OPC-UA servers to talk to Just about every type of device, so maybe it is already possible.

I was looking at the canvas element to do an electrical single line diagram.