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Fabian Müller posted Wed January 14, 2026 09:36 AM
Hello everyone
I am currently trying to build a dynamic Grafana dashboard that allows switching between multiple Instana Data Sources (e.g., instana-dev and instana-int) using a template variable.
My Setup:
  • I have created a Datasource Variable (type: Datasource, filtered for Instana).
  • In my panels, the data source is configured to use this variable: ${DS_INSTANA}.
The Problem:
When I switch the data source via the dropdown menu, the panel's "Application" selection is lost or becomes invalid. This is expected because the Application IDs differ between the various Instana instances.
Does anyone have any ideas or best practices on how to resolve this? Is there a way to make the application selection dynamic so it updates based on the selected data source?
Thank you in advance!