The updated New Relic plugin for Grafana introduces several enhancements, including the integration of New Relic as a data source for Grafana Cloud and Enterprise users, allowing them to visualize and transform data without relocating it. The plugin now supports the use of the New Relic Query Language (NRQL) for creating template variables, enhancing query capabilities with regex filtering and requiring a Personal API key for configuration. Additionally, the plugin adds alerting functionality, allowing users to set up alert rules for graph panels based on calculated thresholds, improving data-driven decision-making processes. These updates, along with the Grafana 7.0 transformations, enable the creation of actionable dashboards that correlate New Relic data with other metrics, logs, and traces, further enhancing the observability capabilities of Grafana users. For those interested, more details and support are available through the New Relic solutions page and by contacting their team.