Feature request · Reporting & analytics · Blocks work
Alerting does not work with queries that use template variables
2 source threads · first seen 2016-11 · last seen 2017-05
Summary
A user wants alerts to support queries using template variables, generating a query per variable combination. They currently rely on a workaround that loses context.
- Workaround
- Use an invisible wildcard metric, which loses context.
Evidence
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“Due to the limitation of not being able to utilize template variables with alerting”
“It would be pretty useful if grafana would support alerting for queries using template variables”