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> Support for `$__range` and `$__range_ms` only available from Grafana v5.3
It's possible to use some global template variables in Prometheus query template variables; `$__interval`, `$__interval_ms`, `$__range` and `$__range_ms`, where `$__range` is the dashboard's current time range and `$__range_ms` is the current range in milliseconds.
It's possible to use some global built-in variables in query variables; `$__interval`, `$__interval_ms`, `$__range` and `$__range_ms`, see [Global built-in variables](/reference/templating/#global-built-in-variables) for more information. These can be convenient to use in conjunction with the `query_result` function when you need to filter variable queries since
`label_values` function doesn't support queries.
Make sure to set the variable's `refresh` trigger to be `On Time Range Change` to get the correct instances when changing the time range on the dashboard.
**Example usage:**
Populate a variable with the the busiest 5 request instances based on average QPS over the time range shown in the dashboard:
```
Query: query_result(topk(5, sum(rate(http_requests_total[$__range])) by (instance)))
Regex: /"([^"]+)"/
```
Populate a variable with the instances having a certain state over the time range shown in the dashboard: