# Data links result in empty values for certain URL variables **URL:** \ **Category:** Data Links\ **Created:** [January 30, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/data-links-result-in-empty-values-for-certain-url-variables/141848 "2025-01-30T16:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mpetronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/mpetronic/32/49608_2.png) [@mpetronic](https://community.grafana.com/u/mpetronic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/data-links-result-in-empty-values-for-certain-url-variables/141848/1 "2025-01-30T16:32:21Z")
I am baffled by this behavior. I have a data link A in dashboard A where there are some template variables X, X, Y. When I hover over the data link url, is see it looks perfect. For example: ```auto https://myaccount.grafana.net/d/aebiq07x48tmoa/dashboard-b?from=now-1h&to=now&timezone=utc&var-A=33&var-B=1&var-C=9) ``` But, when I click the link and dashboard-b opens, the url bar in the browser randomly presents some of the url variables with empty values. Like this: ```auto https://myaccount.grafana.net/d/aebiq07x48tmoa/dashboard-b?from=now-1h&to=now&timezone=utc&var-A=&var-B&var-C=9) ``` Here, the values for A and B are now empty but C and the timestuff is ok. Any ideas on why this happens? It is not always the same A, B, or C values that show up empty. Sometimes they are all ok and dashboard-b works. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![yosiasz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/yosiasz/32/45847_2.png) [@yosiasz](https://community.grafana.com/u/yosiasz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/data-links-result-in-empty-values-for-certain-url-variables/141848/2 "2025-01-30T16:47:20Z")
What version of grafana ---
**Author:** ![mpetronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/mpetronic/32/49608_2.png) [@mpetronic](https://community.grafana.com/u/mpetronic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/data-links-result-in-empty-values-for-certain-url-variables/141848/3 "2025-01-30T17:10:53Z")
Sorry, rushed that post and failed to provide that. 11.5.0-81732 ---
**Author:** ![yosiasz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/yosiasz/32/45847_2.png) [@yosiasz](https://community.grafana.com/u/yosiasz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/data-links-result-in-empty-values-for-certain-url-variables/141848/4 "2025-01-30T17:14:18Z")
the latest is ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/f/f/ff1bfe51a30193b4e6ca91d8739d11cfb3327017.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/5/7/57669b91729230a798b0554cbbb6b7fc6c26a989.png) where did you find this version of yours 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mpetronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/mpetronic/32/49608_2.png) [@mpetronic](https://community.grafana.com/u/mpetronic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/data-links-result-in-empty-values-for-certain-url-variables/141848/5 "2025-01-30T17:21:48Z")
We are using Grafana cloud. It does not present any “About…” options that I can find like the local hosted server version does. curl -s “$GRAFANA\_URL/api/health” | jq -r ‘.version’ ---
**Author:** ![yosiasz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/yosiasz/32/45847_2.png) [@yosiasz](https://community.grafana.com/u/yosiasz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/data-links-result-in-empty-values-for-certain-url-variables/141848/6 "2025-01-30T17:33:40Z")
just tested this in [play.grafana.com](http://play.grafana.com) and I am not seeing this issue? on hover notice link with template variable ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/b/8/b8f1cf752fb749f01dd19f026786ccbe8a3658a6.jpeg) on click it takes me to ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/optimized/3X/6/9/69f07f51a405381a45db4e8f22d9a42902e7a38a_2_690x46.png) ---
**Author:** ![david5c32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@david5c32](https://community.grafana.com/u/david5c32)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/data-links-result-in-empty-values-for-certain-url-variables/141848/7 "2025-02-14T14:52:04Z")
I’m having this issue as well. Grafana version: grafana/grafana-enterprise:latest, which Docker resolves to Grafana v11.5.1 (c6c701cf5b). The issue is not intermittent, but persistent for some data links. Other links, from the same dashboard, work well.