Commit 624dac16 by Daniel Lee

docs: add variable regex examples (#11327)

parent f41f2089
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title = "Variables"
keywords = ["grafana", "templating", "documentation", "guide"]
keywords = ["grafana", "templating", "documentation", "guide", "template", "variable"]
type = "docs"
[menu.docs]
name = "Variables"
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*Regex* | Regex to filter or capture specific parts of the names return by your data source query. Optional.
*Sort* | Define sort order for options in dropdown. **Disabled** means that the order of options returned by your data source query will be used.
#### Using regex to filter/modify values in the Variable dropdown
Using the Regex Query Option, you filter the list of options returned by the Variable query or modify the options returned.
Examples of filtering on the following list of options:
```text
backend_01
backend_02
backend_03
backend_04
```
##### Filter so that only the options that end with `01` or `02` are returned:
Regex:
```regex
/.*[01|02]/
```
Result:
```text
backend_01
backend_02
```
##### Filter and modify the options using a regex capture group to return part of the text:
Regex:
```regex
/.*(01|02)/
```
Result:
```text
01
02
```
#### Filter and modify - Prometheus Example
List of options:
```text
up{instance="demo.robustperception.io:9090",job="prometheus"} 1 1521630638000
up{instance="demo.robustperception.io:9093",job="alertmanager"} 1 1521630638000
up{instance="demo.robustperception.io:9100",job="node"} 1 1521630638000
```
Regex:
```regex
/.*instance="([^"]*).*/
```
Result:
```text
demo.robustperception.io:9090
demo.robustperception.io:9093
demo.robustperception.io:9100
```
### Query expressions
The query expressions are different for each data source.
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