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title: "Features | Grafana Plugins documentation"
description: "Learn about the extensive features of the Business Variable panel including sorting, key-value formats, and dashboard redirects."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Features

The Business Variable panel provides an extensive set of features.

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| Section                                                                                                                   | Description                                       |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| [Sort by status](https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/volkovlabs-variable-panel/latest/features/sort/)                        | Sort by any field from the data source            |
| [Key-values format in variables](https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/volkovlabs-variable-panel/latest/features/key/)         | Use the key-values format in variables            |
| [Empty value in multi-value variables](https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/volkovlabs-variable-panel/latest/features/empty/) | Empty value in multi-value variables              |
| [Persistent mode](https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/volkovlabs-variable-panel/latest/features/persistent/)                 | Allows to keep the selected values if unavailable |
| [Redirect dashboards](https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/volkovlabs-variable-panel/latest/features/redirect/)               | Open another dashboard from the Variable panel    |
| [Input text box](https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/volkovlabs-variable-panel/latest/features/input/)                       | Input Text Box                                    |