Grafana Datasource Variable - Value uses ID instead of Name

[mac3000]

Hi, We've recently upgraded Grafana to Version 10 (v10.2.2).

For the moment all is ok except for one issue -

We use Datasource (DS) Variables on most if not all of our Dashboards. On previous version, the name of the Datasource was also the Value we saw in browser URL, and that is what we used to link from other locations to these Dashboards + use in query of other Variables.

For some reason on the new version, the value we see is the Datasource ID and not name.

Any idea how we can fix this so we can use the Names and not IDs?

To try and reproduce, create a DS variable that will bring 1 or more results. In Results Preview you will see the Names of the DS. Then create a new Variable and use a Select query to just show value of the Variable you created before. In preview you should see same Value and not the DS ID.

Let me know if you need additional details.

Thanks

[sarahzinger]

@mac3000 Would you mind letting us know:

• what version of the sitewise plugin you're currently on
• and what version of grafana you were on when the variable used name instead of id?

[sarahzinger]

Just as a heads up I was not able to recreate this using the following repro steps. Let me know if you see something different with your set up!

• Was on Grafana 9.5.14 with sitewise 1.15
• Created a dashboard with a query template variable of type datasource and selected sitewise:
• Selected the variable as the datasource for the query:
• saved the dashboard.
• ensured I had other sitewise datasource instances as well to select from
• selected a particular datasource in the query dropdown and noted the url contained var-ds=nameofdatasource
• then upgraded main grafana to 10.2.2
• I tried to use the same url as before and the dashboard loaded just fine. I did notice that when I select different datasource queries, it does update the url with an id instead of a name, but it also seemed like the old name style still worked.

Let me know what if anything is different with your setup thanks!

[sarahzinger]

Closing since we are missing repro steps