# Assign dashboard query result to variable **URL:** \ **Category:** Configuration\ **Tags:** query-help\ **Created:** [January 24, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/assign-dashboard-query-result-to-variable/59540 "2022-01-24T20:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![viacheslavzakhvatov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/958977/32.png) [@viacheslavzakhvatov](https://community.grafana.com/u/viacheslavzakhvatov)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/assign-dashboard-query-result-to-variable/59540/1 "2022-01-24T20:38:00Z")
Hello In Dashboard settings\>Variables\>Edit i can create a variable referencing a dashboard i already have. what is the syntax of querying the dashboard? ive read this (awaited to find syntax there) > **[Add variables](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/variables/variable-types/)** > > Variables types Grafana uses several types of variables. > Variable type Description Query Query-generated list of values such as metric names, server … , > **[Share query results](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels/share-query-results/)** > > Share query results between panels Grafana let you use the query result from one panel for any other panel in the dashboard. Sharing query results across … and all other places in documentation about dashboards as data sources and queries. thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![viacheslavzakhvatov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/958977/32.png) [@viacheslavzakhvatov](https://community.grafana.com/u/viacheslavzakhvatov)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/assign-dashboard-query-result-to-variable/59540/2 "2022-01-25T15:32:16Z")
so… my admin updated grafana to latest 8.\* and the dashboard word from that dropdown list for variables completely disappeared. still i can query grafana as datasource - question is how?