Created dashboard copy via HTTP API: alert on a copy does not work

Hello.

I’m using grafana v6.6.2 with influxdb and telegraf.

I’m trying to create a dashboard template and reuse it with different variables. Important detail here is that my dashboard has an alert. I have succeeded making a full copy of dashboard via API:

  1. Got the JSON model from original dashboard
  2. Removed dashboard ID
  3. Updated dashboard UID and title
  4. Inserted the JSON to API call
  5. Got the exact copy of the dashboard with different name and UID

This copy of a dashboard has the same alert with the same rule. But it does not ever trigger. However the same alert rule perfectly works on the original dashboard (since it’s the same query I can see how my action changes one alert state but does not affect the other). Seems like alert query on a second dashboard does not return any data.

What I’ve tried so far:

  1. Remove and recreate alert rule on a second dashboard manually from UI.
  2. Disable alert on initial dashboard.
  3. Remove dashboard on the initial alert.

Thanks for your replies.

Initial dashboard JSON model:

{
  "annotations": {
    "list": [
      {
        "builtIn": 1,
        "datasource": "-- Grafana --",
        "enable": true,
        "hide": true,
        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
        "limit": 100,
        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
        "showIn": 0,
        "type": "dashboard"
      }
    ]
  },
  "editable": true,
  "gnetId": null,
  "graphTooltip": 0,
  "id": 2,
  "iteration": 1586164301819,
  "links": [],
  "panels": [
    {
      "alert": {
        "alertRuleTags": {},
        "conditions": [
          {
            "evaluator": {
              "params": [
                120
              ],
              "type": "lt"
            },
            "operator": {
              "type": "and"
            },
            "query": {
              "params": [
                "A",
                "10m",
                "now"
              ]
            },
            "reducer": {
              "params": [],
              "type": "min"
            },
            "type": "query"
          }
        ],
        "executionErrorState": "keep_state",
        "for": "0m",
        "frequency": "5m",
        "handler": 1,
        "name": "Process elapsed time alert",
        "noDataState": "keep_state",
        "notifications": []
      },
      "aliasColors": {},
      "bars": false,
      "dashLength": 10,
      "dashes": false,
      "datasource": "ras",
      "fill": 1,
      "fillGradient": 0,
      "gridPos": {
        "h": 8,
        "w": 24,
        "x": 0,
        "y": 0
      },
      "hiddenSeries": false,
      "id": 6,
      "legend": {
        "avg": false,
        "current": false,
        "max": false,
        "min": false,
        "show": true,
        "total": false,
        "values": false
      },
      "lines": true,
      "linewidth": 1,
      "nullPointMode": "null",
      "options": {
        "dataLinks": []
      },
      "percentage": false,
      "pointradius": 2,
      "points": false,
      "renderer": "flot",
      "seriesOverrides": [],
      "spaceLength": 10,
      "stack": false,
      "steppedLine": false,
      "targets": [
        {
          "alias": "$tag_host: $tag_instance",
          "groupBy": [
            {
              "params": [
                "host"
              ],
              "type": "tag"
            },
            {
              "params": [
                "instance"
              ],
              "type": "tag"
            }
          ],
          "measurement": "ras_process",
          "orderByTime": "ASC",
          "policy": "default",
          "query": "SELECT \"Elapsed_Time\" FROM \"ras_process\" WHERE $timeFilter AND \"farm_site\" = '$farm_site' GROUP BY \"host\", \"instance\"",
          "rawQuery": false,
          "refId": "A",
          "resultFormat": "time_series",
          "select": [
            [
              {
                "params": [
                  "Elapsed_Time"
                ],
                "type": "field"
              }
            ]
          ],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "thresholds": [
        {
          "colorMode": "critical",
          "fill": true,
          "line": true,
          "op": "lt",
          "value": 120
        }
      ],
      "timeFrom": null,
      "timeRegions": [],
      "timeShift": null,
      "title": "Process elapsed time",
      "tooltip": {
        "shared": true,
        "sort": 0,
        "value_type": "individual"
      },
      "type": "graph",
      "xaxis": {
        "buckets": null,
        "mode": "time",
        "name": null,
        "show": true,
        "values": []
      },
      "yaxes": [
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        },
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        }
      ],
      "yaxis": {
        "align": false,
        "alignLevel": null
      }
    },
    {
      "aliasColors": {},
      "bars": false,
      "dashLength": 10,
      "dashes": false,
      "datasource": null,
      "fill": 1,
      "fillGradient": 0,
      "gridPos": {
        "h": 8,
        "w": 24,
        "x": 0,
        "y": 8
      },
      "hiddenSeries": false,
      "id": 4,
      "legend": {
        "avg": false,
        "current": false,
        "max": false,
        "min": false,
        "show": true,
        "total": false,
        "values": false
      },
      "lines": true,
      "linewidth": 1,
      "nullPointMode": "null",
      "options": {
        "dataLinks": []
      },
      "percentage": false,
      "pointradius": 2,
      "points": false,
      "renderer": "flot",
      "seriesOverrides": [],
      "spaceLength": 10,
      "stack": false,
      "steppedLine": false,
      "targets": [
        {
          "alias": "$tag_host",
          "groupBy": [
            {
              "params": [
                "host"
              ],
              "type": "tag"
            }
          ],
          "measurement": "win_cpu",
          "orderByTime": "ASC",
          "policy": "default",
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          "rawQuery": true,
          "refId": "A",
          "resultFormat": "time_series",
          "select": [
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                "params": [
                  "Percent_Idle_Time"
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                "type": "field"
              }
            ]
          ],
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      "timeFrom": null,
      "timeRegions": [],
      "timeShift": null,
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        "shared": true,
        "sort": 0,
        "value_type": "individual"
      },
      "type": "graph",
      "xaxis": {
        "buckets": null,
        "mode": "time",
        "name": null,
        "show": true,
        "values": []
      },
      "yaxes": [
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        },
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        }
      ],
      "yaxis": {
        "align": false,
        "alignLevel": null
      }
    },
    {
      "aliasColors": {},
      "bars": false,
      "dashLength": 10,
      "dashes": false,
      "datasource": "ras",
      "fill": 1,
      "fillGradient": 0,
      "gridPos": {
        "h": 8,
        "w": 24,
        "x": 0,
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      },
      "hiddenSeries": false,
      "id": 2,
      "legend": {
        "avg": false,
        "current": false,
        "max": false,
        "min": false,
        "show": true,
        "total": false,
        "values": false
      },
      "lines": true,
      "linewidth": 1,
      "nullPointMode": "null",
      "options": {
        "dataLinks": []
      },
      "percentage": false,
      "pointradius": 2,
      "points": false,
      "renderer": "flot",
      "seriesOverrides": [],
      "spaceLength": 10,
      "stack": false,
      "steppedLine": false,
      "targets": [
        {
          "groupBy": [],
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          "orderByTime": "ASC",
          "policy": "default",
          "query": "SELECT \"act_sess\" FROM \"ras\" WHERE $timeFilter AND \"farm_site\" = '$farm_site'",
          "rawQuery": true,
          "refId": "A",
          "resultFormat": "time_series",
          "select": [
            [
              {
                "params": [
                  "act_sess"
                ],
                "type": "field"
              }
            ]
          ],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "thresholds": [],
      "timeFrom": null,
      "timeRegions": [],
      "timeShift": null,
      "title": "Active sessions",
      "tooltip": {
        "shared": true,
        "sort": 0,
        "value_type": "individual"
      },
      "type": "graph",
      "xaxis": {
        "buckets": null,
        "mode": "time",
        "name": null,
        "show": true,
        "values": []
      },
      "yaxes": [
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        },
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        }
      ],
      "yaxis": {
        "align": false,
        "alignLevel": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "refresh": "30s",
  "schemaVersion": 22,
  "style": "dark",
  "tags": [],
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      {
        "current": {
          "selected": false,
          "text": "VM-5537D392F0BF - VM-5537D392F0BF",
          "value": "VM-5537D392F0BF - VM-5537D392F0BF"
        },
        "hide": 1,
        "label": "farm_site",
        "name": "farm_site",
        "options": [
          {
            "selected": true,
            "text": "VM-5537D392F0BF - VM-5537D392F0BF",
            "value": "VM-5537D392F0BF - VM-5537D392F0BF"
          }
        ],
        "query": "VM-5537D392F0BF - VM-5537D392F0BF",
        "skipUrlSync": false,
        "type": "constant"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "to": "now"
  },
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    "refresh_intervals": [
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      "10s",
      "30s",
      "1m",
      "5m",
      "15m",
      "30m",
      "1h",
      "2h",
      "1d"
    ]
  },
  "timezone": "browser",
  "title": "RAS Load",
  "uid": "3APGPVrWz",
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}

Template used for POST request:

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  "gnetId": null,
  "graphTooltip": 0,
  "panels": [
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      "alert": {
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              ],
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            },
            "operator": {
              "type": "and"
            },
            "query": {
              "params": [
                "A",
                "10m",
                "now"
              ]
            },
            "reducer": {
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            },
            "type": "query"
          }
        ],
        "executionErrorState": "keep_state",
        "for": "0m",
        "frequency": "1m",
        "handler": 1,
        "message": "",
        "name": "Process elapsed time alert:",
        "noDataState": "keep_state",
        "notifications": [
          {
            "uid": ""
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        ]
      },
      "aliasColors": {},
      "bars": false,
      "dashLength": 10,
      "dashes": false,
      "datasource": "ras",
      "fill": 1,
      "fillGradient": 0,
      "gridPos": {
        "h": 8,
        "w": 24,
        "x": 0,
        "y": 0
      },
      "hiddenSeries": false,
      "legend": {
        "avg": false,
        "current": false,
        "max": false,
        "min": false,
        "show": true,
        "total": false,
        "values": false
      },
      "lines": true,
      "linewidth": 1,
      "nullPointMode": "null",
      "options": {
        "dataLinks": []
      },
      "percentage": false,
      "pointradius": 2,
      "points": false,
      "renderer": "flot",
      "seriesOverrides": [],
      "spaceLength": 10,
      "stack": false,
      "steppedLine": false,
      "targets": [
        {
          "alias": "$tag_host: $tag_instance",
          "groupBy": [
            {
              "params": [
                "host"
              ],
              "type": "tag"
            },
            {
              "params": [
                "instance"
              ],
              "type": "tag"
            }
          ],
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          "orderByTime": "ASC",
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                "type": "field"
              }
            ]
          ],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
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          "fill": true,
          "line": true,
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        }
      ],
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      "timeRegions": [],
      "timeShift": null,
      "title": "Process elapsed time",
      "tooltip": {
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        "sort": 0,
        "value_type": "individual"
      },
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        "mode": "time",
        "name": null,
        "show": true,
        "values": []
      },
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          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        },
        {
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      ],
      "yaxis": {
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    },
    {
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      "legend": {
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        "max": false,
        "min": false,
        "show": true,
        "total": false,
        "values": false
      },
      "lines": true,
      "linewidth": 1,
      "nullPointMode": "null",
      "options": {
        "dataLinks": []
      },
      "percentage": false,
      "pointradius": 2,
      "points": false,
      "renderer": "flot",
      "seriesOverrides": [],
      "spaceLength": 10,
      "stack": false,
      "steppedLine": false,
      "targets": [
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          "groupBy": [
            {
              "params": [
                "host"
              ],
              "type": "tag"
            }
          ],
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          "orderByTime": "ASC",
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          "refId": "A",
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          "select": [
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              {
                "params": [
                  "Percent_Idle_Time"
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                "type": "field"
              }
            ]
          ],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "thresholds": [],
      "timeFrom": null,
      "timeRegions": [],
      "timeShift": null,
      "title": "CPU usage",
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        "shared": true,
        "sort": 0,
        "value_type": "individual"
      },
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        "mode": "time",
        "name": null,
        "show": true,
        "values": []
      },
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          "min": null,
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        {
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "dashes": false,
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      },
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        "current": false,
        "max": false,
        "min": false,
        "show": true,
        "total": false,
        "values": false
      },
      "lines": true,
      "linewidth": 1,
      "nullPointMode": "null",
      "options": {
        "dataLinks": []
      },
      "percentage": false,
      "pointradius": 2,
      "points": false,
      "renderer": "flot",
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      "stack": false,
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          "select": [
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                "params": [
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                ],
                "type": "field"
              }
            ]
          ],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "thresholds": [],
      "timeFrom": null,
      "timeRegions": [],
      "timeShift": null,
      "title": "Active sessions",
      "tooltip": {
        "shared": true,
        "sort": 0,
        "value_type": "individual"
      },
      "type": "graph",
      "xaxis": {
        "buckets": null,
        "mode": "time",
        "name": null,
        "show": true,
        "values": []
      },
      "yaxes": [
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        },
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        }
      ],
      "yaxis": {
        "align": false,
        "alignLevel": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "schemaVersion": 22,
  "style": "dark",
  "templating": {
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          "value": "VM-5537D392F0BF - VM-5537D392F0BF"
        },
        "hide": 1,
        "label": "farm_site",
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          {
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            "value": "VM-5537D392F0BF - VM-5537D392F0BF"
          }
        ],
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        "type": "constant"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "title": "",
  "uid": "",
  "version": 1
}

Resulting dashboard:

{
  "annotations": {
    "list": [
      {
        "builtIn": 1,
        "datasource": "-- Grafana --",
        "enable": true,
        "hide": true,
        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
        "type": "dashboard"
      }
    ]
  },
  "editable": true,
  "gnetId": null,
  "graphTooltip": 0,
  "id": 11,
  "iteration": 1586164201005,
  "links": [],
  "panels": [
    {
      "alert": {
        "alertRuleTags": {},
        "conditions": [
          {
            "evaluator": {
              "params": [
                120
              ],
              "type": "lt"
            },
            "operator": {
              "type": "and"
            },
            "query": {
              "params": [
                "A",
                "10m",
                "now"
              ]
            },
            "reducer": {
              "params": [],
              "type": "min"
            },
            "type": "query"
          }
        ],
        "executionErrorState": "keep_state",
        "for": "0m",
        "frequency": "1m",
        "handler": 1,
        "message": "",
        "name": "Process elapsed time alert:",
        "noDataState": "keep_state",
        "notifications": [
          {
            "uid": "LOAD-5E8AF14A"
          }
        ]
      },
      "aliasColors": {},
      "bars": false,
      "dashLength": 10,
      "dashes": false,
      "datasource": "ras",
      "fill": 1,
      "fillGradient": 0,
      "gridPos": {
        "h": 8,
        "w": 24,
        "x": 0,
        "y": 0
      },
      "hiddenSeries": false,
      "id": 1,
      "legend": {
        "avg": false,
        "current": false,
        "max": false,
        "min": false,
        "show": true,
        "total": false,
        "values": false
      },
      "lines": true,
      "linewidth": 1,
      "nullPointMode": "null",
      "options": {
        "dataLinks": []
      },
      "percentage": false,
      "pointradius": 2,
      "points": false,
      "renderer": "flot",
      "seriesOverrides": [],
      "spaceLength": 10,
      "stack": false,
      "steppedLine": false,
      "targets": [
        {
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          "groupBy": [
            {
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                "host"
              ],
              "type": "tag"
            },
            {
              "params": [
                "instance"
              ],
              "type": "tag"
            }
          ],
          "measurement": "ras_process",
          "orderByTime": "ASC",
          "policy": "default",
          "query": "SELECT \"Elapsed_Time\" FROM \"ras_process\" WHERE $timeFilter AND \"farm_site\" = '$farm_site' GROUP BY \"host\", \"instance\"",
          "rawQuery": true,
          "refId": "A",
          "resultFormat": "time_series",
          "select": [
            [
              {
                "params": [
                  "Elapsed_Time"
                ],
                "type": "field"
              }
            ]
          ],
          "tags": []
        }
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When I inspected initial dashboard query I have found that it somehow had hardcoded value instead of variable. Not sure how I could run into this. But now the answer is obvious: all the copies had a templated query instead which is not supported. Case closed. Thanks.

Hello. I’m exploring an idea of also duplicating my already existing dashboard using API, like you have done. Was wondering if you can possibly explain what and how you changed from origin JSON from Grafana to the one you send using post request to create a new one? Thanks a lot.