# InstaceId query variable not working for cloudwatch datasource

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/instaceid-query-variable-not-working-for-cloudwatch-datasource/11274>\
**Category:** Grafana\
**Tags:** cloudwatch\
**Created:** [October 16, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/instaceid-query-variable-not-working-for-cloudwatch-datasource/11274 "2018-10-16T18:22:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![souravdixit04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@souravdixit04](https://community.grafana.com/u/souravdixit04)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/instaceid-query-variable-not-working-for-cloudwatch-datasource/11274/1 "2018-10-16T18:22:59Z")

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InstanceId query variable for cloudwatch AWS/EC2 CPUUtilization metrics is not working.

Region query variable is working fine and I am able to see list of available region.

Grafana version : 5.0.3

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**Author:** ![torkel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/torkel/32/20_2.png) [@torkel](https://community.grafana.com/u/torkel)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/instaceid-query-variable-not-working-for-cloudwatch-datasource/11274/2 "2018-10-17T19:34:39Z")

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Strange, we have no other reports of it not working. Can you upgrade to latest Grafana?