I have a Time series graph, and in the legend, all of its lines are labelled as ‘Count’. [image] I’d like to use the query name which I specified in the input that says ‘Edit query name’ (‘foo’ in this screenshot’) as the labels in the legend. [image] I see that there’s a field called ‘Display …

do you have more than one query? Have you tried adding an alias in the query editor?

welcome to the :grafana: forum, @markhand try using one of these data links, like ${__series.name}: [image] Configure data links | Grafana documentation Configure data links You can use data link variables or data links to create links between panels. Data link variables You can use v…

Thanks, Matt. So far, that doesn’t appear to be having an effect for me. I’ve entered it thus and unfocused the Display-name field, but my legend still says ‘Count’. (If I enter an ordinary, static string and unfocus the Display-name field, then the static string shows up in the legend.) [image] …

Thanks, Matt. Yes, I have multiple queries (one line for each). Looks like adding an alias was the answer.

This worked out to me: ${__field.labels["MY_CUSTOM_LABEL"]}

Use 'query name' as 'Display name' to label series in graph

Grafana Time Series Panel

anon70503803 February 28, 2022, 11:17pm 2

welcome to the forum, @markhand

try using one of these data links, like ${__series.name}:

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Use 'query name' as 'Display name' to label series in graph

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