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		dig1 on May 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Grafana 7.0 Also to mention frequently asked feature: alerts using queries and templated variables [1][2]. Creating even simple generic dashboards with alerts is not possible, unless variables are hardcoded in hidden queries. [1] https://community.grafana.com/t/template-variables-are-not-s... [2] https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/6557

hobochili on May 19, 2020 | [–]

Agreed. If Grafana alerts supported templated variables I would migrate a decent chunk of my monitoring stack. But without templated variables the alert system feels half baked and I almost prefer it not even be a feature.

atrandom on May 18, 2020 | [–]

yes, this is a huge pain point for us as well

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