Card #3628 · Grafana
Issues with template variable quoting and multi-value selection
Users are experiencing inconsistent behavior when using template variables in queries, specifically regarding missing quotes for single values and failures when multi-value selection is enabled. This leads to query errors and confusion during configuration.
Pain score
0.14/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.73distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.23upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.25willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 3 verified quotes
the query does not work if i select “multi-value”
What I observed is that if only one value is selected , it’s not quoted.
the editor re-instantiates the double quote each time . do confusing for novice
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