WIP

apps/collections/Makefile

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ generate: install-app-sdk update-app-sdk
 		--gogenpath=./pkg/apis \
 		--grouping=group \
 		--genoperatorstate=false \
-		--defencoding=none
+		--defencoding=none

apps/collections/kinds/datasourcestacks.cue

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package preferences
+
+datasourcestacksV1alpha1: {
+  kind: "DataSourceStack"
+  pluralName: "DataSourceStacks"
+  scope: "Namespaced"
+  schema: {
+    spec: {
+      template: TemplateSpec
+      modes: [...ModeSpec]
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+TemplateSpec: {
+  [string]: DataSourceStackTemplateItem
+}
+
+DataSourceStackTemplateItem: {
+  group: string // type
+  name: string // variable name / display name
+}
+
+ModeSpec: {
+  name: string
+  uid: string
+  definition: Mode
+}
+
+Mode: [string]: ModeItem
+
+ModeItem: {
+  dataSourceRef: string // grafana data source uid
+}

apps/collections/kinds/manifest.cue

@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ manifest: {
 	versions: {
 		"v1alpha1": {
 			codegen: {
-				ts: {enabled: false}
+				ts: {enabled: true}
 				go: {enabled: true}
 			}
 			kinds: [
 				starsV1alpha1,
+				datasourcestacksV1alpha1
 			]
-		}
+		},
 	}
-}
+}

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/datasourcestack_client_gen.go

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/resource"
+)
+
+type DataSourceStackClient struct {
+	client *resource.TypedClient[*DataSourceStack, *DataSourceStackList]
+}
+
+func NewDataSourceStackClient(client resource.Client) *DataSourceStackClient {
+	return &DataSourceStackClient{
+		client: resource.NewTypedClient[*DataSourceStack, *DataSourceStackList](client, DataSourceStackKind()),
+	}
+}
+
+func NewDataSourceStackClientFromGenerator(generator resource.ClientGenerator) (*DataSourceStackClient, error) {
+	c, err := generator.ClientFor(DataSourceStackKind())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return NewDataSourceStackClient(c), nil
+}
+
+func (c *DataSourceStackClient) Get(ctx context.Context, identifier resource.Identifier) (*DataSourceStack, error) {
+	return c.client.Get(ctx, identifier)
+}
+
+func (c *DataSourceStackClient) List(ctx context.Context, namespace string, opts resource.ListOptions) (*DataSourceStackList, error) {
+	return c.client.List(ctx, namespace, opts)
+}
+
+func (c *DataSourceStackClient) ListAll(ctx context.Context, namespace string, opts resource.ListOptions) (*DataSourceStackList, error) {
+	resp, err := c.client.List(ctx, namespace, resource.ListOptions{
+		ResourceVersion: opts.ResourceVersion,
+		Limit:           opts.Limit,
+		LabelFilters:    opts.LabelFilters,
+		FieldSelectors:  opts.FieldSelectors,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for resp.GetContinue() != "" {
+		page, err := c.client.List(ctx, namespace, resource.ListOptions{
+			Continue:        resp.GetContinue(),
+			ResourceVersion: opts.ResourceVersion,
+			Limit:           opts.Limit,
+			LabelFilters:    opts.LabelFilters,
+			FieldSelectors:  opts.FieldSelectors,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		resp.SetContinue(page.GetContinue())
+		resp.SetResourceVersion(page.GetResourceVersion())
+		resp.SetItems(append(resp.GetItems(), page.GetItems()...))
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+func (c *DataSourceStackClient) Create(ctx context.Context, obj *DataSourceStack, opts resource.CreateOptions) (*DataSourceStack, error) {
+	// Make sure apiVersion and kind are set
+	obj.APIVersion = GroupVersion.Identifier()
+	obj.Kind = DataSourceStackKind().Kind()
+	return c.client.Create(ctx, obj, opts)
+}
+
+func (c *DataSourceStackClient) Update(ctx context.Context, obj *DataSourceStack, opts resource.UpdateOptions) (*DataSourceStack, error) {
+	return c.client.Update(ctx, obj, opts)
+}
+
+func (c *DataSourceStackClient) Patch(ctx context.Context, identifier resource.Identifier, req resource.PatchRequest, opts resource.PatchOptions) (*DataSourceStack, error) {
+	return c.client.Patch(ctx, identifier, req, opts)
+}
+
+func (c *DataSourceStackClient) Delete(ctx context.Context, identifier resource.Identifier, opts resource.DeleteOptions) error {
+	return c.client.Delete(ctx, identifier, opts)
+}

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/datasourcestack_codec_gen.go

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//
+// Code generated by grafana-app-sdk. DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/resource"
+)
+
+// DataSourceStackJSONCodec is an implementation of resource.Codec for kubernetes JSON encoding
+type DataSourceStackJSONCodec struct{}
+
+// Read reads JSON-encoded bytes from `reader` and unmarshals them into `into`
+func (*DataSourceStackJSONCodec) Read(reader io.Reader, into resource.Object) error {
+	return json.NewDecoder(reader).Decode(into)
+}
+
+// Write writes JSON-encoded bytes into `writer` marshaled from `from`
+func (*DataSourceStackJSONCodec) Write(writer io.Writer, from resource.Object) error {
+	return json.NewEncoder(writer).Encode(from)
+}
+
+// Interface compliance checks
+var _ resource.Codec = &DataSourceStackJSONCodec{}

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/datasourcestack_metadata_gen.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Code generated - EDITING IS FUTILE. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	time "time"
+)
+
+// metadata contains embedded CommonMetadata and can be extended with custom string fields
+// TODO: use CommonMetadata instead of redefining here; currently needs to be defined here
+// without external reference as using the CommonMetadata reference breaks thema codegen.
+type DataSourceStackMetadata struct {
+	UpdateTimestamp   time.Time         `json:"updateTimestamp"`
+	CreatedBy         string            `json:"createdBy"`
+	Uid               string            `json:"uid"`
+	CreationTimestamp time.Time         `json:"creationTimestamp"`
+	DeletionTimestamp *time.Time        `json:"deletionTimestamp,omitempty"`
+	Finalizers        []string          `json:"finalizers"`
+	ResourceVersion   string            `json:"resourceVersion"`
+	Generation        int64             `json:"generation"`
+	UpdatedBy         string            `json:"updatedBy"`
+	Labels            map[string]string `json:"labels"`
+}
+
+// NewDataSourceStackMetadata creates a new DataSourceStackMetadata object.
+func NewDataSourceStackMetadata() *DataSourceStackMetadata {
+	return &DataSourceStackMetadata{
+		Finalizers: []string{},
+		Labels:     map[string]string{},
+	}
+}

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/datasourcestack_object_gen.go

@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+//
+// Code generated by grafana-app-sdk. DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/resource"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DataSourceStack struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
+	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata" yaml:"metadata"`
+
+	// Spec is the spec of the DataSourceStack
+	Spec DataSourceStackSpec `json:"spec" yaml:"spec"`
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) GetSpec() any {
+	return o.Spec
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) SetSpec(spec any) error {
+	cast, ok := spec.(DataSourceStackSpec)
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot set spec type %#v, not of type Spec", spec)
+	}
+	o.Spec = cast
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) GetSubresources() map[string]any {
+	return map[string]any{}
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) GetSubresource(name string) (any, bool) {
+	switch name {
+	default:
+		return nil, false
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) SetSubresource(name string, value any) error {
+	switch name {
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("subresource '%s' does not exist", name)
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) GetStaticMetadata() resource.StaticMetadata {
+	gvk := o.GroupVersionKind()
+	return resource.StaticMetadata{
+		Name:      o.ObjectMeta.Name,
+		Namespace: o.ObjectMeta.Namespace,
+		Group:     gvk.Group,
+		Version:   gvk.Version,
+		Kind:      gvk.Kind,
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) SetStaticMetadata(metadata resource.StaticMetadata) {
+	o.Name = metadata.Name
+	o.Namespace = metadata.Namespace
+	o.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
+		Group:   metadata.Group,
+		Version: metadata.Version,
+		Kind:    metadata.Kind,
+	})
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) GetCommonMetadata() resource.CommonMetadata {
+	dt := o.DeletionTimestamp
+	var deletionTimestamp *time.Time
+	if dt != nil {
+		deletionTimestamp = &dt.Time
+	}
+	// Legacy ExtraFields support
+	extraFields := make(map[string]any)
+	if o.Annotations != nil {
+		extraFields["annotations"] = o.Annotations
+	}
+	if o.ManagedFields != nil {
+		extraFields["managedFields"] = o.ManagedFields
+	}
+	if o.OwnerReferences != nil {
+		extraFields["ownerReferences"] = o.OwnerReferences
+	}
+	return resource.CommonMetadata{
+		UID:               string(o.UID),
+		ResourceVersion:   o.ResourceVersion,
+		Generation:        o.Generation,
+		Labels:            o.Labels,
+		CreationTimestamp: o.CreationTimestamp.Time,
+		DeletionTimestamp: deletionTimestamp,
+		Finalizers:        o.Finalizers,
+		UpdateTimestamp:   o.GetUpdateTimestamp(),
+		CreatedBy:         o.GetCreatedBy(),
+		UpdatedBy:         o.GetUpdatedBy(),
+		ExtraFields:       extraFields,
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) SetCommonMetadata(metadata resource.CommonMetadata) {
+	o.UID = types.UID(metadata.UID)
+	o.ResourceVersion = metadata.ResourceVersion
+	o.Generation = metadata.Generation
+	o.Labels = metadata.Labels
+	o.CreationTimestamp = metav1.NewTime(metadata.CreationTimestamp)
+	if metadata.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
+		dt := metav1.NewTime(*metadata.DeletionTimestamp)
+		o.DeletionTimestamp = &dt
+	} else {
+		o.DeletionTimestamp = nil
+	}
+	o.Finalizers = metadata.Finalizers
+	if o.Annotations == nil {
+		o.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+	if !metadata.UpdateTimestamp.IsZero() {
+		o.SetUpdateTimestamp(metadata.UpdateTimestamp)
+	}
+	if metadata.CreatedBy != "" {
+		o.SetCreatedBy(metadata.CreatedBy)
+	}
+	if metadata.UpdatedBy != "" {
+		o.SetUpdatedBy(metadata.UpdatedBy)
+	}
+	// Legacy support for setting Annotations, ManagedFields, and OwnerReferences via ExtraFields
+	if metadata.ExtraFields != nil {
+		if annotations, ok := metadata.ExtraFields["annotations"]; ok {
+			if cast, ok := annotations.(map[string]string); ok {
+				o.Annotations = cast
+			}
+		}
+		if managedFields, ok := metadata.ExtraFields["managedFields"]; ok {
+			if cast, ok := managedFields.([]metav1.ManagedFieldsEntry); ok {
+				o.ManagedFields = cast
+			}
+		}
+		if ownerReferences, ok := metadata.ExtraFields["ownerReferences"]; ok {
+			if cast, ok := ownerReferences.([]metav1.OwnerReference); ok {
+				o.OwnerReferences = cast
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) GetCreatedBy() string {
+	if o.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {
+		o.ObjectMeta.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+
+	return o.ObjectMeta.Annotations["grafana.com/createdBy"]
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) SetCreatedBy(createdBy string) {
+	if o.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {
+		o.ObjectMeta.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+
+	o.ObjectMeta.Annotations["grafana.com/createdBy"] = createdBy
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) GetUpdateTimestamp() time.Time {
+	if o.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {
+		o.ObjectMeta.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+
+	parsed, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, o.ObjectMeta.Annotations["grafana.com/updateTimestamp"])
+	return parsed
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) SetUpdateTimestamp(updateTimestamp time.Time) {
+	if o.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {
+		o.ObjectMeta.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+
+	o.ObjectMeta.Annotations["grafana.com/updateTimestamp"] = updateTimestamp.Format(time.RFC3339)
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) GetUpdatedBy() string {
+	if o.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {
+		o.ObjectMeta.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+
+	return o.ObjectMeta.Annotations["grafana.com/updatedBy"]
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) SetUpdatedBy(updatedBy string) {
+	if o.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {
+		o.ObjectMeta.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+
+	o.ObjectMeta.Annotations["grafana.com/updatedBy"] = updatedBy
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) Copy() resource.Object {
+	return resource.CopyObject(o)
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	return o.Copy()
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) DeepCopy() *DataSourceStack {
+	cpy := &DataSourceStack{}
+	o.DeepCopyInto(cpy)
+	return cpy
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStack) DeepCopyInto(dst *DataSourceStack) {
+	dst.TypeMeta.APIVersion = o.TypeMeta.APIVersion
+	dst.TypeMeta.Kind = o.TypeMeta.Kind
+	o.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&dst.ObjectMeta)
+	o.Spec.DeepCopyInto(&dst.Spec)
+}
+
+// Interface compliance compile-time check
+var _ resource.Object = &DataSourceStack{}
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DataSourceStackList struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
+	metav1.ListMeta `json:"metadata" yaml:"metadata"`
+	Items           []DataSourceStack `json:"items" yaml:"items"`
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStackList) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	return o.Copy()
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStackList) Copy() resource.ListObject {
+	cpy := &DataSourceStackList{
+		TypeMeta: o.TypeMeta,
+		Items:    make([]DataSourceStack, len(o.Items)),
+	}
+	o.ListMeta.DeepCopyInto(&cpy.ListMeta)
+	for i := 0; i < len(o.Items); i++ {
+		if item, ok := o.Items[i].Copy().(*DataSourceStack); ok {
+			cpy.Items[i] = *item
+		}
+	}
+	return cpy
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStackList) GetItems() []resource.Object {
+	items := make([]resource.Object, len(o.Items))
+	for i := 0; i < len(o.Items); i++ {
+		items[i] = &o.Items[i]
+	}
+	return items
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStackList) SetItems(items []resource.Object) {
+	o.Items = make([]DataSourceStack, len(items))
+	for i := 0; i < len(items); i++ {
+		o.Items[i] = *items[i].(*DataSourceStack)
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStackList) DeepCopy() *DataSourceStackList {
+	cpy := &DataSourceStackList{}
+	o.DeepCopyInto(cpy)
+	return cpy
+}
+
+func (o *DataSourceStackList) DeepCopyInto(dst *DataSourceStackList) {
+	resource.CopyObjectInto(dst, o)
+}
+
+// Interface compliance compile-time check
+var _ resource.ListObject = &DataSourceStackList{}
+
+// Copy methods for all subresource types
+
+// DeepCopy creates a full deep copy of Spec
+func (s *DataSourceStackSpec) DeepCopy() *DataSourceStackSpec {
+	cpy := &DataSourceStackSpec{}
+	s.DeepCopyInto(cpy)
+	return cpy
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto deep copies Spec into another Spec object
+func (s *DataSourceStackSpec) DeepCopyInto(dst *DataSourceStackSpec) {
+	resource.CopyObjectInto(dst, s)
+}

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/datasourcestack_schema_gen.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//
+// Code generated by grafana-app-sdk. DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/resource"
+)
+
+// schema is unexported to prevent accidental overwrites
+var (
+	schemaDataSourceStack = resource.NewSimpleSchema("collections.grafana.app", "v1alpha1", &DataSourceStack{}, &DataSourceStackList{}, resource.WithKind("DataSourceStack"),
+		resource.WithPlural("datasourcestacks"), resource.WithScope(resource.NamespacedScope))
+	kindDataSourceStack = resource.Kind{
+		Schema: schemaDataSourceStack,
+		Codecs: map[resource.KindEncoding]resource.Codec{
+			resource.KindEncodingJSON: &DataSourceStackJSONCodec{},
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+// Kind returns a resource.Kind for this Schema with a JSON codec
+func DataSourceStackKind() resource.Kind {
+	return kindDataSourceStack
+}
+
+// Schema returns a resource.SimpleSchema representation of DataSourceStack
+func DataSourceStackSchema() *resource.SimpleSchema {
+	return schemaDataSourceStack
+}
+
+// Interface compliance checks
+var _ resource.Schema = kindDataSourceStack

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/datasourcestack_spec_gen.go

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Code generated - EDITING IS FUTILE. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DataSourceStackTemplateSpec map[string]DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem struct {
+	// type
+	Group string `json:"group"`
+	// variable name / display name
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+// NewDataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem creates a new DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem object.
+func NewDataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem() *DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem {
+	return &DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem{}
+}
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DataSourceStackModeSpec struct {
+	Name       string              `json:"name"`
+	Uid        string              `json:"uid"`
+	Definition DataSourceStackMode `json:"definition"`
+}
+
+// NewDataSourceStackModeSpec creates a new DataSourceStackModeSpec object.
+func NewDataSourceStackModeSpec() *DataSourceStackModeSpec {
+	return &DataSourceStackModeSpec{}
+}
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DataSourceStackMode map[string]DataSourceStackModeItem
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DataSourceStackModeItem struct {
+	// grafana data source uid
+	DataSourceRef string `json:"dataSourceRef"`
+}
+
+// NewDataSourceStackModeItem creates a new DataSourceStackModeItem object.
+func NewDataSourceStackModeItem() *DataSourceStackModeItem {
+	return &DataSourceStackModeItem{}
+}
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DataSourceStackSpec struct {
+	Template DataSourceStackTemplateSpec `json:"template"`
+	Modes    []DataSourceStackModeSpec   `json:"modes"`
+}
+
+// NewDataSourceStackSpec creates a new DataSourceStackSpec object.
+func NewDataSourceStackSpec() *DataSourceStackSpec {
+	return &DataSourceStackSpec{
+		Modes: []DataSourceStackModeSpec{},
+	}
+}

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/register.go

@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ var StarsResourceInfo = utils.NewResourceInfo(APIGroup, APIVersion,
 	},
 )
 
+var DatasourceStacksResourceInfo = utils.NewResourceInfo(APIGroup, APIVersion,
+	"datasourcestacks", "datasourcestack", "DataSourceStack",
+	func() runtime.Object { return &DataSourceStack{} },
+	func() runtime.Object { return &DataSourceStackList{} },
+	utils.TableColumns{
+		Definition: []metav1.TableColumnDefinition{
+			{Name: "Name", Type: "string", Format: "name"},
+			{Name: "Created At", Type: "date"},
+		},
+		// TODO: Reader?
+	},
+)
+
 var (
 	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
 	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
@@ -48,6 +61,8 @@ func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(schemeGroupVersion,
 		&Stars{},
 		&StarsList{},
+		&DataSourceStack{},
+		&DataSourceStackList{},
 	)
 	metav1.AddToGroupVersion(scheme, schemeGroupVersion)
 	return nil

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/zz_generated.openapi.go

@@ -14,10 +14,241 @@ import (
 
 func GetOpenAPIDefinitions(ref common.ReferenceCallback) map[string]common.OpenAPIDefinition {
 	return map[string]common.OpenAPIDefinition{
-		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.Stars":         schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_Stars(ref),
-		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.StarsList":     schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_StarsList(ref),
-		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.StarsResource": schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_StarsResource(ref),
-		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.StarsSpec":     schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_StarsSpec(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStack":                            schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStack(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem": schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackList":                        schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackList(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeItem":                    schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackModeItem(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeSpec":                    schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackModeSpec(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackSpec":                        schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackSpec(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.Stars":                                      schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_Stars(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.StarsList":                                  schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_StarsList(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.StarsResource":                              schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_StarsResource(ref),
+		"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.StarsSpec":                                  schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_StarsSpec(ref),
+	}
+}
+
+func schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStack(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.OpenAPIDefinition {
+	return common.OpenAPIDefinition{
+		Schema: spec.Schema{
+			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+				Type: []string{"object"},
+				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+					"kind": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
+					"apiVersion": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
+					"metadata": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Default: map[string]interface{}{},
+							Ref:     ref("k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1.ObjectMeta"),
+						},
+					},
+					"spec": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "Spec is the spec of the DataSourceStack",
+							Default:     map[string]interface{}{},
+							Ref:         ref("github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackSpec"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Required: []string{"metadata", "spec"},
+			},
+		},
+		Dependencies: []string{
+			"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackSpec", "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1.ObjectMeta"},
+	}
+}
+
+func schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.OpenAPIDefinition {
+	return common.OpenAPIDefinition{
+		Schema: spec.Schema{
+			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+				Type: []string{"object"},
+				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+					"group": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "type",
+							Default:     "",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
+					"name": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "variable name / display name",
+							Default:     "",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Required: []string{"group", "name"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackList(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.OpenAPIDefinition {
+	return common.OpenAPIDefinition{
+		Schema: spec.Schema{
+			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+				Type: []string{"object"},
+				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+					"kind": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
+					"apiVersion": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
+					"metadata": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Default: map[string]interface{}{},
+							Ref:     ref("k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1.ListMeta"),
+						},
+					},
+					"items": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Type: []string{"array"},
+							Items: &spec.SchemaOrArray{
+								Schema: &spec.Schema{
+									SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+										Default: map[string]interface{}{},
+										Ref:     ref("github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStack"),
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Required: []string{"metadata", "items"},
+			},
+		},
+		Dependencies: []string{
+			"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStack", "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1.ListMeta"},
+	}
+}
+
+func schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackModeItem(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.OpenAPIDefinition {
+	return common.OpenAPIDefinition{
+		Schema: spec.Schema{
+			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+				Type: []string{"object"},
+				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+					"dataSourceRef": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "grafana data source uid",
+							Default:     "",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Required: []string{"dataSourceRef"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackModeSpec(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.OpenAPIDefinition {
+	return common.OpenAPIDefinition{
+		Schema: spec.Schema{
+			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+				Type: []string{"object"},
+				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+					"name": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Default: "",
+							Type:    []string{"string"},
+							Format:  "",
+						},
+					},
+					"uid": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Default: "",
+							Type:    []string{"string"},
+							Format:  "",
+						},
+					},
+					"definition": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Type: []string{"object"},
+							AdditionalProperties: &spec.SchemaOrBool{
+								Allows: true,
+								Schema: &spec.Schema{
+									SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+										Default: map[string]interface{}{},
+										Ref:     ref("github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeItem"),
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Required: []string{"name", "uid", "definition"},
+			},
+		},
+		Dependencies: []string{
+			"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeItem"},
+	}
+}
+
+func schema_pkg_apis_collections_v1alpha1_DataSourceStackSpec(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.OpenAPIDefinition {
+	return common.OpenAPIDefinition{
+		Schema: spec.Schema{
+			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+				Type: []string{"object"},
+				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
+					"template": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Type: []string{"object"},
+							AdditionalProperties: &spec.SchemaOrBool{
+								Allows: true,
+								Schema: &spec.Schema{
+									SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+										Default: map[string]interface{}{},
+										Ref:     ref("github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem"),
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					"modes": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Type: []string{"array"},
+							Items: &spec.SchemaOrArray{
+								Schema: &spec.Schema{
+									SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+										Default: map[string]interface{}{},
+										Ref:     ref("github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeSpec"),
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Required: []string{"template", "modes"},
+			},
+		},
+		Dependencies: []string{
+			"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem", "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeSpec"},
 	}
 }
 

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1/zz_generated.openapi_violation_exceptions.list

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+API rule violation: list_type_missing,github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1,DataSourceStackSpec,Modes
 API rule violation: list_type_missing,github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1,StarsSpec,Resource
+API rule violation: streaming_list_type_json_tags,github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1,DataSourceStackList,ListMeta
 API rule violation: streaming_list_type_json_tags,github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1,StarsList,ListMeta

apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections_manifest.go

@@ -10,19 +10,22 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/app"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/spec3"
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/validation/spec"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/app"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/resource"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1"
+	v1alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1"
 )
 
 var (
-	rawSchemaStarsv1alpha1     = []byte(`{"Resource":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"group":{"type":"string"},"kind":{"type":"string"},"names":{"description":"The set of resources\n+listType=set","items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}},"required":["group","kind","names"],"type":"object"},"Stars":{"properties":{"spec":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/spec"}},"required":["spec"]},"spec":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"resource":{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Resource"},"type":"array"}},"required":["resource"],"type":"object"}}`)
-	versionSchemaStarsv1alpha1 app.VersionSchema
-	_                          = json.Unmarshal(rawSchemaStarsv1alpha1, &versionSchemaStarsv1alpha1)
+	rawSchemaStarsv1alpha1               = []byte(`{"Resource":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"group":{"type":"string"},"kind":{"type":"string"},"names":{"description":"The set of resources\n+listType=set","items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}},"required":["group","kind","names"],"type":"object"},"Stars":{"properties":{"spec":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/spec"}},"required":["spec"]},"spec":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"resource":{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Resource"},"type":"array"}},"required":["resource"],"type":"object"}}`)
+	versionSchemaStarsv1alpha1           app.VersionSchema
+	_                                    = json.Unmarshal(rawSchemaStarsv1alpha1, &versionSchemaStarsv1alpha1)
+	rawSchemaDataSourceStackv1alpha1     = []byte(`{"DataSourceStack":{"properties":{"spec":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/spec"}},"required":["spec"]},"DataSourceStackTemplateItem":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"group":{"description":"type","type":"string"},"name":{"description":"variable name / display name","type":"string"}},"required":["group","name"],"type":"object"},"Mode":{"additionalProperties":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ModeItem"},"type":"object"},"ModeItem":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"dataSourceRef":{"description":"grafana data source uid","type":"string"}},"required":["dataSourceRef"],"type":"object"},"ModeSpec":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"definition":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Mode"},"name":{"type":"string"},"uid":{"type":"string"}},"required":["name","uid","definition"],"type":"object"},"TemplateSpec":{"additionalProperties":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/DataSourceStackTemplateItem"},"type":"object"},"spec":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"modes":{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ModeSpec"},"type":"array"},"template":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/TemplateSpec"}},"required":["template","modes"],"type":"object"}}`)
+	versionSchemaDataSourceStackv1alpha1 app.VersionSchema
+	_                                    = json.Unmarshal(rawSchemaDataSourceStackv1alpha1, &versionSchemaDataSourceStackv1alpha1)
 )
 
 var appManifestData = app.ManifestData{
@@ -49,6 +52,14 @@ var appManifestData = app.ManifestData{
 					},
 					Schema: &versionSchemaStarsv1alpha1,
 				},
+
+				{
+					Kind:       "DataSourceStack",
+					Plural:     "DataSourceStacks",
+					Scope:      "Namespaced",
+					Conversion: false,
+					Schema:     &versionSchemaDataSourceStackv1alpha1,
+				},
 			},
 			Routes: app.ManifestVersionRoutes{
 				Namespaced: map[string]spec3.PathProps{},
@@ -68,7 +79,8 @@ func RemoteManifest() app.Manifest {
 }
 
 var kindVersionToGoType = map[string]resource.Kind{
-	"Stars/v1alpha1": v1alpha1.StarsKind(),
+	"Stars/v1alpha1":           v1alpha1.StarsKind(),
+	"DataSourceStack/v1alpha1": v1alpha1.DataSourceStackKind(),
 }
 
 // ManifestGoTypeAssociator returns the associated resource.Kind instance for a given Kind and Version, if one exists.

apps/collections/plugin/src/generated/datasourcestack/v1alpha1/datasourcestack_object_gen.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * This file was generated by grafana-app-sdk. DO NOT EDIT.
+ */
+import { Spec } from './types.spec.gen';
+
+export interface Metadata {
+    name: string;
+    namespace: string;
+    generateName?: string;
+    selfLink?: string;
+    uid?: string;
+    resourceVersion?: string;
+    generation?: number;
+    creationTimestamp?: string;
+    deletionTimestamp?: string;
+    deletionGracePeriodSeconds?: number;
+    labels?: Record<string, string>;
+    annotations?: Record<string, string>;
+    ownerReferences?: OwnerReference[];
+    finalizers?: string[];
+    managedFields?: ManagedFieldsEntry[];
+}
+
+export interface OwnerReference {
+    apiVersion: string;
+    kind: string;
+    name: string;
+    uid: string;
+    controller?: boolean;
+    blockOwnerDeletion?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface ManagedFieldsEntry {
+    manager?: string;
+    operation?: string;
+    apiVersion?: string;
+    time?: string;
+    fieldsType?: string;
+    subresource?: string;
+}
+
+export interface DataSourceStack {
+    kind: string;
+    apiVersion: string;
+    metadata: Metadata;
+    spec: Spec;
+}

apps/collections/plugin/src/generated/datasourcestack/v1alpha1/types.metadata.gen.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Code generated - EDITING IS FUTILE. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+// metadata contains embedded CommonMetadata and can be extended with custom string fields
+// TODO: use CommonMetadata instead of redefining here; currently needs to be defined here
+// without external reference as using the CommonMetadata reference breaks thema codegen.
+export interface Metadata {
+	updateTimestamp: string;
+	createdBy: string;
+	uid: string;
+	creationTimestamp: string;
+	deletionTimestamp?: string;
+	finalizers: string[];
+	resourceVersion: string;
+	generation: number;
+	updatedBy: string;
+	labels: Record<string, string>;
+}
+
+export const defaultMetadata = (): Metadata => ({
+	updateTimestamp: "",
+	createdBy: "",
+	uid: "",
+	creationTimestamp: "",
+	finalizers: [],
+	resourceVersion: "",
+	generation: 0,
+	updatedBy: "",
+	labels: {},
+});
+

apps/collections/plugin/src/generated/datasourcestack/v1alpha1/types.spec.gen.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Code generated - EDITING IS FUTILE. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+export type TemplateSpec = Record<string, DataSourceStackTemplateItem>;
+
+export const defaultTemplateSpec = (): TemplateSpec => ({});
+
+export interface DataSourceStackTemplateItem {
+	// type
+	group: string;
+	// variable name / display name
+	name: string;
+}
+
+export const defaultDataSourceStackTemplateItem = (): DataSourceStackTemplateItem => ({
+	group: "",
+	name: "",
+});
+
+export interface ModeSpec {
+	name: string;
+	uid: string;
+	definition: Mode;
+}
+
+export const defaultModeSpec = (): ModeSpec => ({
+	name: "",
+	uid: "",
+	definition: defaultMode(),
+});
+
+export type Mode = Record<string, ModeItem>;
+
+export const defaultMode = (): Mode => ({});
+
+export interface ModeItem {
+	// grafana data source uid
+	dataSourceRef: string;
+}
+
+export const defaultModeItem = (): ModeItem => ({
+	dataSourceRef: "",
+});
+
+export interface Spec {
+	template: TemplateSpec;
+	modes: ModeSpec[];
+}
+
+export const defaultSpec = (): Spec => ({
+	template: defaultTemplateSpec(),
+	modes: [],
+});
+

apps/collections/plugin/src/generated/stars/v1alpha1/stars_object_gen.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * This file was generated by grafana-app-sdk. DO NOT EDIT.
+ */
+import { Spec } from './types.spec.gen';
+
+export interface Metadata {
+    name: string;
+    namespace: string;
+    generateName?: string;
+    selfLink?: string;
+    uid?: string;
+    resourceVersion?: string;
+    generation?: number;
+    creationTimestamp?: string;
+    deletionTimestamp?: string;
+    deletionGracePeriodSeconds?: number;
+    labels?: Record<string, string>;
+    annotations?: Record<string, string>;
+    ownerReferences?: OwnerReference[];
+    finalizers?: string[];
+    managedFields?: ManagedFieldsEntry[];
+}
+
+export interface OwnerReference {
+    apiVersion: string;
+    kind: string;
+    name: string;
+    uid: string;
+    controller?: boolean;
+    blockOwnerDeletion?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface ManagedFieldsEntry {
+    manager?: string;
+    operation?: string;
+    apiVersion?: string;
+    time?: string;
+    fieldsType?: string;
+    subresource?: string;
+}
+
+export interface Stars {
+    kind: string;
+    apiVersion: string;
+    metadata: Metadata;
+    spec: Spec;
+}

apps/collections/plugin/src/generated/stars/v1alpha1/types.metadata.gen.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Code generated - EDITING IS FUTILE. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+// metadata contains embedded CommonMetadata and can be extended with custom string fields
+// TODO: use CommonMetadata instead of redefining here; currently needs to be defined here
+// without external reference as using the CommonMetadata reference breaks thema codegen.
+export interface Metadata {
+	updateTimestamp: string;
+	createdBy: string;
+	uid: string;
+	creationTimestamp: string;
+	deletionTimestamp?: string;
+	finalizers: string[];
+	resourceVersion: string;
+	generation: number;
+	updatedBy: string;
+	labels: Record<string, string>;
+}
+
+export const defaultMetadata = (): Metadata => ({
+	updateTimestamp: "",
+	createdBy: "",
+	uid: "",
+	creationTimestamp: "",
+	finalizers: [],
+	resourceVersion: "",
+	generation: 0,
+	updatedBy: "",
+	labels: {},
+});
+

apps/collections/plugin/src/generated/stars/v1alpha1/types.spec.gen.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Code generated - EDITING IS FUTILE. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+export interface Resource {
+	group: string;
+	kind: string;
+	// The set of resources
+	// +listType=set
+	names: string[];
+}
+
+export const defaultResource = (): Resource => ({
+	group: "",
+	kind: "",
+	names: [],
+});
+
+export interface Spec {
+	resource: Resource[];
+}
+
+export const defaultSpec = (): Spec => ({
+	resource: [],
+});
+

apps/dashboard/kinds/v2beta1/dashboard_spec.cue

@@ -725,9 +725,9 @@ VariableCustomFormatterFn: {
 // `custom`: Define the variable options manually using a comma-separated list.
 // `system`: Variables defined by Grafana. See: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#global-variables
 VariableType: "query" | "adhoc" | "groupby" | "constant" | "datasource" | "interval" | "textbox" | "custom" |
-	"system" | "snapshot" | "switch"
+	"system" | "snapshot" | "switch" | "stack"
 
-VariableKind: QueryVariableKind | TextVariableKind | ConstantVariableKind | DatasourceVariableKind | IntervalVariableKind | CustomVariableKind | GroupByVariableKind | AdhocVariableKind | SwitchVariableKind
+VariableKind: QueryVariableKind | TextVariableKind | ConstantVariableKind | DatasourceVariableKind | IntervalVariableKind | CustomVariableKind | GroupByVariableKind | AdhocVariableKind | SwitchVariableKind  | StackVariableKind
 
 // Sort variable options
 // Accepted values are:
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@ CustomVariableSpec: {
 	skipUrlSync:  bool | *false
 	description?: string
 	allowCustomValue: bool | *true
+	valuesFormat?: "csv" | "json"
 }
 
 // Custom variable kind
@@ -935,6 +936,24 @@ SwitchVariableKind: {
 	spec: SwitchVariableSpec
 }
 
+StackVariableSpec: {
+ 	name:    	   string | *""
+	defaultValue?: VariableOption
+	current: VariableOption | *{
+		text:  ""
+		value: ""
+	}
+	options: [...VariableOption] | *[] 
+	label?:        string
+	description?:  string
+	properties: [string]: string
+}
+
+StackVariableKind: {
+	kind: "StackVariable"
+	spec: StackVariableSpec
+}
+ 
 // GroupBy variable specification
 GroupByVariableSpec: {
 	name:        string | *""

apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v0alpha1/dashboard_kind.cue

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ lineage: schemas: [{
 		// `system`: Variables defined by Grafana. See: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#global-variables
 		// `switch`: Boolean variables rendered as a switch
 		#VariableType: "query" | "adhoc" | "groupby" | "constant" | "datasource" | "interval" | "textbox" | "custom" |
-			"system" | "snapshot" | "switch" @cuetsy(kind="type") @grafanamaturity(NeedsExpertReview)
+			"system" | "snapshot" | "switch" | "stack" @cuetsy(kind="type") @grafanamaturity(NeedsExpertReview)
 
 		// Color mode for a field. You can specify a single color, or select a continuous (gradient) color schemes, based on a value.
 		// Continuous color interpolates a color using the percentage of a value relative to min and max.

apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v0alpha1/dashboard_object_gen.go

@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ var _ resource.ListObject = &DashboardList{}
 
 // Copy methods for all subresource types
 
+
+
 // DeepCopy creates a full deep copy of DashboardStatus
 func (s *DashboardStatus) DeepCopy() *DashboardStatus {
 	cpy := &DashboardStatus{}

apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v1beta1/dashboard_kind.cue

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ lineage: schemas: [{
 		// `system`: Variables defined by Grafana. See: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#global-variables
 		// `switch`: Boolean variables rendered as a switch
 		#VariableType: "query" | "adhoc" | "groupby" | "constant" | "datasource" | "interval" | "textbox" | "custom" |
-			"system" | "snapshot" | "switch" @cuetsy(kind="type") @grafanamaturity(NeedsExpertReview)
+			"system" | "snapshot" | "switch" | "stack" @cuetsy(kind="type") @grafanamaturity(NeedsExpertReview)
 
 		// Color mode for a field. You can specify a single color, or select a continuous (gradient) color schemes, based on a value.
 		// Continuous color interpolates a color using the percentage of a value relative to min and max.

apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v1beta1/dashboard_object_gen.go

@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ var _ resource.ListObject = &DashboardList{}
 
 // Copy methods for all subresource types
 
+
+
 // DeepCopy creates a full deep copy of DashboardStatus
 func (s *DashboardStatus) DeepCopy() *DashboardStatus {
 	cpy := &DashboardStatus{}

apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v2beta1/dashboard_spec.cue

@@ -729,9 +729,9 @@ VariableCustomFormatterFn: {
 // `custom`: Define the variable options manually using a comma-separated list.
 // `system`: Variables defined by Grafana. See: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#global-variables
 VariableType: "query" | "adhoc" | "groupby" | "constant" | "datasource" | "interval" | "textbox" | "custom" |
-	"system" | "snapshot" | "switch"
+	"system" | "snapshot" | "switch" | "stack"
 
-VariableKind: QueryVariableKind | TextVariableKind | ConstantVariableKind | DatasourceVariableKind | IntervalVariableKind | CustomVariableKind | GroupByVariableKind | AdhocVariableKind | SwitchVariableKind
+VariableKind: QueryVariableKind | TextVariableKind | ConstantVariableKind | DatasourceVariableKind | IntervalVariableKind | CustomVariableKind | GroupByVariableKind | AdhocVariableKind | SwitchVariableKind  | StackVariableKind
 
 // Sort variable options
 // Accepted values are:
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ CustomVariableSpec: {
 	skipUrlSync:  bool | *false
 	description?: string
 	allowCustomValue: bool | *true
+	valuesFormat?: "csv" | "json"
 }
 
 // Custom variable kind
@@ -939,6 +940,24 @@ SwitchVariableKind: {
 	spec: SwitchVariableSpec
 }
 
+StackVariableSpec: {
+ 	name:    	   string | *""
+	defaultValue?: VariableOption
+	current: VariableOption | *{
+		text:  ""
+		value: ""
+	}
+	options: [...VariableOption] | *[] 
+	label?:        string
+	description?:  string
+	properties: [string]: string
+}
+
+StackVariableKind: {
+	kind: "StackVariable"
+	spec: StackVariableSpec
+}
+ 
 // GroupBy variable specification
 GroupByVariableSpec: {
 	name:        string | *""

apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v2beta1/dashboard_spec_gen.go

@@ -1313,11 +1313,11 @@ func NewDashboardTimeRangeOption() *DashboardTimeRangeOption {
 }
 
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-type DashboardVariableKind = DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind
+type DashboardVariableKind = DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind
 
 // NewDashboardVariableKind creates a new DashboardVariableKind object.
 func NewDashboardVariableKind() *DashboardVariableKind {
-	return NewDashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind()
+	return NewDashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind()
 }
 
 // Query variable kind
@@ -1675,18 +1675,19 @@ func NewDashboardCustomVariableKind() *DashboardCustomVariableKind {
 // Custom variable specification
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 type DashboardCustomVariableSpec struct {
-	Name             string                    `json:"name"`
-	Query            string                    `json:"query"`
-	Current          DashboardVariableOption   `json:"current"`
-	Options          []DashboardVariableOption `json:"options"`
-	Multi            bool                      `json:"multi"`
-	IncludeAll       bool                      `json:"includeAll"`
-	AllValue         *string                   `json:"allValue,omitempty"`
-	Label            *string                   `json:"label,omitempty"`
-	Hide             DashboardVariableHide     `json:"hide"`
-	SkipUrlSync      bool                      `json:"skipUrlSync"`
-	Description      *string                   `json:"description,omitempty"`
-	AllowCustomValue bool                      `json:"allowCustomValue"`
+	Name             string                                   `json:"name"`
+	Query            string                                   `json:"query"`
+	Current          DashboardVariableOption                  `json:"current"`
+	Options          []DashboardVariableOption                `json:"options"`
+	Multi            bool                                     `json:"multi"`
+	IncludeAll       bool                                     `json:"includeAll"`
+	AllValue         *string                                  `json:"allValue,omitempty"`
+	Label            *string                                  `json:"label,omitempty"`
+	Hide             DashboardVariableHide                    `json:"hide"`
+	SkipUrlSync      bool                                     `json:"skipUrlSync"`
+	Description      *string                                  `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	AllowCustomValue bool                                     `json:"allowCustomValue"`
+	ValuesFormat     *DashboardCustomVariableSpecValuesFormat `json:"valuesFormat,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // NewDashboardCustomVariableSpec creates a new DashboardCustomVariableSpec object.
@@ -1876,6 +1877,48 @@ func NewDashboardSwitchVariableSpec() *DashboardSwitchVariableSpec {
 	}
 }
 
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DashboardStackVariableKind struct {
+	Kind string                     `json:"kind"`
+	Spec DashboardStackVariableSpec `json:"spec"`
+}
+
+// NewDashboardStackVariableKind creates a new DashboardStackVariableKind object.
+func NewDashboardStackVariableKind() *DashboardStackVariableKind {
+	return &DashboardStackVariableKind{
+		Kind: "StackVariable",
+		Spec: *NewDashboardStackVariableSpec(),
+	}
+}
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DashboardStackVariableSpec struct {
+	Name         string                    `json:"name"`
+	DefaultValue *DashboardVariableOption  `json:"defaultValue,omitempty"`
+	Current      DashboardVariableOption   `json:"current"`
+	Options      []DashboardVariableOption `json:"options"`
+	Label        *string                   `json:"label,omitempty"`
+	Description  *string                   `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	Properties   map[string]string         `json:"properties"`
+}
+
+// NewDashboardStackVariableSpec creates a new DashboardStackVariableSpec object.
+func NewDashboardStackVariableSpec() *DashboardStackVariableSpec {
+	return &DashboardStackVariableSpec{
+		Name: "",
+		Current: DashboardVariableOption{
+			Text: DashboardStringOrArrayOfString{
+				String: (func(input string) *string { return &input })(""),
+			},
+			Value: DashboardStringOrArrayOfString{
+				String: (func(input string) *string { return &input })(""),
+			},
+		},
+		Options:    []DashboardVariableOption{},
+		Properties: map[string]string{},
+	}
+}
+
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 type DashboardSpec struct {
 	Annotations []DashboardAnnotationQueryKind `json:"annotations"`
@@ -2101,6 +2144,14 @@ const (
 	DashboardQueryVariableSpecStaticOptionsOrderSorted DashboardQueryVariableSpecStaticOptionsOrder = "sorted"
 )
 
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+type DashboardCustomVariableSpecValuesFormat string
+
+const (
+	DashboardCustomVariableSpecValuesFormatCsv  DashboardCustomVariableSpecValuesFormat = "csv"
+	DashboardCustomVariableSpecValuesFormatJson DashboardCustomVariableSpecValuesFormat = "json"
+)
+
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 type DashboardPanelKindOrLibraryPanelKind struct {
 	PanelKind        *DashboardPanelKind        `json:"PanelKind,omitempty"`
@@ -2496,7 +2547,7 @@ func (resource *DashboardGridLayoutKindOrRowsLayoutKindOrAutoGridLayoutKindOrTab
 }
 
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-type DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind struct {
+type DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind struct {
 	QueryVariableKind      *DashboardQueryVariableKind      `json:"QueryVariableKind,omitempty"`
 	TextVariableKind       *DashboardTextVariableKind       `json:"TextVariableKind,omitempty"`
 	ConstantVariableKind   *DashboardConstantVariableKind   `json:"ConstantVariableKind,omitempty"`
@@ -2506,15 +2557,16 @@ type DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasou
 	GroupByVariableKind    *DashboardGroupByVariableKind    `json:"GroupByVariableKind,omitempty"`
 	AdhocVariableKind      *DashboardAdhocVariableKind      `json:"AdhocVariableKind,omitempty"`
 	SwitchVariableKind     *DashboardSwitchVariableKind     `json:"SwitchVariableKind,omitempty"`
+	StackVariableKind      *DashboardStackVariableKind      `json:"StackVariableKind,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// NewDashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind creates a new DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind object.
-func NewDashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind() *DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind {
-	return &DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind{}
+// NewDashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind creates a new DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind object.
+func NewDashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind() *DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind {
+	return &DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind{}
 }
 
-// MarshalJSON implements a custom JSON marshalling logic to encode `DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind` as JSON.
-func (resource DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+// MarshalJSON implements a custom JSON marshalling logic to encode `DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind` as JSON.
+func (resource DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	if resource.QueryVariableKind != nil {
 		return json.Marshal(resource.QueryVariableKind)
 	}
@@ -2542,12 +2594,15 @@ func (resource DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKin
 	if resource.SwitchVariableKind != nil {
 		return json.Marshal(resource.SwitchVariableKind)
 	}
+	if resource.StackVariableKind != nil {
+		return json.Marshal(resource.StackVariableKind)
+	}
 
 	return []byte("null"), nil
 }
 
-// UnmarshalJSON implements a custom JSON unmarshalling logic to decode `DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind` from JSON.
-func (resource *DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKind) UnmarshalJSON(raw []byte) error {
+// UnmarshalJSON implements a custom JSON unmarshalling logic to decode `DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind` from JSON.
+func (resource *DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKindOrDatasourceVariableKindOrIntervalVariableKindOrCustomVariableKindOrGroupByVariableKindOrAdhocVariableKindOrSwitchVariableKindOrStackVariableKind) UnmarshalJSON(raw []byte) error {
 	if raw == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -2620,6 +2675,14 @@ func (resource *DashboardQueryVariableKindOrTextVariableKindOrConstantVariableKi
 
 		resource.QueryVariableKind = &dashboardQueryVariableKind
 		return nil
+	case "StackVariable":
+		var dashboardStackVariableKind DashboardStackVariableKind
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &dashboardStackVariableKind); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		resource.StackVariableKind = &dashboardStackVariableKind
+		return nil
 	case "SwitchVariable":
 		var dashboardSwitchVariableKind DashboardSwitchVariableKind
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &dashboardSwitchVariableKind); err != nil {

apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v2beta1/zz_generated.openapi.go

@@ -1510,6 +1510,12 @@ func schema_pkg_apis_dashboard_v2beta1_DashboardCustomVariableSpec(ref common.Re
 							Format:  "",
 						},
 					},
+					"valuesFormat": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Type:   []string{"string"},
+							Format: "",
+						},
+					},
 				},
 				Required: []string{"name", "query", "current", "options", "multi", "includeAll", "hide", "skipUrlSync", "allowCustomValue"},
 			},

apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard_manifest.go

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	v2beta1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v2beta1"
 )
 
+var ()
+
 var appManifestData = app.ManifestData{
 	AppName:          "dashboard",
 	Group:            "dashboard.grafana.app",

contribute/backend/style-guide.md

@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ import (
 //go:generate mockery --name InterfaceName --structname MockImplementationName --inpackage --filename my_implementation_mock.go
 ```
 
+The current `go:generate` command format used in this repository is only compatible with mockery v2.
+
 ## Globals
 
 As a general rule of thumb, avoid using global variables, since they make the code difficult to maintain and reason

kinds/dashboard/dashboard_kind.cue

@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ lineage: schemas: [{
 		// `system`: Variables defined by Grafana. See: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#global-variables
 		// `switch`: Boolean variables rendered as a switch
 		#VariableType: "query" | "adhoc" | "groupby" | "constant" | "datasource" | "interval" | "textbox" | "custom" |
-			"system" | "snapshot" | "switch" @cuetsy(kind="type") @grafanamaturity(NeedsExpertReview)
+			"system" | "snapshot" | "switch" | "stack" @cuetsy(kind="type") @grafanamaturity(NeedsExpertReview)
 
 		// Color mode for a field. You can specify a single color, or select a continuous (gradient) color schemes, based on a value.
 		// Continuous color interpolates a color using the percentage of a value relative to min and max.

package.json

@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@
     "@grafana/plugin-ui": "^0.11.1",
     "@grafana/prometheus": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/runtime": "workspace:*",
-    "@grafana/scenes": "6.47.1",
-    "@grafana/scenes-react": "6.47.1",
+    "@grafana/scenes": "^6.48.0",
+    "@grafana/scenes-react": "^6.48.0",
     "@grafana/schema": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/sql": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/ui": "workspace:*",

packages/grafana-data/src/types/templateVars.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export type TypedVariableModel =
   | OrgVariableModel
   | DashboardVariableModel
   | SnapshotVariableModel
-  | SwitchVariableModel;
+  | SwitchVariableModel
+  | StackVariableModel;
 
 export enum VariableRefresh {
   never, // removed from the UI
@@ -101,8 +102,16 @@ export interface IntervalVariableModel extends VariableWithOptions {
 
 export interface CustomVariableModel extends VariableWithMultiSupport {
   type: 'custom';
+  valuesFormat?: 'csv' | 'json';
 }
 
+export interface StackVariableModel extends VariableWithMultiSupport {
+  type: 'stack';
+  properties: StackVariableValue;
+}
+
+export type StackVariableValue = Record<string,string>;
+
 export interface DataSourceVariableModel extends VariableWithMultiSupport {
   type: 'datasource';
   regex: string;

packages/grafana-schema/src/raw/dashboard/x/dashboard_types.gen.ts

@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ export const defaultAction: Partial<Action> = {
  * `system`: Variables defined by Grafana. See: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#global-variables
  * `switch`: Boolean variables rendered as a switch
  */
-export type VariableType = ('query' | 'adhoc' | 'groupby' | 'constant' | 'datasource' | 'interval' | 'textbox' | 'custom' | 'system' | 'snapshot' | 'switch');
+export type VariableType = ('query' | 'adhoc' | 'groupby' | 'constant' | 'datasource' | 'interval' | 'textbox' | 'custom' | 'system' | 'snapshot' | 'switch' | 'stack');
 
 /**
  * Color mode for a field. You can specify a single color, or select a continuous (gradient) color schemes, based on a value.

packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2_examples.ts

@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ export const handyTestingSchema: Spec = {
         query: 'option1, option2',
         skipUrlSync: false,
         allowCustomValue: true,
+        valuesFormat: 'csv',
       },
     },
     {

packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/dashboard.schema.cue

@@ -672,9 +672,9 @@ VariableCustomFormatterFn: {
 		// `custom`: Define the variable options manually using a comma-separated list.
 		// `system`: Variables defined by Grafana. See: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/variables/add-template-variables/#global-variables
 VariableType: "query" | "adhoc" | "groupby" | "constant" | "datasource" | "interval" | "textbox" | "custom" |
-			"system" | "snapshot"
+			"system" | "snapshot" | "stack" 
 
-VariableKind: QueryVariableKind  | TextVariableKind  | ConstantVariableKind  | DatasourceVariableKind  | IntervalVariableKind  | CustomVariableKind  | GroupByVariableKind  | AdhocVariableKind
+VariableKind: QueryVariableKind  | TextVariableKind  | ConstantVariableKind  | DatasourceVariableKind  | IntervalVariableKind  | CustomVariableKind  | GroupByVariableKind  | AdhocVariableKind | StackVariableKind
 
 // Sort variable options
 // Accepted values are:
@@ -839,6 +839,23 @@ IntervalVariableKind: {
   spec: IntervalVariableSpec
 }
 
+StackVariableSpec: {
+ 	name:    	   string | *""
+	defaultValue?: VariableOption
+	current: VariableOption | *{
+		text:  ""
+		value: ""
+	}
+	options: [...VariableValueOption] | *[] 
+	label?:        string
+	description?:  string
+}
+
+StackVariableKind: {
+	kind: "StackVariable"
+	spec: StackVariableSpec
+}
+
 // Custom variable specification
 CustomVariableSpec: {
   name: string | *""

packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.spec.gen.ts

@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ export const defaultTimeRangeOption = (): TimeRangeOption => ({
 	to: "now",
 });
 
-export type VariableKind = QueryVariableKind | TextVariableKind | ConstantVariableKind | DatasourceVariableKind | IntervalVariableKind | CustomVariableKind | GroupByVariableKind | AdhocVariableKind | SwitchVariableKind;
+export type VariableKind = QueryVariableKind | TextVariableKind | ConstantVariableKind | DatasourceVariableKind | IntervalVariableKind | CustomVariableKind | GroupByVariableKind | AdhocVariableKind | SwitchVariableKind | StackVariableKind;
 
 export const defaultVariableKind = (): VariableKind => (defaultQueryVariableKind());
 
@@ -1472,6 +1472,33 @@ export const defaultSwitchVariableSpec = (): SwitchVariableSpec => ({
 	skipUrlSync: false,
 });
 
+export interface StackVariableKind {
+	kind: "StackVariable";
+	spec: StackVariableSpec;
+}
+
+export const defaultStackVariableKind = (): StackVariableKind => ({
+	kind: "StackVariable",
+	spec: defaultStackVariableSpec(),
+});
+
+export interface StackVariableSpec {
+	name: string;
+	defaultValue?: VariableOption;
+	current: VariableOption;
+	options: VariableOption[];
+	label?: string;
+	description?: string;
+	properties: Record<string, string>;
+}
+
+export const defaultStackVariableSpec = (): StackVariableSpec => ({
+	name: "",
+	current: { text: "", value: "", },
+	options: [],
+	properties: {},
+});
+
 export interface Spec {
 	annotations: AnnotationQueryKind[];
 	// Configuration of dashboard cursor sync behavior.

packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2beta1/types.spec.gen.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated - EDITING IS FUTILE. DO NOT EDIT.
 
+import { VariableValueOption } from "../v2alpha0";
+
 export interface AnnotationQueryKind {
 	kind: "AnnotationQuery";
 	spec: AnnotationQuerySpec;
@@ -1069,7 +1071,7 @@ export const defaultTimeRangeOption = (): TimeRangeOption => ({
 	to: "now",
 });
 
-export type VariableKind = QueryVariableKind | TextVariableKind | ConstantVariableKind | DatasourceVariableKind | IntervalVariableKind | CustomVariableKind | GroupByVariableKind | AdhocVariableKind | SwitchVariableKind;
+export type VariableKind = QueryVariableKind | TextVariableKind | ConstantVariableKind | DatasourceVariableKind | IntervalVariableKind | CustomVariableKind | GroupByVariableKind | AdhocVariableKind | SwitchVariableKind | StackVariableKind;
 
 export const defaultVariableKind = (): VariableKind => (defaultQueryVariableKind());
 
@@ -1335,6 +1337,7 @@ export interface CustomVariableSpec {
 	skipUrlSync: boolean;
 	description?: string;
 	allowCustomValue: boolean;
+	valuesFormat?: "csv" | "json";
 }
 
 export const defaultCustomVariableSpec = (): CustomVariableSpec => ({
@@ -1492,6 +1495,31 @@ export const defaultSwitchVariableSpec = (): SwitchVariableSpec => ({
 	skipUrlSync: false,
 });
 
+export interface StackVariableKind {
+	kind: "StackVariable";
+	spec: StackVariableSpec;
+}
+
+export const defaultStackVariableKind = (): StackVariableKind => ({
+	kind: "StackVariable",
+	spec: defaultStackVariableSpec(),
+});
+
+export interface StackVariableSpec {
+	name: string;
+	defaultValue?: VariableOption;
+	current: VariableOption;
+	options: VariableValueOption[];
+	label?: string;
+	description?: string;
+}
+
+export const defaultStackVariableSpec = (): StackVariableSpec => ({
+	name: "",
+	current: { text: "", value: "", },
+	options: [],
+});
+
 export interface Spec {
 	annotations: AnnotationQueryKind[];
 	// Configuration of dashboard cursor sync behavior.

pkg/api/api.go

@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) registerRoutes() {
 	r.Get("/connections/datasources/edit/*", authorize(datasources.EditPageAccess), hs.Index)
 	r.Get("/connections", authorize(datasources.ConfigurationPageAccess), hs.Index)
 	r.Get("/connections/add-new-connection", authorize(datasources.ConfigurationPageAccess), hs.Index)
+	r.Get("/connections/stacks", authorize(datasources.ConfigurationPageAccess), hs.Index)
+	r.Get("/connections/stacks/new", authorize(datasources.ConfigurationPageAccess), hs.Index)
+	r.Get("/connections/stacks/edit/*", authorize(datasources.ConfigurationPageAccess), hs.Index)
+	
 	// Plugin details pages
 	r.Get("/connections/datasources/:id", middleware.CanAdminPlugins(hs.Cfg, hs.AccessControl), hs.Index)
 	r.Get("/connections/datasources/:id/page/:page", middleware.CanAdminPlugins(hs.Cfg, hs.AccessControl), hs.Index)

pkg/kinds/dashboard/dashboard_spec_gen.go

@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ const (
 	VariableTypeSystem     VariableType = "system"
 	VariableTypeSnapshot   VariableType = "snapshot"
 	VariableTypeSwitch     VariableType = "switch"
+	VariableTypeStack      VariableType = "stack"
 )
 
 // Determine if the variable shows on dashboard

pkg/registry/apis/collections/datasources_validator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package collections
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	collections "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/builder"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources/service/client"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
+)
+
+var _ builder.APIGroupValidation = (*DatasourceStacksValidator)(nil)
+
+type DatasourceStacksValidator struct {
+	dsClient client.DataSourceConnectionClient
+}
+
+func GetDatasourceStacksValidator(dsClient client.DataSourceConnectionClient) builder.APIGroupValidation {
+	return &DatasourceStacksValidator{dsClient: dsClient}
+}
+
+func (v *DatasourceStacksValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces) (err error) {
+	obj := a.GetObject()
+	operation := a.GetOperation()
+
+	if operation == admission.Connect {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Connect operation is not allowed (%s %s)", a.GetName(), a.GetKind().GroupVersion().String())
+	}
+
+	if operation != admission.Create && operation != admission.Update {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cast, ok := obj.(*collections.DataSourceStack)
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("object is not of type *collections.DataSourceStack (%s %s)", a.GetName(), a.GetKind().GroupVersion().String())
+	}
+
+	// get the keys from the template
+	template := cast.Spec.Template
+
+	templateNames := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, item := range template {
+		// template items cannot be empty
+		if item.Group == "" || item.Name == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("template items cannot be empty (%s %s)", a.GetName(), a.GetKind().GroupVersion().String())
+		}
+		// template names must be unique
+		if _, exists := templateNames[item.Name]; exists {
+			return fmt.Errorf("template item names must be unique. name '%s' already exists (%s %s)", item.Name, a.GetName(), a.GetKind().GroupVersion().String())
+		}
+		templateNames[item.Name] = true
+	}
+
+	// for each mode, check that the keys are in the template
+	modes := cast.Spec.Modes
+
+	for _, mode := range modes {
+		for key, item := range mode.Definition {
+			// if a key is not in the template, return an error
+			if _, ok := template[key]; !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("key '%s' is not in the DataSourceStack template (%s %s)", key, a.GetName(), a.GetKind().GroupVersion().String())
+			}
+
+			exists, err := v.checkDatasourceExists(ctx, item.DataSourceRef)
+			if err != nil || !exists {
+				return fmt.Errorf("datasource '%s' in group '%s' does not exist (%s %s): %w", item.DataSourceRef, template[key].Group, a.GetName(), a.GetKind().GroupVersion().String(), err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (v *DatasourceStacksValidator) checkDatasourceExists(ctx context.Context, name string) (bool, error) {
+	dsConn, err := v.dsClient.GetByUID(ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if dsConn == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
+
+}

pkg/registry/apis/collections/datasources_validator_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+package collections_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	collectionsv1alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1"
+	queryv0alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/query/v0alpha1"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/collections"
+	datasourcesclient "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources/service/client"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
+)
+
+func TestDataSourceValidator_Validate(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                string
+		operation           admission.Operation
+		object              runtime.Object
+		needMockDSClient    bool // only set to true if you expect to make a call to the datasource client
+		dsClientReturnValue *queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnection
+		dsClientReturnError error
+		expectError         bool
+		errorMsg            string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "should return no error for invalid kind",
+			operation:   admission.Delete,
+			object:      &collectionsv1alpha1.Stars{},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "should return error for Connect operation",
+			operation:   admission.Connect,
+			object:      &collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStack{},
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "template items cannot be empty",
+			operation: admission.Create,
+			object: &collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStack{
+				Spec: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackSpec{
+					Template: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackTemplateSpec{
+						"key1": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errorMsg:    "template items cannot be empty (test-datasourcestack collections.grafana.app/v1alpha1)",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "template item name keys must be unique",
+			operation: admission.Create,
+			object: &collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStack{
+				Spec: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackSpec{
+					Template: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackTemplateSpec{
+						"key1": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem{
+							Name:  "foo",
+							Group: "foo.grafana",
+						},
+						"key2": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem{
+							Name:  "foo",
+							Group: "foo.grafana",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errorMsg:    "template item names must be unique. name 'foo' already exists (test-datasourcestack collections.grafana.app/v1alpha1)",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "mode keys must exist in the template",
+			operation: admission.Create,
+			object: &collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStack{
+				Spec: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackSpec{
+					Template: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackTemplateSpec{
+						"key1": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem{
+							Name:  "foo",
+							Group: "foo.grafana",
+						},
+					},
+					Modes: []collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeSpec{
+						{
+							Name: "prod",
+							Definition: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackMode{
+								"notintemplate": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeItem{
+									DataSourceRef: "foo",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errorMsg:    "key 'notintemplate' is not in the DataSourceStack template (test-datasourcestack collections.grafana.app/v1alpha1)",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "error if data source does not exist",
+			operation: admission.Create,
+			object: &collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStack{
+				Spec: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackSpec{
+					Template: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackTemplateSpec{
+						"key1": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem{
+							Name:  "foo",
+							Group: "foo.grafana",
+						},
+					},
+					Modes: []collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeSpec{
+						{
+							Name: "prod",
+							Definition: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackMode{
+								"key1": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeItem{
+									DataSourceRef: "ref",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			needMockDSClient:    true,
+			dsClientReturnValue: nil, // no result - this is the default anyway
+			expectError:         true,
+			errorMsg:            "datasource 'ref' in group 'foo.grafana' does not exist (test-datasourcestack collections.grafana.app/v1alpha1)",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "valid request",
+			operation: admission.Create,
+			object: &collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStack{
+				Spec: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackSpec{
+					Template: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackTemplateSpec{
+						"key1": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackDataSourceStackTemplateItem{
+							Name:  "foo",
+							Group: "foo.grafana",
+						},
+					},
+					Modes: []collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeSpec{
+						{
+							Name: "prod",
+							Definition: collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackMode{
+								"key1": collectionsv1alpha1.DataSourceStackModeItem{
+									DataSourceRef: "ref",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			needMockDSClient:    true,
+			dsClientReturnValue: &queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnection{}, // returning any non-nil value will pass validation
+			expectError:         false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			attrs := &FakeAdmissionAttributes{
+				Operation: tt.operation,
+				Object:    tt.object,
+				Name:      "test-datasourcestack",
+				Kind:      schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "collections.grafana.app", Version: "v1alpha1", Kind: "DataSourceStack"},
+			}
+
+			var client *datasourcesclient.MockDataSourceConnectionClient
+			if tt.needMockDSClient {
+				client = datasourcesclient.NewMockDataSourceConnectionClient(t)
+				client.On("GetByUID", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(tt.dsClientReturnValue, tt.dsClientReturnError)
+			}
+
+			validator := collections.GetDatasourceStacksValidator(client)
+			err := validator.Validate(ctx, attrs, nil)
+
+			if tt.expectError {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				if tt.errorMsg != "" {
+					assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMsg)
+				}
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type FakeAdmissionAttributes struct {
+	admission.Attributes
+	Operation admission.Operation
+	Object    runtime.Object
+	Name      string
+	Kind      schema.GroupVersionKind
+}
+
+func (m *FakeAdmissionAttributes) GetOperation() admission.Operation {
+	return m.Operation
+}
+
+func (m *FakeAdmissionAttributes) GetObject() runtime.Object {
+	return m.Object
+}
+
+func (m *FakeAdmissionAttributes) GetName() string {
+	return m.Name
+}
+
+func (m *FakeAdmissionAttributes) GetKind() schema.GroupVersionKind {
+	return m.Kind
+}

pkg/registry/apis/collections/register.go

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package collections
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
 	genericapiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
@@ -14,13 +16,16 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/validation/spec"
 
 	collections "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/collections/pkg/apis/collections/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	grafanaregistry "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apiserver/registry/generic"
 	grafanarest "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apiserver/rest"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/collections/legacy"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/apis/preferences/utils"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/builder"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/endpoints/request"
+	datasourcesClient "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources/service/client"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/star"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
@@ -29,13 +34,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	_ builder.APIGroupBuilder  = (*APIBuilder)(nil)
-	_ builder.APIGroupMutation = (*APIBuilder)(nil)
+	_ builder.APIGroupBuilder    = (*APIBuilder)(nil)
+	_ builder.APIGroupMutation   = (*APIBuilder)(nil)
+	_ builder.APIGroupValidation = (*APIBuilder)(nil)
 )
 
 type APIBuilder struct {
-	authorizer  authorizer.Authorizer
-	legacyStars *legacy.DashboardStarsStorage
+	authorizer                authorizer.Authorizer
+	legacyStars               *legacy.DashboardStarsStorage
+	datasourceStacksValidator builder.APIGroupValidation
 }
 
 func RegisterAPIService(
@@ -45,6 +52,8 @@ func RegisterAPIService(
 	stars star.Service,
 	users user.Service,
 	apiregistration builder.APIRegistrar,
+	dsConnClientFactory datasourcesClient.DataSourceConnectionClientFactory,
+	restConfigProvider apiserver.RestConfigProvider,
 ) *APIBuilder {
 	// Requires development settings and clearly experimental
 	//nolint:staticcheck // not yet migrated to OpenFeature
@@ -52,11 +61,15 @@ func RegisterAPIService(
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	dsConnClient := dsConnClientFactory(restConfigProvider)
+
 	sql := legacy.NewLegacySQL(legacysql.NewDatabaseProvider(db))
 	builder := &APIBuilder{
+		datasourceStacksValidator: GetDatasourceStacksValidator(dsConnClient),
 		authorizer: &utils.AuthorizeFromName{
 			Resource: map[string][]utils.ResourceOwner{
-				"stars": {utils.UserResourceOwner},
+				"stars":       {utils.UserResourceOwner},
+				"datasources": {utils.UserResourceOwner},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -94,28 +107,60 @@ func (b *APIBuilder) UpdateAPIGroupInfo(apiGroupInfo *genericapiserver.APIGroupI
 	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
 
 	// Configure Stars Dual writer
-	resource := collections.StarsResourceInfo
+	starsResource := collections.StarsResourceInfo
 	var stars grafanarest.Storage
-	stars, err := grafanaregistry.NewRegistryStore(opts.Scheme, resource, opts.OptsGetter)
+	stars, err := grafanaregistry.NewRegistryStore(opts.Scheme, starsResource, opts.OptsGetter)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	stars = &starStorage{Storage: stars} // wrap List so we only return one value
 	if b.legacyStars != nil && opts.DualWriteBuilder != nil {
-		stars, err = opts.DualWriteBuilder(resource.GroupResource(), b.legacyStars, stars)
+		stars, err = opts.DualWriteBuilder(starsResource.GroupResource(), b.legacyStars, stars)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	storage[resource.StoragePath()] = stars
-	storage[resource.StoragePath("update")] = &starsREST{store: stars}
+	storage[starsResource.StoragePath()] = stars
+	storage[starsResource.StoragePath("update")] = &starsREST{store: stars}
+
+	// no need for dual writer for a kind that does not exist in the legacy database
+	resourceInfo := collections.DatasourceStacksResourceInfo
+	datasourcesStorage, err := grafanaregistry.NewRegistryStore(opts.Scheme, resourceInfo, opts.OptsGetter)
+	storage[resourceInfo.StoragePath()] = datasourcesStorage
 
 	apiGroupInfo.VersionedResourcesStorageMap[collections.APIVersion] = storage
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (b *APIBuilder) Validate(ctx context.Context, a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces) (err error) {
+	if a.GetKind().Group == collections.DatasourceStacksResourceInfo.GroupResource().Group {
+		return b.datasourceStacksValidator.Validate(ctx, a, o)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (b *APIBuilder) GetAuthorizer() authorizer.Authorizer {
-	return b.authorizer
+
+	return authorizer.AuthorizerFunc(
+		func(ctx context.Context, attr authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
+			if attr.GetResource() == "stars" {
+				return b.authorizer.Authorize(ctx, attr)
+			}
+
+			// datasources auth branch starts
+			if !attr.IsResourceRequest() {
+				return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
+			}
+			// require a user
+			_, err = identity.GetRequester(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "valid user is required", err
+			}
+
+			// TODO make the auth more restrictive
+			return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
+
+		})
 }
 
 func (b *APIBuilder) GetOpenAPIDefinitions() common.GetOpenAPIDefinitions {

pkg/registry/apis/datasource/register.go

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func RegisterAPIService(
 			accessControl,
 			//nolint:staticcheck // not yet migrated to OpenFeature
 			features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagDatasourceQueryTypes),
-			false,
+			true,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err

pkg/registry/apis/query/connections.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	queryV0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/query/v0alpha1"
 	gapiutil "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -28,11 +29,11 @@ var (
 // Get all datasource connections -- this will be backed by search or duplicated resource in unified storage
 type DataSourceConnectionProvider interface {
 	// Get gets a specific datasource (that the user in context can see)
-	// The name is {group}:{name}, see /pkg/apis/query/v0alpha1/connection.go#L34
+	// The name is the legacy datasource UID.
 	GetConnection(ctx context.Context, namespace string, name string) (*queryV0.DataSourceConnection, error)
 
-	// List lists all data sources the user in context can see
-	ListConnections(ctx context.Context, namespace string) (*queryV0.DataSourceConnectionList, error)
+	// List lists all data sources the user in context can see. Optional field selectors can filter the results.
+	ListConnections(ctx context.Context, namespace string, fieldSelector fields.Selector) (*queryV0.DataSourceConnectionList, error)
 }
 
 type connectionAccess struct {
@@ -74,7 +75,11 @@ func (s *connectionAccess) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options *metav1
 }
 
 func (s *connectionAccess) List(ctx context.Context, options *internalversion.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
-	return s.connections.ListConnections(ctx, request.NamespaceValue(ctx))
+	var fs fields.Selector
+	if options != nil && options.FieldSelector != nil {
+		fs = options.FieldSelector
+	}
+	return s.connections.ListConnections(ctx, request.NamespaceValue(ctx), fs)
 }
 
 type connectionsProvider struct {
@@ -103,19 +108,47 @@ func (q *connectionsProvider) GetConnection(ctx context.Context, namespace strin
 	return q.asConnection(ds, namespace)
 }
 
-func (q *connectionsProvider) ListConnections(ctx context.Context, namespace string) (*queryV0.DataSourceConnectionList, error) {
+func (q *connectionsProvider) ListConnections(ctx context.Context, namespace string, fieldSelector fields.Selector) (*queryV0.DataSourceConnectionList, error) {
 	ns, err := authlib.ParseNamespace(namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	dss, err := q.dsService.GetDataSources(ctx, &datasources.GetDataSourcesQuery{
-		OrgID:           ns.OrgID,
-		DataSourceLimit: 10000,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	var dss []*datasources.DataSource
+	// if fieldSelector is not nil, find any uids in the metadata.name field and
+	// use them in the query
+	if fieldSelector != nil && !fieldSelector.Empty() {
+		uids := []string{}
+		for _, req := range fieldSelector.Requirements() {
+			if req.Field == "metadata.name" {
+				uids = append(uids, req.Value)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// We don't have a way to fetch a subset of datasources by UID in the legacy
+		// datasource service, so fetch them one by one.
+		if len(uids) > 0 {
+			for _, uid := range uids {
+				ds, err := q.dsService.GetDataSource(ctx, &datasources.GetDataSourceQuery{
+					UID:   uid,
+					OrgID: ns.OrgID,
+				})
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				dss = append(dss, ds)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		dss, err = q.dsService.GetDataSources(ctx, &datasources.GetDataSourcesQuery{
+			OrgID:           ns.OrgID,
+			DataSourceLimit: 10000,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
+
 	result := &queryV0.DataSourceConnectionList{
 		Items: []queryV0.DataSourceConnection{},
 	}

pkg/server/wire.go

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasourceproxy"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
 	datasourceservice "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources/service"
+	datasourcesclient "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources/service/client"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dsquerierclient"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/encryption"
 	encryptionservice "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/encryption/service"
@@ -476,6 +477,7 @@ var wireBasicSet = wire.NewSet(
 	appregistry.WireSet,
 	// Dashboard Kubernetes helpers
 	dashboardclient.ProvideK8sClientWithFallback,
+	datasourcesclient.ProvideDataSourceConnectionClientFactory,
 )
 
 var wireSet = wire.NewSet(

pkg/services/datasources/service/client/client.go

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+
+	datasourcev0alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/datasource/v0alpha1"
+	queryv0alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/query/v0alpha1"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+)
+
+// DataSourceConnectionClient can get information about data source connections.
+//
+//go:generate mockery --name DataSourceConnectionClient --structname MockDataSourceConnectionClient --inpackage --filename=client_mock.go --with-expecter
+type DataSourceConnectionClient interface {
+	GetByUID(ctx context.Context, uid string) (*queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnection, error)
+}
+
+func ProvideDataSourceConnectionClientFactory(
+	restConfigProvider apiserver.RestConfigProvider,
+) DataSourceConnectionClientFactory {
+	return func(configProvider apiserver.RestConfigProvider) DataSourceConnectionClient {
+		return &dataSourceConnectionClient{
+			configProvider: configProvider,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type DataSourceConnectionClientFactory func(configProvider apiserver.RestConfigProvider) DataSourceConnectionClient
+
+type dataSourceConnectionClient struct {
+	configProvider apiserver.RestConfigProvider
+}
+
+func (dc *dataSourceConnectionClient) Get(ctx context.Context, group, version, name string) (*queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnection, error) {
+	cfg, err := dc.configProvider.GetRestConfig(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if version == "" {
+		version = "v0alpha1"
+	}
+
+	result := client.RESTClient().Get().
+		Prefix("apis", group, version).
+		Namespace("default"). // TODO do something about namespace
+		Resource("datasources").
+		Name(name).
+		Do(ctx)
+
+	if err = result.Error(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var statusCode int
+
+	result = result.StatusCode(&statusCode)
+	if statusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		return nil, errors.New("not found")
+	}
+
+	fullDS := datasourcev0alpha1.DataSource{}
+	err = result.Into(&fullDS)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	dsConnection := &queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnection{
+		Title: fullDS.Spec.Title(),
+		Datasource: queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnectionRef{
+			Group:   fullDS.GroupVersionKind().Group,
+			Name:    fullDS.ObjectMeta.Name,
+			Version: fullDS.GroupVersionKind().Version,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return dsConnection, nil
+}
+
+func (dc *dataSourceConnectionClient) GetByUID(ctx context.Context, uid string) (*queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnection, error) {
+	cfg, err := dc.configProvider.GetRestConfig(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// use the list endpoint with a fieldSelector so that can get multiple results
+	// in the case of a non-unique "uid". This should not be possible when we are
+	// backed by the legacy database, but wont be guaranteed when we are using
+	// uniStore as the names will not be guaranteed unique across apiGroups. We
+	// error below if more than one result is returned.
+	result := client.RESTClient().Get().
+		Prefix("apis", "query.grafana.app", "v0alpha1").
+		Namespace("default"). // TODO do something about namespace
+		Resource("connections").
+		Param("fieldSelector", "metadata.name="+uid).
+		Do(ctx)
+
+	if err = result.Error(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var statusCode int
+
+	result = result.StatusCode(&statusCode)
+	if statusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		return nil, errors.New("not found")
+	}
+
+	dsList := datasourcev0alpha1.DataSourceList{}
+	err = result.Into(&dsList)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(dsList.Items) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("not found")
+	}
+
+	if len(dsList.Items) > 1 {
+		return nil, errors.New("multiple connections found")
+	}
+
+	fullDS := dsList.Items[0]
+	dsConnection := &queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnection{
+		Title: fullDS.Spec.Title(),
+		Datasource: queryv0alpha1.DataSourceConnectionRef{
+			Group:   fullDS.GroupVersionKind().Group,
+			Name:    fullDS.ObjectMeta.Name,
+			Version: fullDS.GroupVersionKind().Version,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return dsConnection, nil
+}

pkg/services/datasources/service/client/client_mock.go

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// Code generated by mockery v2.53.3. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package client
+
+import (
+	context "context"
+
+	v0alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/query/v0alpha1"
+	mock "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+)
+
+// MockDataSourceConnectionClient is an autogenerated mock type for the DataSourceConnectionClient type
+type MockDataSourceConnectionClient struct {
+	mock.Mock
+}
+
+type MockDataSourceConnectionClient_Expecter struct {
+	mock *mock.Mock
+}
+
+func (_m *MockDataSourceConnectionClient) EXPECT() *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_Expecter {
+	return &MockDataSourceConnectionClient_Expecter{mock: &_m.Mock}
+}
+
+// GetByUID provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, uid
+func (_m *MockDataSourceConnectionClient) GetByUID(ctx context.Context, uid string) (*v0alpha1.DataSourceConnection, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(ctx, uid)
+
+	if len(ret) == 0 {
+		panic("no return value specified for GetByUID")
+	}
+
+	var r0 *v0alpha1.DataSourceConnection
+	var r1 error
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, string) (*v0alpha1.DataSourceConnection, error)); ok {
+		return rf(ctx, uid)
+	}
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, string) *v0alpha1.DataSourceConnection); ok {
+		r0 = rf(ctx, uid)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*v0alpha1.DataSourceConnection)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, string) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(ctx, uid)
+	} else {
+		r1 = ret.Error(1)
+	}
+
+	return r0, r1
+}
+
+// MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call is a *mock.Call that shadows Run/Return methods with type explicit version for method 'GetByUID'
+type MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call struct {
+	*mock.Call
+}
+
+// GetByUID is a helper method to define mock.On call
+//   - ctx context.Context
+//   - uid string
+func (_e *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_Expecter) GetByUID(ctx interface{}, uid interface{}) *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call {
+	return &MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call{Call: _e.mock.On("GetByUID", ctx, uid)}
+}
+
+func (_c *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call) Run(run func(ctx context.Context, uid string)) *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call {
+	_c.Call.Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
+		run(args[0].(context.Context), args[1].(string))
+	})
+	return _c
+}
+
+func (_c *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call) Return(_a0 *v0alpha1.DataSourceConnection, _a1 error) *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call {
+	_c.Call.Return(_a0, _a1)
+	return _c
+}
+
+func (_c *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call) RunAndReturn(run func(context.Context, string) (*v0alpha1.DataSourceConnection, error)) *MockDataSourceConnectionClient_GetByUID_Call {
+	_c.Call.Return(run)
+	return _c
+}
+
+// NewMockDataSourceConnectionClient creates a new instance of MockDataSourceConnectionClient. It also registers a testing interface on the mock and a cleanup function to assert the mocks expectations.
+// The first argument is typically a *testing.T value.
+func NewMockDataSourceConnectionClient(t interface {
+	mock.TestingT
+	Cleanup(func())
+}) *MockDataSourceConnectionClient {
+	mock := &MockDataSourceConnectionClient{}
+	mock.Mock.Test(t)
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() { mock.AssertExpectations(t) })
+
+	return mock
+}

pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go

@@ -574,6 +574,15 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) buildDataConnectionsNavLink(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) *n
 			Url:      baseUrl + "/datasources",
 			Children: []*navtree.NavLink{},
 		})
+
+		// Stacks
+		children = append(children, &navtree.NavLink{
+			Id:       "connections-stacks",
+			Text:     "Stacks",
+			SubTitle: "Manage data source stacks for different environments",
+			Url:      baseUrl + "/stacks",
+			Children: []*navtree.NavLink{},
+		})
 	}
 
 	if len(children) > 0 {

public/app/core/utils/navBarItem-translations.ts

@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ export function getNavTitle(navId: string | undefined) {
       return t('nav.connections.title', 'Connections');
     case 'connections-add-new-connection':
       return t('nav.add-new-connections.title', 'Add new connection');
+    case 'connections-stacks':
+      return t('nav.stacks.title', 'Stacks');
     case 'standalone-plugin-page-/connections/collector':
       return t('nav.collector.title', 'Collector');
     case 'connections-datasources':

public/app/features/connections/Connections.tsx

@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ import { CacheFeatureHighlightPage } from './pages/CacheFeatureHighlightPage';
 import ConnectionsHomePage from './pages/ConnectionsHomePage';
 import { DataSourceDashboardsPage } from './pages/DataSourceDashboardsPage';
 import { DataSourceDetailsPage } from './pages/DataSourceDetailsPage';
+import { DataSourceStacksPage } from './pages/DataSourceStacksPage';
 import { DataSourcesListPage } from './pages/DataSourcesListPage';
 import { EditDataSourcePage } from './pages/EditDataSourcePage';
+import { EditStackPage } from './pages/EditStackPage';
 import { InsightsFeatureHighlightPage } from './pages/InsightsFeatureHighlightPage';
 import { NewDataSourcePage } from './pages/NewDataSourcePage';
+import { NewStackPage } from './pages/NewStackPage';
 import { PermissionsFeatureHighlightPage } from './pages/PermissionsFeatureHighlightPage';
 
 function RedirectToAddNewConnection() {
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@ export default function Connections() {
       {/* The route paths need to be relative to the parent path (ROUTES.Base), so we need to remove that part */}
       <Route caseSensitive path={ROUTES.DataSources.replace(ROUTES.Base, '')} element={<DataSourcesListPage />} />
       <Route caseSensitive path={ROUTES.DataSourcesNew.replace(ROUTES.Base, '')} element={<NewDataSourcePage />} />
+      <Route caseSensitive path={ROUTES.Stacks.replace(ROUTES.Base, '')} element={<DataSourceStacksPage />} />
+      <Route caseSensitive path={ROUTES.StacksNew.replace(ROUTES.Base, '')} element={<NewStackPage />} />
+      <Route caseSensitive path={ROUTES.StacksEdit.replace(ROUTES.Base, '')} element={<EditStackPage />} />
       <Route
         caseSensitive
         path={ROUTES.DataSourcesDetails.replace(ROUTES.Base, '')}

public/app/features/connections/components/PageCard/CardData.ts

@@ -75,5 +75,11 @@ export function getOssCardData(): CardData[] {
       url: '/connections/datasources',
       icon: 'database',
     },
+    {
+      text: 'Stacks',
+      subTitle: 'Manage your data source stacks',
+      url: '/connections/stacks',
+      icon: 'layers',
+    },
   ];
 }

public/app/features/connections/constants.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ export const ROUTES = {
   DataSourcesNew: `/${ROUTE_BASE_ID}/datasources/new`,
   DataSourcesEdit: `/${ROUTE_BASE_ID}/datasources/edit/:uid`,
   DataSourcesDashboards: `/${ROUTE_BASE_ID}/datasources/edit/:uid/dashboards`,
+  // Stacks
+  Stacks: `/${ROUTE_BASE_ID}/stacks`,
+  StacksNew: `/${ROUTE_BASE_ID}/stacks/new`,
+  StacksEdit: `/${ROUTE_BASE_ID}/stacks/edit/:uid`,
 
   // Add new connection
   AddNewConnection: `/${ROUTE_BASE_ID}/add-new-connection`,

public/app/features/connections/pages/DataSourceStacksPage.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { t, Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import {
+  Card,
+  EmptyState,
+  FilterInput,
+  IconButton,
+  LinkButton,
+  Spinner,
+  Stack,
+  TagList,
+  useStyles2,
+} from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
+import { Resource } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+import {
+  DataSourceStackSpec,
+  fetchStacks as fetchStacksApi,
+  deleteStack,
+} from 'app/features/datasources/api/stacksApi';
+
+export function DataSourceStacksPage() {
+  const [stacks, setStacks] = useState<Array<Resource<DataSourceStackSpec>>>([]);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState('');
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  const fetchStacks = useCallback(async () => {
+    try {
+      setLoading(true);
+      const items = await fetchStacksApi();
+      setStacks(items);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Failed to fetch datasource stacks:', err);
+      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to fetch datasource stacks');
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    fetchStacks();
+  }, [fetchStacks]);
+
+  const onDeleteStack = (stackName: string) => async () => {
+    await deleteStack(stackName);
+    fetchStacks();
+  };
+
+  // Filter stacks based on search query
+  const filteredStacks = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!searchQuery) {
+      return stacks;
+    }
+    const query = searchQuery.toLowerCase();
+    return stacks.filter((stack) => {
+      const nameMatch = stack.metadata.name?.toLowerCase().includes(query);
+      const templateMatch = Object.values(stack.spec.template).some(
+        (template) => template.name.toLowerCase().includes(query) || template.group.toLowerCase().includes(query)
+      );
+      return nameMatch || templateMatch;
+    });
+  }, [stacks, searchQuery]);
+
+  const actions =
+    stacks.length > 0 ? (
+      <LinkButton variant="primary" icon="plus" href="/connections/stacks/new">
+        <Trans i18nKey="connections.stacks-list-view.add-stack">Add stack</Trans>
+      </LinkButton>
+    ) : undefined;
+
+  const pageNav = {
+    text: t('connections.stacks-list-view.title', 'Data source stacks'),
+    subTitle: t(
+      'connections.stacks-list-view.subtitle',
+      'Manage your data source stacks to group environments like dev, staging, and production'
+    ),
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Page navId="connections-stacks" pageNav={pageNav} actions={actions}>
+      <Page.Contents>
+        <DataSourceStacksListContent
+          stacks={filteredStacks}
+          loading={loading}
+          error={error}
+          searchQuery={searchQuery}
+          setSearchQuery={setSearchQuery}
+          onDeleteStack={onDeleteStack}
+          styles={styles}
+        />
+      </Page.Contents>
+    </Page>
+  );
+}
+
+interface DataSourceStacksListContentProps {
+  stacks: Array<Resource<DataSourceStackSpec>>;
+  loading: boolean;
+  error: string | null;
+  searchQuery: string;
+  setSearchQuery: (query: string) => void;
+  styles: ReturnType<typeof getStyles>;
+  onDeleteStack: (stackName: string) => () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+function DataSourceStacksListContent({
+  stacks,
+  loading,
+  error,
+  searchQuery,
+  setSearchQuery,
+  styles,
+  onDeleteStack,
+}: DataSourceStacksListContentProps) {
+  if (loading) {
+    return <Spinner />;
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <EmptyState
+        variant="not-found"
+        message={t('connections.stacks-list-view.error', 'Failed to load data source stacks')}
+      >
+        <div>{error}</div>
+      </EmptyState>
+    );
+  }
+  if (stacks.length === 0 && !searchQuery) {
+    return (
+      <EmptyState
+        message={t(
+          'connections.stacks-list-view.empty.no-rules-created',
+          "You haven't created any data source stacks yet"
+        )}
+        variant="call-to-action"
+      >
+        <div>
+          <Trans i18nKey="connections.stacks-list-view.empty.description">
+            Use data source stacks to group environments like dev, stg, and prod. Reference the stack in your query, and
+            Grafana automatically selects the right data source for that environment.
+          </Trans>
+        </div>
+
+        <LinkButton variant="primary" icon="plus" size="lg" href="/connections/stacks/new">
+          <Trans i18nKey="connections.stacks-list-view.empty.new-stack">New stack</Trans>
+        </LinkButton>
+      </EmptyState>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
+      <div className={styles.searchContainer}>
+        <FilterInput
+          value={searchQuery}
+          onChange={setSearchQuery}
+          placeholder={t('connections.stacks-list-view.search-placeholder', 'Search by name or type')}
+        />
+      </div>
+      {stacks.length === 0 && searchQuery ? (
+        <EmptyState
+          variant="not-found"
+          message={t('connections.stacks-list-view.no-results', 'No data source stacks found')}
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <ul className={styles.list}>
+          {stacks.map((stack) => (
+            <li key={stack.metadata.name}>
+              <Card noMargin href={`/connections/stacks/edit/${stack.metadata.name}`}>
+                <Card.Heading>{stack.metadata.name}</Card.Heading>
+                <Card.Tags>
+                  <Stack direction="row" gap={2} alignItems="center">
+                    <TagList tags={getDatasourceList(stack.spec)} />
+                    <IconButton
+                      name="trash-alt"
+                      variant="destructive"
+                      aria-label={t('connections.stacks-list-view.delete-stack', 'Delete stack')}
+                      onClick={(e) => {
+                        e.preventDefault();
+                        e.stopPropagation();
+                        onDeleteStack(stack.metadata.name)();
+                      }}
+                    />
+                  </Stack>
+                </Card.Tags>
+              </Card>
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
+      )}
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  searchContainer: css({
+    marginBottom: theme.spacing(2),
+    maxWidth: '500px',
+  }),
+  list: css({
+    listStyle: 'none',
+    display: 'grid',
+    gap: theme.spacing(1),
+  }),
+});
+
+const getDatasourceList = (stack: DataSourceStackSpec): string[] => {
+  return Array.from(
+    // remove duplicates
+    new Set(
+      Object.values(stack.template).map((template) => {
+        const match = template.group.match(/^grafana-(.+)-datasource$/);
+        if (match && match[1]) {
+          return match[1].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + match[1].slice(1);
+        }
+        return template.name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + template.name.slice(1);
+      })
+    )
+  );
+};

public/app/features/connections/pages/EditStackPage.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
+
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { EmptyState, Spinner } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
+import { Resource } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+import { DataSourceStackSpec, fetchStack } from 'app/features/datasources/api/stacksApi';
+import {
+  StackForm,
+  transformStackSpecToFormValues,
+} from 'app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/StackForm';
+import { StackFormValues } from 'app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/types';
+
+export function EditStackPage() {
+  const { uid } = useParams<{ uid: string }>();
+  const [stack, setStack] = useState<Resource<DataSourceStackSpec> | null>(null);
+  const [formValues, setFormValues] = useState<StackFormValues | null>(null);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const loadStack = async () => {
+      if (!uid) {
+        setError('No stack UID provided');
+        setLoading(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        setLoading(true);
+        const response = await fetchStack(uid);
+        setStack(response);
+
+        const values = transformStackSpecToFormValues(response.metadata.name || '', response.spec);
+        setFormValues(values);
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('Failed to fetch datasource stack:', err);
+        setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to fetch datasource stack');
+      } finally {
+        setLoading(false);
+      }
+    };
+
+    loadStack();
+  }, [uid]);
+
+  const pageNav = {
+    text: stack?.metadata.name
+      ? t('connections.edit-stack-page.title-with-name', 'Edit {{name}}', { name: stack.metadata.name })
+      : t('connections.edit-stack-page.title', 'Edit Data Source Stack'),
+    subTitle: t('connections.edit-stack-page.subtitle', 'Modify your data source stack configuration'),
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Page navId="connections-stacks" pageNav={pageNav}>
+      <Page.Contents>
+        <EditStackContent loading={loading} error={error} formValues={formValues} />
+      </Page.Contents>
+    </Page>
+  );
+}
+
+interface EditStackContentProps {
+  loading: boolean;
+  error: string | null;
+  formValues: StackFormValues | null;
+}
+
+function EditStackContent({ loading, error, formValues }: EditStackContentProps) {
+  if (loading) {
+    return <Spinner />;
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <EmptyState
+        variant="not-found"
+        message={t('connections.edit-stack-page.error', 'Failed to load data source stack')}
+      >
+        <div>{error}</div>
+      </EmptyState>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!formValues) {
+    return (
+      <EmptyState
+        variant="not-found"
+        message={t('connections.edit-stack-page.not-found', 'Data source stack not found')}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  return <StackForm existing={formValues} />;
+}

public/app/features/connections/pages/NewStackPage.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
+import { StackForm } from 'app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/StackForm';
+
+export function NewStackPage() {
+  return (
+    <Page
+      navId="connections-stacks"
+      pageNav={{
+        text: 'New Data Source Stack',
+        subTitle: 'Add a new data source stack',
+        active: true,
+      }}
+    >
+      <Page.Contents>
+        <StackForm />
+      </Page.Contents>
+    </Page>
+  );
+}

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.test.ts

@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ describe('DashboardSceneSerializer', () => {
               query: 'app1',
               skipUrlSync: false,
               allowCustomValue: true,
+              valuesFormat: 'csv',
             },
           },
         ]);

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/__snapshots__/transformSceneToSaveModel.test.ts.snap

@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ exports[`Given a scene with custom quick ranges should save quick ranges to save
         "options": [],
         "query": "a, b, c",
         "type": "custom",
+        "valuesFormat": "csv",
       },
       {
         "current": {
@@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ exports[`transformSceneToSaveModel Given a scene with rows Should transform back
         "options": [],
         "query": "A,B,C,D,E,F,E,G,H,I,J,K,L",
         "type": "custom",
+        "valuesFormat": "csv",
       },
       {
         "current": {
@@ -697,6 +699,7 @@ exports[`transformSceneToSaveModel Given a scene with rows Should transform back
         "options": [],
         "query": "Bob : 1, Rob : 2,Sod : 3, Hod : 4, Cod : 5",
         "type": "custom",
+        "valuesFormat": "csv",
       },
     ],
   },
@@ -1019,6 +1022,7 @@ exports[`transformSceneToSaveModel Given a simple scene with custom settings Sho
         "options": [],
         "query": "a, b, c",
         "type": "custom",
+        "valuesFormat": "csv",
       },
       {
         "current": {
@@ -1378,6 +1382,7 @@ exports[`transformSceneToSaveModel Given a simple scene with variables Should tr
         "options": [],
         "query": "a, b, c",
         "type": "custom",
+        "valuesFormat": "csv",
       },
       {
         "current": {

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/__snapshots__/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts.snap

@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ exports[`transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2 should transform scene to save model
         "options": [],
         "query": "option1, option2",
         "skipUrlSync": false,
+        "valuesFormat": "csv",
       },
     },
     {

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.test.ts

@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       "options": [],
       "query": "test,test1,test2",
       "type": "custom",
+      "valuesFormat": "csv",
     }
     `);
   });
@@ -1148,6 +1149,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         "options": [],
         "query": "test,test1,test2",
         "skipUrlSync": false,
+        "valuesFormat": "csv",
       },
     }
     `);

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { isStack } from 'immutable';
+
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   AdHocFilterWithLabels as SceneAdHocFilterWithLabels,
@@ -28,9 +30,11 @@ import {
   AdHocFilterWithLabels,
   SwitchVariableKind,
   defaultIntervalVariableSpec,
+  StackVariableKind,
 } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2';
 import { getDefaultDatasource } from 'app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers';
 
+import { isStackVariable, StackVariable } from '../settings/variables/StackVariable';
 import { getIntervalsQueryFromNewIntervalModel } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { DSReferencesMapping } from './DashboardSceneSerializer';
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ export function sceneVariablesSetToVariables(set: SceneVariables, keepQueryOptio
         allValue: variable.state.allValue,
         includeAll: variable.state.includeAll,
         allowCustomValue: variable.state.allowCustomValue,
+        valuesFormat: variable.state.valuesFormat,
       });
     } else if (sceneUtils.isDataSourceVariable(variable)) {
       variables.push({
@@ -230,6 +235,16 @@ export function sceneVariablesSetToVariables(set: SceneVariables, keepQueryOptio
       });
     } else if (variable.state.type === 'system') {
       // Not persisted
+    } else if (isStackVariable(variable)) {
+      variables.push({
+        ...commonProperties,
+        current: {
+          text: variable.state.text || variable.state.value,
+          value: variable.state.value,
+        },
+        properties: variable.state.properties || {},
+        options: [],
+      });
     } else {
       throw new Error('Unsupported variable type');
     }
@@ -283,6 +298,7 @@ export function sceneVariablesSetToSchemaV2Variables(
   | GroupByVariableKind
   | AdhocVariableKind
   | SwitchVariableKind
+  | StackVariableKind
 > {
   let variables: Array<
     | QueryVariableKind
@@ -294,6 +310,7 @@ export function sceneVariablesSetToSchemaV2Variables(
     | GroupByVariableKind
     | AdhocVariableKind
     | SwitchVariableKind
+    | StackVariableKind
   > = [];
 
   for (const variable of set.state.variables) {
@@ -392,6 +409,7 @@ export function sceneVariablesSetToSchemaV2Variables(
           allValue: variable.state.allValue,
           includeAll: variable.state.includeAll ?? false,
           allowCustomValue: variable.state.allowCustomValue ?? true,
+          valuesFormat: variable.state.valuesFormat,
         },
       };
       variables.push(customVariable);
@@ -556,6 +574,20 @@ export function sceneVariablesSetToSchemaV2Variables(
         },
       };
       variables.push(switchVariable);
+    } else if (isStackVariable(variable)) {
+      const stackVariable: StackVariableKind = {
+        kind: 'StackVariable',
+        spec: {
+          ...commonProperties,
+          options: [],
+          current: {
+            text: variable.state.text || variable.state.value,
+            value: variable.state.value,
+          },
+          properties: variable.state.properties || {},
+        },
+      };
+      variables.push(stackVariable);
     } else if (variable.state.type === 'system') {
       // Do nothing
     } else {

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import { registerDashboardMacro } from '../scene/DashboardMacro';
 import { DashboardReloadBehavior } from '../scene/DashboardReloadBehavior';
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 import { DashboardLayoutManager } from '../scene/types/DashboardLayoutManager';
+import { StackVariable } from '../settings/variables/StackVariable';
 import { getIntervalsFromQueryString } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { transformV2ToV1AnnotationQuery } from './annotations';
@@ -335,12 +336,12 @@ function createSceneVariableFromVariableModel(variable: TypedVariableModelV2): S
       ),
     });
   }
+
   if (variable.kind === defaultCustomVariableKind().kind) {
     return new CustomVariable({
       ...commonProperties,
       value: variable.spec.current?.value ?? '',
       text: variable.spec.current?.text ?? '',
-
       query: variable.spec.query,
       isMulti: variable.spec.multi,
       allValue: variable.spec.allValue || undefined,
@@ -348,6 +349,16 @@ function createSceneVariableFromVariableModel(variable: TypedVariableModelV2): S
       defaultToAll: Boolean(variable.spec.includeAll),
       skipUrlSync: variable.spec.skipUrlSync,
       hide: transformVariableHideToEnumV1(variable.spec.hide),
+      valuesFormat: variable.spec.valuesFormat || 'csv',
+    });
+  } else if (variable.kind === defaultStackVariableKind().kind) {
+    return new StackVariable({
+      ...commonProperties,
+      value: variable.spec.current?.value ?? '',
+      text: variable.spec.current?.text ?? '',
+      properties: variable.spec.properties || {},
+      skipUrlSync: variable.spec.skipUrlSync,
+      hide: transformVariableHideToEnumV1(variable.spec.hide),
     });
   } else if (variable.kind === defaultQueryVariableKind().kind) {
     return new QueryVariable({

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/StackVariable.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
+
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import {
+  MultiOrSingleValueSelect,
+  MultiValueVariable,
+  MultiValueVariableState,
+  SceneComponentProps,
+  SceneVariable,
+  VariableDependencyConfig,
+  VariableGetOptionsArgs,
+  VariableValue,
+  VariableValueOption,
+} from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { Resource } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+import {
+  DataSourceStackModeSpec,
+  DataSourceStackSpec,
+  fetchStacks,
+} from 'app/features/datasources/api/stacksApi';
+
+export type StackVariableValue = Record<string, string>;
+
+export interface StackVariableState extends MultiValueVariableState {
+  type: 'stack';
+  value: string; // mode value
+
+  label: string; // mode name (stg, prod etc.)
+  selectedStack: Resource<DataSourceStackSpec> | null;
+  stackList: Array<Resource<DataSourceStackSpec>>;
+  properties: StackVariableValue; // properties for the current selected mode
+}
+
+export class StackVariable extends MultiValueVariable<StackVariableState> {
+  protected _variableDependency = new VariableDependencyConfig(this, {
+    statePaths: ['value'], //stackList?
+  });
+
+  public constructor(initialState: Partial<StackVariableState>) {
+    super({
+      type: 'stack',
+      label: t('variables.stack.label', 'Stack'),
+      selectedStack: null,
+      name: 'stack',
+      value: '',
+      stackList: [],
+      text: '',
+      options: [],
+      properties: {},
+      ...initialState,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Loads all available stacks from the API
+   */
+  public async loadStackList(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      this.setState({ loading: true, error: null });
+      const stackList = await fetchStacks();
+      this.setState({ stackList, loading: false });
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to load stacks';
+      this.setState({ error: message, loading: false });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the selected stack by name and fetches its details
+   */
+  public async setStack(stackName: string): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      this.setState({ loading: true, error: null });
+      const selectedStack = this.state.stackList.find((stack) => stack.metadata.name === stackName);
+      // Clear current value and properties when changing stack
+      this.setState({
+        selectedStack,
+        value: '',
+        properties: {},
+        loading: false,
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to load stack';
+      this.setState({ error: message, loading: false });
+    }
+  }
+  public changeValueTo(value: VariableValue, text?: VariableValue, isUserAction?: boolean): void {
+    this.setValue(String(value));
+    super.changeValueTo(value, text, isUserAction);
+  }
+  public setValue(value: string): void {
+    const stack = this.state.selectedStack;
+    let properties: StackVariableValue = {};
+
+    if (stack) {
+      const selectedMode = stack.spec.modes.find((mode) => mode.name === value);
+      if (selectedMode) {
+        properties = getOptionValuesFromMode(stack.spec, selectedMode);
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.setState({ value, properties });
+  }
+
+  public getValueOptions(args: VariableGetOptionsArgs): Observable<VariableValueOption[]> {
+    if (!this.state.selectedStack) {
+      return of([]);
+    }
+
+    const spec = this.state.selectedStack.spec;
+    const options = spec.modes.map((mode) => ({
+      label: mode.name,
+      text: mode.name,
+      value: mode.name,
+      properties: getOptionValuesFromMode(spec, mode),
+    }));
+
+    return of(options);
+  }
+
+  public static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<MultiValueVariable>) => {
+    return <MultiOrSingleValueSelect model={model} />;
+  };
+}
+
+const getOptionValuesFromMode = (spec: DataSourceStackSpec, mode: DataSourceStackModeSpec): StackVariableValue => {
+  return Object.keys(spec.template).reduce<StackVariableValue>((optionValue, templateId) => {
+    const templateName = spec.template[templateId].name;
+    const modeDefinition = mode.definition[templateId];
+    if (modeDefinition) {
+      optionValue[templateName] = modeDefinition.dataSourceRef;
+    }
+    return optionValue;
+  }, {});
+};
+
+// in scenes
+export function isStackVariable(variable: SceneVariable): variable is StackVariable {
+  return variable.state.type === 'stack';
+}

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/VariableEditorForm.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { SceneVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { VariableHide, defaultVariableModel } from '@grafana/schema';
-import { Button, LoadingPlaceholder, ConfirmModal, ModalsController, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, ConfirmModal, LoadingPlaceholder, ModalsController, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { VariableHideSelect } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/VariableHideSelect';
 import { VariableLegend } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/VariableLegend';
 import { VariableTextAreaField } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/VariableTextAreaField';
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ export function VariableEditorForm({ variable, onTypeChange, onGoBack, onDelete
   const onHideChange = (hide: VariableHide) => variable.setState({ hide });
 
   const isHasVariableOptions = hasVariableOptions(variable);
+  const optionsForSelect = isHasVariableOptions ? variable.getOptionsForSelect(false) : [];
+  const hasJsonValuesFormat = 'valuesFormat' in variable.state && variable.state.valuesFormat === 'json';
+  const hasMultiProps = hasJsonValuesFormat || optionsForSelect.every((o) => Boolean(o.properties));
 
   const onDeleteVariable = (hideModal: () => void) => () => {
     reportInteraction('Delete variable');
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ export function VariableEditorForm({ variable, onTypeChange, onGoBack, onDelete
 
       {EditorToRender && <EditorToRender variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />}
 
-      {isHasVariableOptions && <VariableValuesPreview options={variable.getOptionsForSelect(false)} />}
+      {isHasVariableOptions && <VariableValuesPreview options={optionsForSelect} hasMultiProps={hasMultiProps} />}
 
       <div className={styles.buttonContainer}>
         <Stack gap={2}>

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/CustomVariableForm.test.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { render, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 
@@ -130,4 +131,71 @@ describe('CustomVariableForm', () => {
     expect(onMultiChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(onIncludeAllChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  describe('JSON values format', () => {
+    test('should render the form fields correctly', async () => {
+      const { getByTestId, queryByTestId } = render(
+        <CustomVariableForm
+          query="query"
+          valuesFormat="json"
+          multi={true}
+          allowCustomValue={true}
+          includeAll={true}
+          allValue="custom value"
+          onQueryChange={onQueryChange}
+          onMultiChange={onMultiChange}
+          onIncludeAllChange={onIncludeAllChange}
+          onAllValueChange={onAllValueChange}
+          onAllowCustomValueChange={onAllowCustomValueChange}
+        />
+      );
+
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByText('Object values in a JSON array'));
+
+      const multiCheckbox = getByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsMultiSwitch
+      );
+      const allowCustomValueCheckbox = queryByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsAllowCustomValueSwitch
+      );
+      const includeAllCheckbox = getByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsIncludeAllSwitch
+      );
+      const allValueInput = queryByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsCustomAllInput
+      );
+
+      expect(multiCheckbox).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(multiCheckbox).toBeChecked();
+      expect(includeAllCheckbox).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(includeAllCheckbox).toBeChecked();
+
+      expect(allowCustomValueCheckbox).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(allValueInput).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    test('should display validation error', async () => {
+      const validationError = new Error('Ooops! Validation error.');
+
+      const { findByText } = render(
+        <CustomVariableForm
+          query="query"
+          valuesFormat="json"
+          queryValidationError={validationError}
+          multi={false}
+          includeAll={false}
+          onQueryChange={onQueryChange}
+          onMultiChange={onMultiChange}
+          onIncludeAllChange={onIncludeAllChange}
+          onAllValueChange={onAllValueChange}
+          onAllowCustomValueChange={onAllowCustomValueChange}
+        />
+      );
+
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByText('Object values in a JSON array'));
+
+      const errorEl = await findByText(validationError.message);
+      expect(errorEl).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
 });

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/CustomVariableForm.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { FormEvent } from 'react';
 
+import { CustomVariableModel } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { FieldValidationMessage, Icon, RadioButtonGroup, Stack, TextLink, Tooltip } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { SelectionOptionsForm } from './SelectionOptionsForm';
 import { VariableLegend } from './VariableLegend';
@@ -9,10 +11,12 @@ import { VariableTextAreaField } from './VariableTextAreaField';
 
 interface CustomVariableFormProps {
   query: string;
+  valuesFormat?: CustomVariableModel['valuesFormat'];
   multi: boolean;
   allValue?: string | null;
   includeAll: boolean;
   allowCustomValue?: boolean;
+  queryValidationError?: Error;
   onQueryChange: (event: FormEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => void;
   onMultiChange: (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   onIncludeAllChange: (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
@@ -20,19 +24,23 @@ interface CustomVariableFormProps {
   onQueryBlur?: (event: FormEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => void;
   onAllValueBlur?: (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   onAllowCustomValueChange?: (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
+  onValuesFormatChange?: (format: CustomVariableModel['valuesFormat']) => void;
 }
 
 export function CustomVariableForm({
   query,
+  valuesFormat,
   multi,
   allValue,
   includeAll,
   allowCustomValue,
+  queryValidationError,
   onQueryChange,
   onMultiChange,
   onIncludeAllChange,
   onAllValueChange,
   onAllowCustomValueChange,
+  onValuesFormatChange,
 }: CustomVariableFormProps) {
   return (
     <>
@@ -40,16 +48,27 @@ export function CustomVariableForm({
         <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.custom-variable-form.custom-options">Custom options</Trans>
       </VariableLegend>
 
+      <ValuesFormatSelector valuesFormat={valuesFormat} onValuesFormatChange={onValuesFormatChange} />
+
       <VariableTextAreaField
-        name={t('dashboard-scene.custom-variable-form.name-values-separated-comma', 'Values separated by comma')}
+        // we don't use a controlled component so we make sure the textarea content is cleared when changing format by providing a key
+        key={valuesFormat}
+        name=""
+        placeholder={
+          valuesFormat === 'json'
+            ? // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
+              '[{ "text":"text1", "value":"val1", "propA":"a1", "propB":"b1" },\n{ "text":"text2", "value":"val2", "propA":"a2", "propB":"b2" }]'
+            : // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
+              '1, 10, mykey : myvalue, myvalue, escaped\,value'
+        }
         defaultValue={query}
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
-        placeholder="1, 10, mykey : myvalue, myvalue, escaped\,value"
         onBlur={onQueryChange}
         required
         width={52}
         testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.CustomVariable.customValueInput}
       />
+      {queryValidationError && <FieldValidationMessage>{queryValidationError.message}</FieldValidationMessage>}
+
       <VariableLegend>
         <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.custom-variable-form.selection-options">Selection options</Trans>
       </VariableLegend>
@@ -58,6 +77,8 @@ export function CustomVariableForm({
         includeAll={includeAll}
         allValue={allValue}
         allowCustomValue={allowCustomValue}
+        disableAllowCustomValue={valuesFormat === 'json'}
+        disableCustomAllValue={valuesFormat === 'json'}
         onMultiChange={onMultiChange}
         onIncludeAllChange={onIncludeAllChange}
         onAllValueChange={onAllValueChange}
@@ -66,3 +87,48 @@ export function CustomVariableForm({
     </>
   );
 }
+
+interface ValuesFormatSelectorProps {
+  valuesFormat?: CustomVariableModel['valuesFormat'];
+  onValuesFormatChange?: (format: CustomVariableModel['valuesFormat']) => void;
+}
+
+export function ValuesFormatSelector({ valuesFormat, onValuesFormatChange }: ValuesFormatSelectorProps) {
+  return (
+    <Stack direction="row" gap={1}>
+      <RadioButtonGroup
+        value={valuesFormat}
+        onChange={onValuesFormatChange}
+        options={[
+          {
+            value: 'csv',
+            label: t('dashboard-scene.custom-variable-form.name-values-separated-comma', 'Values separated by comma'),
+          },
+          {
+            value: 'json',
+            label: t('dashboard-scene.custom-variable-form.name-json-values', 'Object values in a JSON array'),
+          },
+        ]}
+      />
+      {valuesFormat === 'json' && (
+        <Tooltip
+          content={
+            <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.custom-variable-form.json-values-tooltip">
+              Provide a JSON representing an array of objects, where each object can have any number of properties.
+              <br />
+              Check{' '}
+              <TextLink href="https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/variables/xxx" external>
+                our docs
+              </TextLink>{' '}
+              for more information.
+            </Trans>
+          }
+          placement="top"
+          interactive
+        >
+          <Icon name="info-circle" />
+        </Tooltip>
+      )}
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/QueryVariableForm.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { getDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { QueryVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { DataSourceRef, VariableRefresh, VariableSort } from '@grafana/schema';
-import { Field, TextLink } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Box, Field, TextLink } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { QueryEditor } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/QueryEditor';
 import { SelectionOptionsForm } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/SelectionOptionsForm';
 import { DataSourcePicker } from 'app/features/datasources/components/picker/DataSourcePicker';
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import { getVariableQueryEditor } from 'app/features/variables/editor/getVariabl
 import { QueryVariableRefreshSelect } from 'app/features/variables/query/QueryVariableRefreshSelect';
 import { QueryVariableSortSelect } from 'app/features/variables/query/QueryVariableSortSelect';
 import {
+  QueryVariableStaticOptions,
   StaticOptionsOrderType,
   StaticOptionsType,
-  QueryVariableStaticOptions,
 } from 'app/features/variables/query/QueryVariableStaticOptions';
 
 import { VariableLegend } from './VariableLegend';
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ interface QueryVariableEditorFormProps {
   timeRange: TimeRange;
   regex: string | null;
   onRegExChange: (event: FormEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => void;
+  disableRegexEdition?: boolean;
   sort: VariableSort;
   onSortChange: (option: SelectableValue<VariableSort>) => void;
   refresh: VariableRefresh;
@@ -42,14 +43,17 @@ interface QueryVariableEditorFormProps {
   onMultiChange: (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   allowCustomValue?: boolean;
   onAllowCustomValueChange?: (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
+  disableAllowCustomValue?: boolean;
   includeAll: boolean;
   onIncludeAllChange: (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   allValue: string;
   onAllValueChange: (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
+  disableCustomAllValue?: boolean;
   staticOptions?: StaticOptionsType;
   staticOptionsOrder?: StaticOptionsOrderType;
   onStaticOptionsChange?: (staticOptions: StaticOptionsType) => void;
   onStaticOptionsOrderChange?: (staticOptionsOrder: StaticOptionsOrderType) => void;
+  disableStaticOptions?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function QueryVariableEditorForm({
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ export function QueryVariableEditorForm({
   timeRange,
   regex,
   onRegExChange,
+  disableRegexEdition,
   sort,
   onSortChange,
   refresh,
@@ -69,14 +74,17 @@ export function QueryVariableEditorForm({
   onMultiChange,
   allowCustomValue,
   onAllowCustomValueChange,
+  disableAllowCustomValue,
   includeAll,
   onIncludeAllChange,
   allValue,
   onAllValueChange,
+  disableCustomAllValue,
   staticOptions,
   staticOptionsOrder,
   onStaticOptionsChange,
   onStaticOptionsOrderChange,
+  disableStaticOptions,
 }: QueryVariableEditorFormProps) {
   const { value: dsConfig } = useAsync(async () => {
     const datasource = await getDataSourceSrv().get(datasourceRef ?? '');
@@ -116,48 +124,53 @@ export function QueryVariableEditorForm({
       <Field
         label={t('dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.label-data-source', 'Data source')}
         htmlFor="data-source-picker"
+        noMargin
       >
         <DataSourcePicker current={datasourceRef} onChange={datasourceChangeHandler} variables={true} width={30} />
       </Field>
 
       {datasource && VariableQueryEditor && (
-        <QueryEditor
-          onQueryChange={onQueryChange}
-          onLegacyQueryChange={onLegacyQueryChange}
-          datasource={datasource}
-          query={query}
-          VariableQueryEditor={VariableQueryEditor}
-          timeRange={timeRange}
-        />
+        <Box marginBottom={2}>
+          <QueryEditor
+            onQueryChange={onQueryChange}
+            onLegacyQueryChange={onLegacyQueryChange}
+            datasource={datasource}
+            query={query}
+            VariableQueryEditor={VariableQueryEditor}
+            timeRange={timeRange}
+          />
+        </Box>
       )}
 
-      <VariableTextAreaField
-        defaultValue={regex ?? ''}
-        name={t('dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.name-regex', 'Regex')}
-        description={
-          <div>
-            <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.description-optional">
-              Optional, if you want to extract part of a series name or metric node segment.
-            </Trans>
-            <br />
-            <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.description-examples">
-              Named capture groups can be used to separate the display text and value (
-              <TextLink
-                href="https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/variables/filter-variables-with-regex#filter-and-modify-using-named-text-and-value-capture-groups"
-                external
-              >
-                see examples
-              </TextLink>
-              ).
-            </Trans>
-          </div>
-        }
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
-        placeholder="/.*-(?<text>.*)-(?<value>.*)-.*/"
-        onBlur={onRegExChange}
-        testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.QueryVariable.queryOptionsRegExInputV2}
-        width={52}
-      />
+      {!disableRegexEdition && (
+        <VariableTextAreaField
+          defaultValue={regex ?? ''}
+          name={t('dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.name-regex', 'Regex')}
+          description={
+            <div>
+              <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.description-optional">
+                Optional, if you want to extract part of a series name or metric node segment.
+              </Trans>
+              <br />
+              <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.description-examples">
+                Named capture groups can be used to separate the display text and value (
+                <TextLink
+                  href="https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/variables/filter-variables-with-regex#filter-and-modify-using-named-text-and-value-capture-groups"
+                  external
+                >
+                  see examples
+                </TextLink>
+                ).
+              </Trans>
+            </div>
+          }
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
+          placeholder="/.*-(?<text>.*)-(?<value>.*)-.*/"
+          onBlur={onRegExChange}
+          testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.QueryVariable.queryOptionsRegExInputV2}
+          width={52}
+        />
+      )}
 
       <QueryVariableSortSelect
         testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.QueryVariable.queryOptionsSortSelectV2}
@@ -171,7 +184,7 @@ export function QueryVariableEditorForm({
         refresh={refresh}
       />
 
-      {onStaticOptionsChange && onStaticOptionsOrderChange && (
+      {!disableStaticOptions && onStaticOptionsChange && onStaticOptionsOrderChange && (
         <QueryVariableStaticOptions
           staticOptions={staticOptions}
           staticOptionsOrder={staticOptionsOrder}
@@ -187,6 +200,8 @@ export function QueryVariableEditorForm({
         multi={!!isMulti}
         includeAll={!!includeAll}
         allowCustomValue={allowCustomValue}
+        disableAllowCustomValue={disableAllowCustomValue}
+        disableCustomAllValue={disableCustomAllValue}
         allValue={allValue}
         onMultiChange={onMultiChange}
         onIncludeAllChange={onIncludeAllChange}

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/SelectionOptionsForm.tsx

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ interface SelectionOptionsFormProps {
   multi: boolean;
   includeAll: boolean;
   allowCustomValue?: boolean;
+  disableAllowCustomValue?: boolean;
   allValue?: string | null;
+  disableCustomAllValue?: boolean;
   onMultiChange: (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   onAllowCustomValueChange?: (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   onIncludeAllChange: (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
@@ -20,8 +22,10 @@ interface SelectionOptionsFormProps {
 export function SelectionOptionsForm({
   multi,
   allowCustomValue,
+  disableAllowCustomValue,
   includeAll,
   allValue,
+  disableCustomAllValue,
   onMultiChange,
   onAllowCustomValueChange,
   onIncludeAllChange,
@@ -39,18 +43,19 @@ export function SelectionOptionsForm({
         onChange={onMultiChange}
         testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsMultiSwitch}
       />
-      {onAllowCustomValueChange && ( // backwards compat with old arch, remove on cleanup
-        <VariableCheckboxField
-          value={allowCustomValue ?? true}
-          name={t('dashboard-scene.selection-options-form.name-allow-custom-values', 'Allow custom values')}
-          description={t(
-            'dashboard-scene.selection-options-form.description-enables-users-custom-values',
-            'Enables users to add custom values to the list'
-          )}
-          onChange={onAllowCustomValueChange}
-          testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsAllowCustomValueSwitch}
-        />
-      )}
+      {!disableAllowCustomValue &&
+        onAllowCustomValueChange && ( // backwards compat with old arch, remove on cleanup
+          <VariableCheckboxField
+            value={allowCustomValue ?? true}
+            name={t('dashboard-scene.selection-options-form.name-allow-custom-values', 'Allow custom values')}
+            description={t(
+              'dashboard-scene.selection-options-form.description-enables-users-custom-values',
+              'Enables users to add custom values to the list'
+            )}
+            onChange={onAllowCustomValueChange}
+            testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsAllowCustomValueSwitch}
+          />
+        )}
       <VariableCheckboxField
         value={includeAll}
         name={t('dashboard-scene.selection-options-form.name-include-all-option', 'Include All option')}
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ export function SelectionOptionsForm({
         onChange={onIncludeAllChange}
         testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsIncludeAllSwitch}
       />
-      {includeAll && (
+      {!disableCustomAllValue && includeAll && (
         <VariableTextField
           defaultValue={allValue ?? ''}
           onBlur={onAllValueChange}

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/VariableValuesPreview.tsx

@@ -5,13 +5,50 @@ import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { VariableValueOption } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { Button, InlineFieldRow, InlineLabel, useStyles2, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, InlineFieldRow, InlineLabel, InteractiveTable, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-export interface VariableValuesPreviewProps {
+export interface Props {
   options: VariableValueOption[];
+  hasMultiProps?: boolean;
 }
 
-export const VariableValuesPreview = ({ options }: VariableValuesPreviewProps) => {
+export const VariableValuesPreview = ({ options, hasMultiProps }: Props) => {
+  if (!options.length) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (hasMultiProps) {
+    return <VariableValuesWithPropsPreview options={options} />;
+  }
+
+  return <VariableValuesWithoutPropsPreview options={options} />;
+};
+VariableValuesPreview.displayName = 'VariableValuesPreview';
+
+function VariableValuesWithPropsPreview({ options }: { options: VariableValueOption[] }) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const data = options.map((o) => ({ label: String(o.label), value: String(o.value), ...o.properties }));
+  // the first item in data may be the "All" option, which does not have any extra properties, so we try the 2nd item to determine the column names
+  const columns = Object.keys(data[1] || data[0]).map((id) => ({ id, header: id, sortType: 'alphanumeric' as const }));
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.previewContainer} style={{ gap: '8px' }}>
+      <Text variant="bodySmall" weight="medium">
+        <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.variable-values-preview.preview-of-values">Preview of values</Trans>
+      </Text>
+      <InteractiveTable
+        className={styles.table}
+        columns={columns}
+        data={data}
+        getRowId={(r) => String(r.value)}
+        pageSize={8}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function VariableValuesWithoutPropsPreview({ options }: { options: VariableValueOption[] }) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const [previewLimit, setPreviewLimit] = useState(20);
   const [previewOptions, setPreviewOptions] = useState<VariableValueOption[]>([]);
   const showMoreOptions = useCallback(
@@ -21,15 +58,10 @@ export const VariableValuesPreview = ({ options }: VariableValuesPreviewProps) =
     },
     [previewLimit, setPreviewLimit]
   );
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   useEffect(() => setPreviewOptions(options.slice(0, previewLimit)), [previewLimit, options]);
 
-  if (!previewOptions.length) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   return (
-    <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', marginTop: '16px' }}>
+    <div className={styles.previewContainer}>
       <Text variant="bodySmall" weight="medium">
         <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.variable-values-preview.preview-of-values">Preview of values</Trans>
       </Text>
@@ -51,12 +83,12 @@ export const VariableValuesPreview = ({ options }: VariableValuesPreviewProps) =
       )}
     </div>
   );
-};
-VariableValuesPreview.displayName = 'VariableValuesPreview';
+}
+VariableValuesWithoutPropsPreview.displayName = 'VariableValuesWithoutPropsPreview';
 
 function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
   return {
-    wrapper: css({
+    previewContainer: css({
       display: 'flex',
       flexDirection: 'column',
       marginTop: theme.spacing(2),
@@ -71,5 +103,10 @@ function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
       textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
       maxWidth: '50vw',
     }),
+    table: css({
+      td: css({
+        padding: theme.spacing(0.5, 1),
+      }),
+    }),
   };
 }

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/editors/CustomVariableEditor/CustomVariableEditor.test.tsx

@@ -5,117 +5,225 @@ import { CustomVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
 
 import { CustomVariableEditor } from './CustomVariableEditor';
 
+function setup(options: Partial<ConstructorParameters<typeof CustomVariable>[0]> = {}) {
+  return {
+    variable: new CustomVariable({
+      name: 'customVar',
+      ...options,
+    }),
+    onRunQuery: jest.fn(),
+  };
+}
+
+function renderEditor(ui: React.ReactNode) {
+  const renderResult = render(ui);
+
+  const elements = {
+    formatButton: (label: string) => renderResult.queryByLabelText(label) as HTMLElement,
+    queryInput: () =>
+      renderResult.queryByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.CustomVariable.customValueInput
+      ) as HTMLTextAreaElement,
+    multiValueCheckbox: () =>
+      renderResult.queryByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsMultiSwitch
+      ) as HTMLInputElement,
+    allowCustomValueCheckbox: () =>
+      renderResult.queryByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsAllowCustomValueSwitch
+      ) as HTMLInputElement,
+    includeAllCheckbox: () =>
+      renderResult.queryByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsIncludeAllSwitch
+      ) as HTMLInputElement,
+    customAllValueInput: () =>
+      renderResult.queryByTestId(
+        selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsCustomAllInput
+      ) as HTMLInputElement,
+  };
+
+  return {
+    ...renderResult,
+    elements,
+    actions: {
+      updateValuesInput(newQuery: string) {
+        fireEvent.change(elements.queryInput(), { target: { value: newQuery } });
+        fireEvent.blur(elements.queryInput());
+      },
+      changeValuesFormat(newFormat: 'csv' | 'json') {
+        const targetLabel = newFormat === 'json' ? 'Object values in a JSON array' : 'Values separated by comma';
+
+        const formatButton = elements.formatButton(targetLabel);
+        if (formatButton === null) {
+          throw new Error(`Unable to fire a "click" event - button with label "${targetLabel}" not found in DOM`);
+        }
+
+        fireEvent.click(formatButton);
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 describe('CustomVariableEditor', () => {
-  it('should render the CustomVariableForm with correct initial values', () => {
-    const variable = new CustomVariable({
-      name: 'customVar',
-      query: 'test, test2',
-      value: 'test',
-      isMulti: true,
-      includeAll: true,
-      allValue: 'test',
+  describe('CSV values format', () => {
+    it('should render CustomVariableForm with the correct initial values', () => {
+      const { variable, onRunQuery } = setup({
+        query: 'test, test2',
+        value: 'test',
+        isMulti: true,
+        includeAll: true,
+        allowCustomValue: true,
+        allValue: 'all',
+      });
+
+      const { elements } = renderEditor(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
+
+      expect(elements.queryInput().value).toBe('test, test2');
+      expect(elements.multiValueCheckbox().checked).toBe(true);
+      expect(elements.allowCustomValueCheckbox().checked).toBe(true);
+      expect(elements.includeAllCheckbox().checked).toBe(true);
+      expect(elements.customAllValueInput().value).toBe('all');
     });
-    const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
 
-    const { getByTestId } = render(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
+    it('should update the variable state when some input values change ("Multi-value", "Allow custom values" & "Include All option")', () => {
+      const { variable, onRunQuery } = setup({
+        query: 'test, test2',
+        value: 'test',
+        isMulti: false,
+        allowCustomValue: false,
+        includeAll: false,
+      });
 
-    const queryInput = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.CustomVariable.customValueInput
-    ) as HTMLInputElement;
-    const allValueInput = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsCustomAllInput
-    ) as HTMLInputElement;
-    const multiCheckbox = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsMultiSwitch
-    ) as HTMLInputElement;
-    const includeAllCheckbox = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsIncludeAllSwitch
-    ) as HTMLInputElement;
+      const { elements } = renderEditor(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
 
-    expect(queryInput.value).toBe('test, test2');
-    expect(allValueInput.value).toBe('test');
-    expect(multiCheckbox.checked).toBe(true);
-    expect(includeAllCheckbox.checked).toBe(true);
+      expect(elements.multiValueCheckbox().checked).toBe(false);
+      expect(elements.allowCustomValueCheckbox().checked).toBe(false);
+      expect(elements.includeAllCheckbox().checked).toBe(false);
+      // include-all-custom input appears after include-all checkbox is checked only
+      expect(elements.customAllValueInput()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      fireEvent.click(elements.multiValueCheckbox());
+      fireEvent.click(elements.allowCustomValueCheckbox());
+      fireEvent.click(elements.includeAllCheckbox());
+
+      expect(variable.state.isMulti).toBe(true);
+      expect(variable.state.allowCustomValue).toBe(true);
+      expect(variable.state.includeAll).toBe(true);
+      expect(elements.customAllValueInput()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    describe('when the values textarea loses focus after its value has changed', () => {
+      it('should update the query in the variable state and call the onRunQuery callback', async () => {
+        const { variable, onRunQuery } = setup({ query: 'test, test2', value: 'test' });
+
+        const { actions } = renderEditor(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
+
+        actions.updateValuesInput('test3, test4');
+
+        expect(variable.state.query).toBe('test3, test4');
+        expect(onRunQuery).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the "Custom all value" input loses focus after its value has changed', () => {
+      it('should update the variable state', () => {
+        const { variable, onRunQuery } = setup({
+          query: 'test, test2',
+          value: 'test',
+          isMulti: true,
+          includeAll: true,
+        });
+
+        const { elements } = renderEditor(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
+
+        fireEvent.change(elements.customAllValueInput(), { target: { value: 'new custom all' } });
+        fireEvent.blur(elements.customAllValueInput());
+
+        expect(variable.state.allValue).toBe('new custom all');
+      });
+    });
   });
 
-  it('should update the variable state when input values change', () => {
-    const variable = new CustomVariable({
-      name: 'customVar',
-      query: 'test, test2',
-      value: 'test',
+  describe('JSON values format', () => {
+    const initialJsonQuery = `[
+      {"value":1,"text":"Development","aws":"dev","azure":"development"},
+      {"value":2,"text":"Production","aws":"prod","azure":"production"}
+    ]`;
+
+    it('should render CustomVariableForm with the correct initial values', () => {
+      const { variable, onRunQuery } = setup({
+        valuesFormat: 'json',
+        query: initialJsonQuery,
+        isMulti: true,
+        includeAll: true,
+      });
+
+      const { elements } = renderEditor(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
+
+      expect(elements.queryInput().value).toBe(initialJsonQuery);
+      expect(elements.multiValueCheckbox().checked).toBe(true);
+      expect(elements.allowCustomValueCheckbox()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(elements.includeAllCheckbox().checked).toBe(true);
+      expect(elements.customAllValueInput()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     });
-    const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
 
-    const { getByTestId } = render(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
+    describe('when the values textarea loses focus after its value has changed', () => {
+      describe('if the value is valid JSON', () => {
+        it('should update the query in the variable state and call the onRunQuery callback', async () => {
+          const { variable, onRunQuery } = setup({ valuesFormat: 'json', query: initialJsonQuery });
 
-    const multiCheckbox = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsMultiSwitch
-    );
-    const includeAllCheckbox = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsIncludeAllSwitch
-    );
+          const { actions } = renderEditor(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
 
-    const allowCustomValueCheckbox = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsAllowCustomValueSwitch
-    );
+          actions.updateValuesInput('[]');
 
-    // It include-all-custom input appears after include-all checkbox is checked only
-    expect(() =>
-      getByTestId(selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsCustomAllInput)
-    ).toThrow('Unable to find an element');
+          expect(variable.state.query).toBe('[]');
+          expect(onRunQuery).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+      });
 
-    fireEvent.click(allowCustomValueCheckbox);
+      describe('if the value is NOT valid JSON', () => {
+        it('should display a validation error message and neither update the query in the variable state nor call the onRunQuery callback', async () => {
+          const { variable, onRunQuery } = setup({ valuesFormat: 'json', query: initialJsonQuery });
 
-    fireEvent.click(multiCheckbox);
+          const { actions, getByRole } = renderEditor(
+            <CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />
+          );
 
-    fireEvent.click(includeAllCheckbox);
-    const allValueInput = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsCustomAllInput
-    );
+          actions.updateValuesInput('[x]');
 
-    expect(variable.state.isMulti).toBe(true);
-    expect(variable.state.includeAll).toBe(true);
-    expect(variable.state.allowCustomValue).toBe(false);
-    expect(allValueInput).toBeInTheDocument();
+          expect(getByRole('alert')).toHaveTextContent(`Unexpected token 'x', "[x]" is not valid JSON`);
+          expect(variable.state.query).toBe(initialJsonQuery);
+          expect(onRunQuery).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+      });
+    });
   });
 
-  it('should call update query and re-run query when input loses focus', async () => {
-    const variable = new CustomVariable({
-      name: 'customVar',
-      query: 'test, test2',
-      value: 'test',
+  describe('when switching values format', () => {
+    it('should switch the visibility of the proper form inputs ("Allow custom values" and "Custom all value")', () => {
+      const { variable, onRunQuery } = setup({
+        valuesFormat: 'csv',
+        query: '',
+        isMulti: true,
+        includeAll: true,
+        allowCustomValue: true,
+        allValue: '',
+      });
+
+      const { elements, actions } = renderEditor(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
+
+      expect(elements.allowCustomValueCheckbox()).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(elements.customAllValueInput()).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      actions.changeValuesFormat('json');
+
+      expect(elements.allowCustomValueCheckbox()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(elements.customAllValueInput()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      actions.changeValuesFormat('csv');
+
+      expect(elements.allowCustomValueCheckbox()).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(elements.customAllValueInput()).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
-    const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
-
-    const { getByTestId } = render(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
-
-    const queryInput = getByTestId(selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.CustomVariable.customValueInput);
-    fireEvent.change(queryInput, { target: { value: 'test3, test4' } });
-    fireEvent.blur(queryInput);
-
-    expect(onRunQuery).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(variable.state.query).toBe('test3, test4');
-  });
-
-  it('should update the variable state when all-custom-value input loses focus', () => {
-    const variable = new CustomVariable({
-      name: 'customVar',
-      query: 'test, test2',
-      value: 'test',
-      isMulti: true,
-      includeAll: true,
-    });
-    const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
-
-    const { getByTestId } = render(<CustomVariableEditor variable={variable} onRunQuery={onRunQuery} />);
-
-    const allValueInput = getByTestId(
-      selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.General.selectionOptionsCustomAllInput
-    ) as HTMLInputElement;
-
-    fireEvent.change(allValueInput, { target: { value: 'new custom all' } });
-    fireEvent.blur(allValueInput);
-
-    expect(variable.state.allValue).toBe('new custom all');
   });
 });

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/editors/CustomVariableEditor/CustomVariableEditor.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { FormEvent, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { isObject } from 'lodash';
+import { FormEvent, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 
+import { CustomVariableModel, shallowCompare } from '@grafana/data';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { CustomVariable, SceneVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
 
@@ -14,7 +16,26 @@ interface CustomVariableEditorProps {
 }
 
 export function CustomVariableEditor({ variable, onRunQuery }: CustomVariableEditorProps) {
-  const { query, isMulti, allValue, includeAll, allowCustomValue } = variable.useState();
+  const { query, valuesFormat, isMulti, allValue, includeAll, allowCustomValue } = variable.useState();
+  const [queryValidationError, setQueryValidationError] = useState<Error>();
+
+  const [prevQuery, setPrevQuery] = useState('');
+  const onValuesFormatChange = useCallback(
+    (format: CustomVariableModel['valuesFormat']) => {
+      variable.setState({ query: prevQuery });
+      variable.setState({ value: isMulti ? [] : undefined });
+      variable.setState({ valuesFormat: format });
+      variable.setState({ allowCustomValue: false });
+      variable.setState({ allValue: undefined });
+      onRunQuery();
+
+      setQueryValidationError(undefined);
+      if (query !== prevQuery) {
+        setPrevQuery(query);
+      }
+    },
+    [isMulti, onRunQuery, prevQuery, query, variable]
+  );
 
   const onMultiChange = useCallback(
     (event: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
@@ -32,10 +53,20 @@ export function CustomVariableEditor({ variable, onRunQuery }: CustomVariableEdi
 
   const onQueryChange = useCallback(
     (event: FormEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+      setPrevQuery('');
+
+      if (valuesFormat === 'json') {
+        const validationError = validateJsonQuery(event.currentTarget.value);
+        setQueryValidationError(validationError);
+        if (validationError) {
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
       variable.setState({ query: event.currentTarget.value });
       onRunQuery();
     },
-    [variable, onRunQuery]
+    [valuesFormat, variable, onRunQuery]
   );
 
   const onAllValueChange = useCallback(
@@ -55,15 +86,18 @@ export function CustomVariableEditor({ variable, onRunQuery }: CustomVariableEdi
   return (
     <CustomVariableForm
       query={query ?? ''}
+      valuesFormat={valuesFormat ?? 'csv'}
       multi={!!isMulti}
       allValue={allValue ?? ''}
       includeAll={!!includeAll}
       allowCustomValue={allowCustomValue}
+      queryValidationError={queryValidationError}
+      onQueryChange={onQueryChange}
       onMultiChange={onMultiChange}
       onIncludeAllChange={onIncludeAllChange}
-      onQueryChange={onQueryChange}
       onAllValueChange={onAllValueChange}
       onAllowCustomValueChange={onAllowCustomValueChange}
+      onValuesFormatChange={onValuesFormatChange}
     />
   );
 }
@@ -81,3 +115,47 @@ export function getCustomVariableOptions(variable: SceneVariable): OptionsPaneIt
     }),
   ];
 }
+
+export const validateJsonQuery = (rawQuery: string): Error | undefined => {
+  const query = rawQuery.trim();
+  if (!query) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const options = JSON.parse(query);
+
+    if (!Array.isArray(options)) {
+      throw new Error('Enter a valid JSON array of objects');
+    }
+
+    if (!options.length) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let errorIndex = options.findIndex((item) => !isObject(item));
+    if (errorIndex !== -1) {
+      throw new Error(`All items must be objects. The item at index ${errorIndex} is not an object.`);
+    }
+
+    const keys = Object.keys(options[0]);
+    if (!keys.includes('value')) {
+      throw new Error('Each object in the array must include at least a "value" property');
+    }
+    if (keys.includes('')) {
+      throw new Error('Object property names cannot be empty strings');
+    }
+
+    errorIndex = options.findIndex((o) => !shallowCompare(keys, Object.keys(o)));
+    if (errorIndex !== -1) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `All objects must have the same set of properties. The object at index ${errorIndex} does not match the expected properties`
+      );
+    }
+
+    return;
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
+    return error as Error;
+  }
+};

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/editors/CustomVariableEditor/ModalEditor.tsx

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import { FormEvent, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import { lastValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
 
+import { CustomVariableModel } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { t, Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { CustomVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { Button, Modal, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, FieldValidationMessage, Modal, Stack, TextArea } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-import { VariableStaticOptionsFormRef } from '../../components/VariableStaticOptionsForm';
-import { VariableStaticOptionsFormAddButton } from '../../components/VariableStaticOptionsFormAddButton';
+import { ValuesFormatSelector } from '../../components/CustomVariableForm';
+import { VariableValuesPreview } from '../../components/VariableValuesPreview';
 
-import { ValuesBuilder } from './ValuesBuilder';
-import { ValuesPreview } from './ValuesPreview';
+import { validateJsonQuery } from './CustomVariableEditor';
 
 interface ModalEditorProps {
   variable: CustomVariable;
@@ -18,9 +19,49 @@ interface ModalEditorProps {
 }
 
 export function ModalEditor({ variable, isOpen, onClose }: ModalEditorProps) {
-  const formRef = useRef<VariableStaticOptionsFormRef | null>(null);
+  const { query, valuesFormat, isMulti } = variable.useState();
+  const [prevQuery, setPrevQuery] = useState('');
+  const [queryValidationError, setQueryValidationError] = useState<Error>();
 
-  const handleOnAdd = useCallback(() => formRef.current?.addItem(), []);
+  const onValuesFormatChange = useCallback(
+    async (format: CustomVariableModel['valuesFormat']) => {
+      variable.setState({ query: prevQuery });
+      variable.setState({ value: isMulti ? [] : undefined });
+      variable.setState({ valuesFormat: format });
+      variable.setState({ allowCustomValue: false });
+      variable.setState({ allValue: undefined });
+
+      await lastValueFrom(variable.validateAndUpdate());
+
+      setQueryValidationError(undefined);
+      if (query !== prevQuery) {
+        setPrevQuery(query);
+      }
+    },
+    [isMulti, prevQuery, query, variable]
+  );
+
+  const onQueryChange = useCallback(
+    async (event: FormEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+      setPrevQuery('');
+
+      if (valuesFormat === 'json') {
+        const validationError = validateJsonQuery(event.currentTarget.value);
+        setQueryValidationError(validationError);
+        if (validationError) {
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
+      variable.setState({ query: event.currentTarget.value });
+      await lastValueFrom(variable.validateAndUpdate());
+    },
+    [valuesFormat, variable]
+  );
+
+  const optionsForSelect = variable.getOptionsForSelect(false);
+  const hasJsonValuesFormat = variable.state.valuesFormat === 'json';
+  const hasMultiProps = hasJsonValuesFormat || optionsForSelect.every((o) => Boolean(o.properties));
 
   return (
     <Modal
@@ -29,10 +70,31 @@ export function ModalEditor({ variable, isOpen, onClose }: ModalEditorProps) {
       onDismiss={onClose}
     >
       <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
-        <ValuesBuilder variable={variable} ref={formRef} />
-        <ValuesPreview variable={variable} />
+        <ValuesFormatSelector valuesFormat={valuesFormat} onValuesFormatChange={onValuesFormatChange} />
+        <div>
+          <TextArea
+            id={valuesFormat}
+            key={valuesFormat}
+            rows={4}
+            defaultValue={query}
+            onBlur={onQueryChange}
+            placeholder={
+              valuesFormat === 'json'
+                ? // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
+                  '[{ "text":"text1", "value":"val1", "propA":"a1", "propB":"b1" },\n{ "text":"text2", "value":"val2", "propA":"a2", "propB":"b2" }]'
+                : // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
+                  '1, 10, mykey : myvalue, myvalue, escaped\,value'
+            }
+            required
+            data-testid={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.CustomVariable.customValueInput}
+          />
+          {queryValidationError && <FieldValidationMessage>{queryValidationError.message}</FieldValidationMessage>}
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          <VariableValuesPreview options={optionsForSelect} hasMultiProps={hasMultiProps} />
+        </div>
       </Stack>
-      <Modal.ButtonRow leftItems={<VariableStaticOptionsFormAddButton onAdd={handleOnAdd} />}>
+      <Modal.ButtonRow>
         <Button
           variant="secondary"
           fill="outline"

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/editors/CustomVariableEditor/getCustomVariableOptions.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { CustomVariable, SceneVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
 
 import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from '../../../../../dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ export function getCustomVariableOptions(variable: SceneVariable): OptionsPaneIt
 
   return [
     new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
-      title: t('dashboard.edit-pane.variable.custom-options.values', 'Values separated by comma'),
       id: 'custom-variable-values',
       render: ({ props }) => <PaneItem id={props.id} variable={variable} />,
     }),

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/editors/QueryVariableEditor.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState, FormEvent } from 'react';
+import { useState, FormEvent, useMemo, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 
 import { SelectableValue, DataSourceInstanceSettings, getDataSourceRef } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { getDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { QueryVariable, sceneGraph, SceneVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { VariableRefresh, VariableSort } from '@grafana/schema';
-import { Box, Button, Field, Modal, TextLink } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Box, Button, Field, Modal, Switch, TextLink } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
 import { QueryEditor } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/components/QueryEditor';
 import { DataSourcePicker } from 'app/features/datasources/components/picker/DataSourcePicker';
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export function QueryVariableEditor({ variable, onRunQuery }: QueryVariableEdito
     allowCustomValue,
     staticOptions,
     staticOptionsOrder,
+    options,
   } = variable.useState();
   const { value: timeRange } = sceneGraph.getTimeRange(variable).useState();
 
@@ -93,6 +94,17 @@ export function QueryVariableEditor({ variable, onRunQuery }: QueryVariableEdito
     variable.setState({ staticOptionsOrder });
   };
 
+  const hasMultiProps = useMemo(() => options.every((o) => Boolean(o.properties)), [options]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (hasMultiProps) {
+      variable.setState({ allowCustomValue: false });
+      variable.setState({ allValue: '' });
+      variable.setState({ regex: '' });
+      variable.setState({ staticOptions: [] });
+    }
+  }, [hasMultiProps, variable]);
+
   return (
     <QueryVariableEditorForm
       datasource={datasource ?? undefined}
@@ -103,6 +115,7 @@ export function QueryVariableEditor({ variable, onRunQuery }: QueryVariableEdito
       timeRange={timeRange}
       regex={regex}
       onRegExChange={onRegExChange}
+      disableRegexEdition={hasMultiProps}
       sort={sort}
       onSortChange={onSortChange}
       refresh={refresh}
@@ -113,12 +126,15 @@ export function QueryVariableEditor({ variable, onRunQuery }: QueryVariableEdito
       onIncludeAllChange={onIncludeAllChange}
       allValue={allValue ?? ''}
       onAllValueChange={onAllValueChange}
+      disableCustomAllValue={hasMultiProps}
       allowCustomValue={allowCustomValue}
       onAllowCustomValueChange={onAllowCustomValueChange}
+      disableAllowCustomValue={hasMultiProps}
       staticOptions={staticOptions}
       staticOptionsOrder={staticOptionsOrder}
       onStaticOptionsChange={onStaticOptionsChange}
       onStaticOptionsOrderChange={onStaticOptionsOrderChange}
+      disableStaticOptions={hasMultiProps}
     />
   );
 }
@@ -250,6 +266,19 @@ export function Editor({ variable }: { variable: QueryVariable }) {
 
   const isHasVariableOptions = hasVariableOptions(variable);
 
+  // TODO: remove me after finished testing - each DS can/should implement their own UI
+  const [returnsMultiProps, setReturnsMultiProps] = useState(false);
+  const onChangeReturnsMultipleProps = (e: FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    setReturnsMultiProps(e.currentTarget.checked);
+    variable.setState({ allowCustomValue: false });
+    variable.setState({ allValue: '' });
+    variable.setState({ regex: '' });
+    onStaticOptionsChange?.([]);
+  };
+
+  const optionsForSelect = variable.getOptionsForSelect(false);
+  const hasMultiProps = returnsMultiProps || optionsForSelect.every((o) => Boolean(o.properties));
+
   return (
     <div data-testid={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.QueryVariable.editor}>
       <Field
@@ -261,43 +290,64 @@ export function Editor({ variable }: { variable: QueryVariable }) {
       </Field>
 
       {selectedDatasource && VariableQueryEditor && (
-        <QueryEditor
-          onQueryChange={onQueryChange}
-          onLegacyQueryChange={onQueryChange}
-          datasource={selectedDatasource}
-          query={query}
-          VariableQueryEditor={VariableQueryEditor}
-          timeRange={timeRange}
-        />
+        <Box marginBottom={2}>
+          <QueryEditor
+            onQueryChange={onQueryChange}
+            onLegacyQueryChange={onQueryChange}
+            datasource={selectedDatasource}
+            query={query}
+            VariableQueryEditor={VariableQueryEditor}
+            timeRange={timeRange}
+          />
+          {/* TODO: remove me after finished testing - each DS can/should implement their own UI */}
+          <Field
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
+            label="Enable access to all the fields of the query results"
+            description={
+              <Trans i18nKey="">
+                Check{' '}
+                <TextLink href="https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/variables/xxx" external>
+                  our docs
+                </TextLink>{' '}
+                for more information.
+              </Trans>
+            }
+            noMargin
+          >
+            <Switch onChange={onChangeReturnsMultipleProps} />
+          </Field>
+        </Box>
       )}
 
-      <VariableTextAreaField
-        defaultValue={regex ?? ''}
-        name={t('dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.name-regex', 'Regex')}
-        description={
-          <div>
-            <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.description-optional">
-              Optional, if you want to extract part of a series name or metric node segment.
-            </Trans>
-            <br />
-            <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.description-examples">
-              Named capture groups can be used to separate the display text and value (
-              <TextLink
-                href="https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/variables/filter-variables-with-regex#filter-and-modify-using-named-text-and-value-capture-groups"
-                external
-              >
-                see examples
-              </TextLink>
-              ).
-            </Trans>
-          </div>
-        }
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
-        placeholder="/.*-(?<text>.*)-(?<value>.*)-.*/"
-        onBlur={onRegExChange}
-        testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.QueryVariable.queryOptionsRegExInputV2}
-        width={52}
-      />
+      {!returnsMultiProps && (
+        <VariableTextAreaField
+          defaultValue={regex ?? ''}
+          name={t('dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.name-regex', 'Regex')}
+          description={
+            <div>
+              <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.description-optional">
+                Optional, if you want to extract part of a series name or metric node segment.
+              </Trans>
+              <br />
+              <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.query-variable-editor-form.description-examples">
+                Named capture groups can be used to separate the display text and value (
+                <TextLink
+                  href="https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/variables/filter-variables-with-regex#filter-and-modify-using-named-text-and-value-capture-groups"
+                  external
+                >
+                  see examples
+                </TextLink>
+                ).
+              </Trans>
+            </div>
+          }
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @grafana/i18n/no-untranslated-strings
+          placeholder="/.*-(?<text>.*)-(?<value>.*)-.*/"
+          onBlur={onRegExChange}
+          testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.QueryVariable.queryOptionsRegExInputV2}
+          width={52}
+        />
+      )}
 
       <QueryVariableSortSelect
         testId={selectors.pages.Dashboard.Settings.Variables.Edit.QueryVariable.queryOptionsSortSelectV2}
@@ -311,7 +361,7 @@ export function Editor({ variable }: { variable: QueryVariable }) {
         refresh={refresh}
       />
 
-      {onStaticOptionsChange && onStaticOptionsOrderChange && (
+      {!returnsMultiProps && onStaticOptionsChange && onStaticOptionsOrderChange && (
         <QueryVariableStaticOptions
           staticOptions={staticOptions}
           staticOptionsOrder={staticOptionsOrder}
@@ -320,7 +370,7 @@ export function Editor({ variable }: { variable: QueryVariable }) {
         />
       )}
 
-      {isHasVariableOptions && <VariableValuesPreview options={variable.getOptionsForSelect(false)} />}
+      {isHasVariableOptions && <VariableValuesPreview options={optionsForSelect} hasMultiProps={hasMultiProps} />}
     </div>
   );
 }

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/editors/StackVariableEditor.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffectOnce } from 'react-use';
+
+import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { t, Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { SceneVariable, SceneVariableState } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { Input } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
+
+import { StackVariable } from '../StackVariable';
+import { VariableLegend } from '../components/VariableLegend';
+import { VariableSelectField } from '../components/VariableSelectField';
+
+
+interface StackVariableEditorProps {
+  variable: StackVariable;
+  onRunQuery: () => void;
+}
+
+export function StackVariableEditor({ variable, onRunQuery }: StackVariableEditorProps) {
+  const [stackList, setStackList] = useState<Stack[]>([]);
+const [selectedStack, setSelectedStack] = useState<string>(variable.useState().selectedStack?.id || '');
+  useEffectOnce(() => {
+    // fetch stacks
+    setStackList([stackMock]);
+  });
+
+  const onSelectStack = (value: SelectableValue<string>) => {
+    variable.setStack(value.value || '')
+    setSelectedStack(value.value || '');
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <VariableLegend>
+        <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.nope">Stack selection</Trans>
+      </VariableLegend>
+      <VariableSelectField
+        name={t('variables.label.stack', 'Stack')}
+        description={t('variables.label-stack-sub', 'Select a datasource stack to use')}
+        value={{label: stackList.find((s) => s.uid === selectedStack)?.name, value: selectedStack}}
+        options={stackList.map((stack) => ({ label: stack.name, value: stack.uid }))}
+        onChange={onSelectStack}
+        //.  testId={testId}
+        width={25}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+
+export interface Stack {
+  uid: string;
+  name: string;
+  modes: StackMode[];
+  template: StackTemplate;
+}
+
+interface StackMode {
+  name: string;
+  definition: Record<string, { uid: string }>;
+}
+interface StackTemplate {
+  [key: string]: {
+    group: string;
+    name: string;
+  };
+}
+
+const stackMock: Stack = {
+  name: 'LGTM-stack',
+  uid: '123543453245645',
+  template: {
+    lokifromauid: {
+      group: 'loki',
+      name: 'lokifroma',
+    },
+    lokifrombuid: {
+      group: 'loki',
+      name: 'lokifromb',
+    },
+    tempouid: {
+      group: 'tempo',
+      name: 'tempo',
+    },
+    promuid: {
+      group: 'prometheus',
+      name: 'prometheus',
+    },
+  },
+  modes: [
+    {
+      name: 'prod',
+      definition: {
+        lokifromauid: {
+          uid: 'P0280BEB2D3524208',
+        },
+        lokifrombuid: {
+          uid: 'P7DC3E4760CFAC4AK',
+        },
+        tempouid: {
+          uid: 'P7DC3E4760CFAC4AK',
+        },
+        promuid: {
+          uid: 'P693D0419BB394192',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'dev',
+      definition: {
+        lokifromauid: {
+          uid: 'P7DC3E4760CFAC4AK',
+        },
+        lokifrombuid: {
+          uid: 'P693D0419BB394192',
+        },
+        tempouid: {
+          uid: 'bf0cgxsa8lrswe',
+        },
+        promuid: {
+          uid: 'bf0cgxsa8lrswe',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+
+export function getStackVariableOptions(variable: SceneVariable<SceneVariableState>): OptionsPaneItemDescriptor[] {
+  return [new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+        title: t('dashboard-scene.textbox-variable-form.label-value', 'Value'),
+        id: `variable-${variable.state.name}-value`,
+        render: () => <Input label="get variable options"/>,
+      })] 
+  
+}

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/useVariableSelectionOptionsCategory.tsx

@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ export function useVariableSelectionOptionsCategory(variable: MultiValueVariable
             'A wildcard regex or other value to represent All'
           ),
           useShowIf: () => {
-            return variable.useState().includeAll ?? false;
+            const state = variable.useState();
+            const hasMultiProps =
+              ('valuesFormat' in state && state.valuesFormat === 'json') ||
+              state.options.every((o) => Boolean(o.properties));
+            return hasMultiProps ? false : (state.includeAll ?? false);
           },
           render: (descriptor) => <CustomAllValueInput id={descriptor.props.id} variable={variable} />,
         })
@@ -58,6 +62,13 @@ export function useVariableSelectionOptionsCategory(variable: MultiValueVariable
             'dashboard.edit-pane.variable.selection-options.allow-custom-values-description',
             'Enables users to enter values'
           ),
+          useShowIf: () => {
+            const state = variable.useState();
+            const hasMultiProps =
+              ('valuesFormat' in state && state.valuesFormat === 'json') ||
+              state.options.every((o) => Boolean(o.properties));
+            return !hasMultiProps;
+          },
           render: (descriptor) => <AllowCustomSwitch id={descriptor.props.id} variable={variable} />,
         })
       );

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import { getIntervalVariableOptions, IntervalVariableEditor } from './editors/In
 import { getQueryVariableOptions, QueryVariableEditor } from './editors/QueryVariableEditor';
 import { getSwitchVariableOptions, SwitchVariableEditor } from './editors/SwitchVariableEditor';
 import { TextBoxVariableEditor, getTextBoxVariableOptions } from './editors/TextBoxVariableEditor';
+import { getStackVariableOptions, StackVariableEditor } from './editors/StackVariableEditor';
+import { isStackVariable, StackVariable } from './StackVariable';
 
 interface EditableVariableConfig {
   name: string;
@@ -129,6 +131,12 @@ export const getEditableVariables: () => Record<EditableVariableType, EditableVa
     editor: SwitchVariableEditor,
     getOptions: getSwitchVariableOptions,
   },
+  stack: {
+    name: "Stack",
+    description: "Users can define datasource stacks",
+    editor: StackVariableEditor,
+    getOptions: getStackVariableOptions,
+  }
 });
 
 export function getEditableVariableDefinition(type: string): EditableVariableConfig {
@@ -152,6 +160,7 @@ export const EDITABLE_VARIABLES_SELECT_ORDER: EditableVariableType[] = [
   'adhoc',
   'switch',
   'groupby',
+  'stack'
 ];
 
 export function getVariableTypeSelectOptions(): Array<SelectableValue<EditableVariableType>> {
@@ -203,6 +212,8 @@ export function getVariableScene(type: EditableVariableType, initialState: Commo
       return new TextBoxVariable(initialState);
     case 'switch':
       return new SwitchVariable(initialState);
+    case 'stack':
+      return new StackVariable(initialState);
   }
 }
 
@@ -279,7 +290,8 @@ export function isSceneVariableInstance(sceneObject: SceneObject): sceneObject i
     sceneUtils.isQueryVariable(sceneObject) ||
     sceneUtils.isTextBoxVariable(sceneObject) ||
     sceneUtils.isGroupByVariable(sceneObject) ||
-    sceneUtils.isSwitchVariable(sceneObject)
+    sceneUtils.isSwitchVariable(sceneObject) ||
+    isStackVariable(sceneObject)
   );
 }
 

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/clone.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export function getLocalVariableValueSet(
         name: variable.state.name,
         value,
         text,
+        properties: variable.state.options.find((o) => o.value === value)?.properties,
         isMulti: variable.state.isMulti,
         includeAll: variable.state.includeAll,
       }),

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/variables.test.ts

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ describe('when creating variables objects', () => {
       text: 'a',
       type: 'custom',
       value: 'a',
+      valuesFormat: 'csv',
       hide: 0,
     });
   });

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/variables.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import {
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel';
 
 import { SnapshotVariable } from '../serialization/custom-variables/SnapshotVariable';
+import { StackVariable } from '../settings/variables/StackVariable';
+
 
 import { getCurrentValueForOldIntervalModel, getIntervalsFromQueryString } from './utils';
 
@@ -311,6 +313,15 @@ export function createSceneVariableFromVariableModel(variable: TypedVariableMode
       skipUrlSync: variable.skipUrlSync,
       hide: variable.hide,
     });
+  } else if (variable.type === 'stack') {
+    return new StackVariable({
+      ...commonProperties,
+      value: variable.current?.value ?? '',
+      text: variable.current?.text ?? '',
+      properties: (variable as any).properties || {},
+      skipUrlSync: variable.skipUrlSync,
+      hide: variable.hide,
+    });
   } else {
     throw new Error(`Scenes: Unsupported variable type ${variable.type}`);
   }

public/app/features/datasources/api/stacksApi.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { ScopedResourceClient } from 'app/features/apiserver/client';
+import { Resource, ResourceList, GroupVersionResource } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+
+// Define the DataSourceStack spec type based on the backend Go types
+export interface DataSourceStackTemplateItem {
+  group: string;
+  name: string;
+}
+
+export interface DataSourceStackModeItem {
+  dataSourceRef: string;
+}
+
+export interface DataSourceStackModeSpec {
+  name: string;
+  uid: string;
+  definition: Record<string, DataSourceStackModeItem>;
+}
+
+export interface DataSourceStackSpec {
+  template: Record<string, DataSourceStackTemplateItem>;
+  modes: DataSourceStackModeSpec[];
+}
+
+// GroupVersionResource for datasourcestacks
+const datasourceStacksGVR: GroupVersionResource = {
+  group: 'collections.grafana.app',
+  version: 'v1alpha1',
+  resource: 'datasourcestacks',
+};
+
+// Singleton client instance
+const datasourceStacksClient = new ScopedResourceClient<DataSourceStackSpec>(datasourceStacksGVR);
+
+/**
+ * Fetches all datasource stacks from the API
+ */
+export async function fetchStacks(): Promise<Resource<DataSourceStackSpec>[]> {
+  const response: ResourceList<DataSourceStackSpec> = await datasourceStacksClient.list();
+  return response.items;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetches a single datasource stack by name
+ */
+export async function fetchStack(name: string): Promise<Resource<DataSourceStackSpec>> {
+  return datasourceStacksClient.get(name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new datasource stack
+ */
+export async function createStack(
+  name: string,
+  spec: DataSourceStackSpec
+): Promise<Resource<DataSourceStackSpec>> {
+  return datasourceStacksClient.create({
+    metadata: { name },
+    spec,
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Updates an existing datasource stack
+ */
+export async function updateStack(
+  existingStack: Resource<DataSourceStackSpec>,
+  spec: DataSourceStackSpec
+): Promise<Resource<DataSourceStackSpec>> {
+  return datasourceStacksClient.update({
+    ...existingStack,
+    spec,
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deletes a datasource stack by name
+ */
+export async function deleteStack(name: string): Promise<void> {
+  await datasourceStacksClient.delete(name, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the underlying client for advanced operations
+ */
+export function getStacksClient(): ScopedResourceClient<DataSourceStackSpec> {
+  return datasourceStacksClient;
+}
+

public/app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/StackForm.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { FormProvider, SubmitErrorHandler, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Button, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
+import { ROUTES } from 'app/features/connections/constants';
+import { DataSourceStackSpec, createStack, updateStack, fetchStack } from 'app/features/datasources/api/stacksApi';
+
+import { StackModes } from './StackModes';
+import { StackName } from './StackName';
+import { StackTemplate } from './StackTemplate';
+import { StackFormValues } from './types';
+
+type Props = {
+  existing?: StackFormValues;
+};
+
+const defaultValues: StackFormValues = {
+  name: '',
+  templates: [],
+  modes: [],
+};
+
+export const StackForm = ({ existing }: Props) => {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+
+  const isEditing = !!existing;
+
+  const initialValues: StackFormValues = useMemo(() => {
+    if (existing) {
+      return existing;
+    }
+    return defaultValues;
+  }, [existing]);
+
+  const formAPI = useForm<StackFormValues>({
+    mode: 'onSubmit',
+    defaultValues: initialValues,
+    shouldFocusError: true,
+  });
+
+  const {
+    handleSubmit,
+    formState: { isSubmitting },
+  } = formAPI;
+
+  const submit = async (values: StackFormValues): Promise<void> => {
+    const spec = prepareCreateStackPayload(values);
+
+    try {
+      if (isEditing) {
+        // Update existing stack
+        const existingStack = await fetchStack(values.name);
+        await updateStack(existingStack, spec);
+        notifyApp.success('Stack updated successfully!');
+      } else {
+        // Create new stack
+        await createStack(values.name, spec);
+        notifyApp.success('Stack created successfully!');
+      }
+
+      // Navigate to stacks list page
+      navigate(ROUTES.Stacks);
+    } catch (error) {
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'An unknown error occurred';
+      notifyApp.error(`Failed to save stack: ${message}`);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onInvalid: SubmitErrorHandler<StackFormValues> = () => {
+    notifyApp.error('There are errors in the form. Please correct them and try again!');
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <FormProvider {...formAPI}>
+      <form onSubmit={(e) => e.preventDefault()} className={styles.form}>
+        <div className={styles.contentOuter}>
+          <Stack direction="column" gap={3}>
+            {/* Step 1 - name */}
+            <StackName />
+
+            {/* Step 2 - Templates */}
+            <StackTemplate />
+
+            {/* Step 3 - Modes */}
+            <StackModes />
+
+            {/* Actions */}
+            <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center">
+              <Button
+                variant="primary"
+                type="button"
+                onClick={handleSubmit((values) => submit(values), onInvalid)}
+                disabled={isSubmitting}
+                icon={isSubmitting ? 'spinner' : undefined}
+              >
+                <Trans i18nKey="datasources.stack-form.save">Save</Trans>
+              </Button>
+            </Stack>
+          </Stack>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+    </FormProvider>
+  );
+};
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  form: css({
+    width: '100%',
+    height: '100%',
+    display: 'flex',
+    flexDirection: 'column',
+  }),
+  contentOuter: css({
+    background: theme.colors.background.primary,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
+    maxWidth: theme.breakpoints.values.xl,
+    flex: 1,
+  }),
+});
+
+export const prepareCreateStackPayload = (formValues: StackFormValues): DataSourceStackSpec => {
+  // creates a mapping from template name to UUID
+  const templateNameToUuid: Record<string, string> = {};
+  formValues.templates.forEach((template) => {
+    templateNameToUuid[template.name] = uuidv4();
+  });
+
+  // builds the template record with UUIDs as keys
+  const template: DataSourceStackSpec['template'] = {};
+  formValues.templates.forEach((t) => {
+    const uuid = templateNameToUuid[t.name];
+    template[uuid] = {
+      group: t.type,
+      name: t.name,
+    };
+  });
+  // uses template ids to build modes
+  const modes: DataSourceStackSpec['modes'] = formValues.modes.map((mode) => {
+    const definition: Record<string, { dataSourceRef: string }> = {};
+
+    Object.entries(mode.datasources).forEach(([templateName, dataSourceUid]) => {
+      const uuid = templateNameToUuid[templateName];
+      if (uuid) {
+        definition[uuid] = { dataSourceRef: dataSourceUid };
+      }
+    });
+
+    return {
+      name: mode.name,
+      uid: uuidv4(),
+      definition,
+    };
+  });
+
+  return { template, modes };
+};
+
+//used when loading an existing stack for editing.
+export const transformStackSpecToFormValues = (stackName: string, spec: DataSourceStackSpec): StackFormValues => {
+  const uuidToTemplateName: Record<string, string> = {};
+  Object.entries(spec.template).forEach(([uuid, templateItem]) => {
+    uuidToTemplateName[uuid] = templateItem.name;
+  });
+
+  const templates = Object.values(spec.template).map((templateItem) => ({
+    name: templateItem.name,
+    type: templateItem.group,
+  }));
+
+  const modes = spec.modes.map((mode) => {
+    const datasources: Record<string, string> = {};
+
+    Object.entries(mode.definition).forEach(([uuid, modeItem]) => {
+      const templateName = uuidToTemplateName[uuid];
+      if (templateName) {
+        datasources[templateName] = modeItem.dataSourceRef;
+      }
+    });
+
+    return {
+      name: mode.name,
+      datasources,
+    };
+  });
+
+  return {
+    name: stackName,
+    templates,
+    modes,
+  };
+};

public/app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/StackFormSection.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { ReactElement } from 'react';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { FieldSet, Stack, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+export interface StackFormSectionProps {
+  title: string;
+  stepNo: number;
+  description?: string | ReactElement;
+  fullWidth?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const StackFormSection = ({
+  title,
+  stepNo,
+  children,
+  fullWidth = false,
+  description,
+}: React.PropsWithChildren<StackFormSectionProps>) => {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.parent}>
+      <FieldSet
+        className={cx(fullWidth && styles.fullWidth)}
+        label={
+          <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center" justifyContent="space-between">
+            <Text variant="h3">
+              {stepNo}. {title}
+            </Text>
+          </Stack>
+        }
+      >
+        <Stack direction="column">
+          {description && <div className={styles.description}>{description}</div>}
+          {children}
+        </Stack>
+      </FieldSet>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  parent: css({
+    display: 'flex',
+    flexDirection: 'row',
+    border: `solid 1px ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
+    borderRadius: theme.shape.radius.lg,
+    padding: `${theme.spacing(2)} ${theme.spacing(3)}`,
+  }),
+  description: css({
+    marginTop: `-${theme.spacing(2)}`,
+  }),
+  fullWidth: css({
+    width: '100%',
+  }),
+  reverse: css({
+    flexDirection: 'row-reverse',
+    gap: theme.spacing(1),
+  }),
+});

public/app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/StackModes.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+import { Controller, useFieldArray, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Button, Field, IconButton, Input, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { DataSourcePicker } from 'app/features/datasources/components/picker/DataSourcePicker';
+
+import { StackFormSection } from './StackFormSection';
+import { ModeSection, StackFormValues } from './types';
+
+const createEmptyMode = (): ModeSection => ({
+  name: '',
+  datasources: {},
+});
+
+export const StackModes = () => {
+  const {
+    control,
+    register,
+    watch,
+    formState: { errors },
+  } = useFormContext<StackFormValues>();
+
+  const { fields, append, remove } = useFieldArray({
+    control,
+    name: 'modes',
+  });
+
+  const templates = watch('templates');
+
+  const hasTemplates = templates && templates.length > 0;
+
+  return (
+    <StackFormSection
+      stepNo={3}
+      title={t('datasources.stack-modes.title', 'Add modes')}
+      description={
+        <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+          <Trans i18nKey="datasources.stack-modes.description">
+            Define modes (e.g., dev, staging, prod) and select the actual datasources for each template entry.
+          </Trans>
+        </Text>
+      }
+    >
+      <Stack direction="column" gap={3}>
+        {!hasTemplates && (
+          <Text color="secondary" italic>
+            <Trans i18nKey="datasources.stack-modes.no-templates">
+              Add template sections first to define modes.
+            </Trans>
+          </Text>
+        )}
+
+        {hasTemplates &&
+          fields.map((field, index) => (
+            <ModeSectionRow
+              key={field.id}
+              index={index}
+              register={register}
+              control={control}
+              errors={errors}
+              templates={templates}
+              onRemove={() => remove(index)}
+            />
+          ))}
+
+        {hasTemplates && (
+          <Button type="button" variant="secondary" icon="plus" onClick={() => append(createEmptyMode())}>
+            <Trans i18nKey="datasources.stack-modes.add-mode">Add mode</Trans>
+          </Button>
+        )}
+      </Stack>
+    </StackFormSection>
+  );
+};
+
+interface ModeSectionRowProps {
+  index: number;
+  register: ReturnType<typeof useFormContext<StackFormValues>>['register'];
+  control: ReturnType<typeof useFormContext<StackFormValues>>['control'];
+  errors: ReturnType<typeof useFormContext<StackFormValues>>['formState']['errors'];
+  templates: StackFormValues['templates'];
+  onRemove: () => void;
+}
+
+const ModeSectionRow = ({ index, register, control, errors, templates, onRemove }: ModeSectionRowProps) => {
+  return (
+    <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
+      <Stack direction="row" gap={2} alignItems="center">
+        <Field
+          noMargin
+          label={t('datasources.stack-modes.mode-name-label', 'Mode name')}
+          error={errors?.modes?.[index]?.name?.message}
+          invalid={!!errors?.modes?.[index]?.name?.message}
+        >
+          <Input
+            id={`modes.${index}.name`}
+            width={30}
+            {...register(`modes.${index}.name`, {
+              required: {
+                value: true,
+                message: t('datasources.stack-modes.mode-name-required', 'Mode name is required'),
+              },
+            })}
+            placeholder={t('datasources.stack-modes.mode-name-placeholder', 'e.g. production')}
+          />
+        </Field>
+
+        <IconButton
+          name="trash-alt"
+          variant="destructive"
+          tooltip={t('datasources.stack-modes.remove-mode', 'Remove mode')}
+          onClick={onRemove}
+          aria-label={t('datasources.stack-modes.remove-mode', 'Remove mode')}
+        />
+      </Stack>
+
+      <Stack direction="row" gap={2} wrap="wrap">
+        {templates.map((template) => (
+          <Field
+            noMargin
+            key={template.name}
+            label={template.name || t('datasources.stack-modes.unnamed-template', 'Unnamed template')}
+          >
+            <Controller
+              name={`modes.${index}.datasources.${template.name}`}
+              control={control}
+              render={({ field: { ref, onChange, value, ...field } }) => (
+                <DataSourcePicker
+                  {...field}
+                  current={value}
+                  onChange={(ds) => onChange(ds.uid)}
+                  noDefault={true}
+                  pluginId={template.type}
+                  placeholder={t('datasources.stack-modes.select-datasource', 'Select datasource')}
+                  width={30}
+                />
+              )}
+            />
+          </Field>
+        ))}
+      </Stack>
+    </Stack>
+  );
+};
+

public/app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/StackName.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Field, Input, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { StackFormSection } from './StackFormSection';
+import { StackFormValues } from './types';
+
+export const StackName = () => {
+  const {
+    register,
+    formState: { errors },
+  } = useFormContext<StackFormValues>();
+
+  return (
+    <StackFormSection
+      stepNo={1}
+      title={t('datasources.stack-name.title', 'Enter stack name')}
+      description={
+        <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+          <Trans i18nKey="datasources.stack-name.description">Enter a name to identify your stack.</Trans>
+        </Text>
+      }
+    >
+      <Stack direction="column">
+        <Field
+          label={t('datasources.stack-name.label', 'Name')}
+          error={errors?.name?.message}
+          invalid={!!errors.name?.message}
+        >
+          <Input
+            data-testid={selectors.components.AlertRules.ruleNameField}
+            id="name"
+            width={38}
+            {...register('name', {
+              required: {
+                value: true,
+                message: t('datasources.stack-name.required', 'Must enter a name'),
+              },
+            })}
+            aria-label={t('datasources.stack-name.aria-label', 'name')}
+            placeholder="example: LGTM"
+          />
+        </Field>
+      </Stack>
+    </StackFormSection>
+  );
+};

public/app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/StackTemplate.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { Controller, useFieldArray, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Button, Combobox, Field, IconButton, Input, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { getOptionDataSourceTypes } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils';
+
+import { StackFormSection } from './StackFormSection';
+import { StackFormValues, TemplateSection } from './types';
+
+const emptyTemplateSection: TemplateSection = {
+  name: '',
+  type: '',
+};
+
+export const StackTemplate = () => {
+  const {
+    control,
+    register,
+    formState: { errors },
+  } = useFormContext<StackFormValues>();
+
+  const { fields, append, remove } = useFieldArray({
+    control,
+    name: 'templates',
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <StackFormSection
+      stepNo={2}
+      title={t('datasources.stack-template.title', 'Add template sections')}
+      description={
+        <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+          <Trans i18nKey="datasources.stack-template.description">
+            Add which datasource types comprise your stack and add names to reference them in the query editor.
+          </Trans>
+        </Text>
+      }
+    >
+      <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
+        {fields.map((field, index) => (
+          <TemplateSectionRow
+            key={field.id}
+            index={index}
+            register={register}
+            control={control}
+            errors={errors}
+            onRemove={() => remove(index)}
+          />
+        ))}
+
+        <Button type="button" variant="secondary" icon="plus" onClick={() => append(emptyTemplateSection)}>
+          <Trans i18nKey="datasources.stack-template.add-section">Add datasource</Trans>
+        </Button>
+      </Stack>
+    </StackFormSection>
+  );
+};
+
+interface TemplateSectionRowProps {
+  index: number;
+  register: ReturnType<typeof useFormContext<StackFormValues>>['register'];
+  control: ReturnType<typeof useFormContext<StackFormValues>>['control'];
+  errors: ReturnType<typeof useFormContext<StackFormValues>>['formState']['errors'];
+  onRemove: () => void;
+}
+
+const TemplateSectionRow = ({ index, register, control, errors, onRemove }: TemplateSectionRowProps) => {
+  const dataSourceOptions = getOptionDataSourceTypes();
+
+  return (
+    <Stack direction="row" gap={2} alignItems="flex-start">
+      <Field
+        noMargin
+        label={t('datasources.stack-template.name-label', 'Name')}
+        error={errors?.templates?.[index]?.name?.message}
+        invalid={!!errors?.templates?.[index]?.name?.message}
+      >
+        <Input
+          id={`templates.${index}.name`}
+          width={30}
+          {...register(`templates.${index}.name`, {
+            required: {
+              value: true,
+              message: t('datasources.stack-template.name-required', 'Name is required'),
+            },
+          })}
+          placeholder={t('datasources.stack-template.name-placeholder', 'e.g. logs-datasource')}
+        />
+      </Field>
+
+      <Field
+        noMargin
+        label={t('datasources.stack-template.type-label', 'Data source type')}
+        error={errors?.templates?.[index]?.type?.message}
+        invalid={!!errors?.templates?.[index]?.type?.message}
+      >
+        <Controller
+          name={`templates.${index}.type`}
+          control={control}
+          rules={{
+            required: {
+              value: true,
+              message: t('datasources.stack-template.type-required', 'Type is required'),
+            },
+          }}
+          render={({ field: { ref, onChange, ...field } }) => (
+            <Combobox
+              id={`templates.${index}.type`}
+              width={30}
+              options={dataSourceOptions}
+              onChange={(option) => onChange(option?.value || '')}
+              placeholder={t('datasources.stack-template.type-placeholder', 'Select type')}
+              {...field}
+            />
+          )}
+        />
+      </Field>
+
+      <IconButton
+        name="trash-alt"
+        variant="destructive"
+        tooltip={t('datasources.stack-template.remove-section', 'Remove section')}
+        onClick={onRemove}
+        aria-label={t('datasources.stack-template.remove-section', 'Remove section')}
+        style={{ marginTop: '28px' }}
+      />
+    </Stack>
+  );
+};

public/app/features/datasources/components/new-stack-form/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export interface TemplateSection {
+  name: string;
+  type: string;
+}
+
+export interface ModeSection {
+  name: string;
+  /** template name to selected datasource UID */
+  datasources: Record<string, string>;
+}
+
+export interface StackFormValues {
+  name: string;
+  templates: TemplateSection[];
+  modes: ModeSection[];
+}

public/app/features/plugins/datasource_srv.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions */
 import {
   AppEvents,
   DataSourceApi,
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ import {
 } from 'app/features/expressions/ExpressionDatasource';
 import { ExpressionDatasourceUID } from 'app/features/expressions/types';
 
+import { StackVariableValue } from '../../../../packages/grafana-data/src/types/templateVars';
+
 import { pluginImporter } from './importer/pluginImporter';
 
 export class DatasourceSrv implements DataSourceService {
@@ -306,27 +309,41 @@ export class DatasourceSrv implements DataSourceService {
 
     if (filters.variables) {
       for (const variable of this.templateSrv.getVariables()) {
-        if (variable.type !== 'datasource') {
-          continue;
-        }
-        let dsValue = variable.current.value === 'default' ? this.defaultName : variable.current.value;
-        // Support for multi-value DataSource (ds) variables
-        if (Array.isArray(dsValue)) {
-          // If the ds variable have multiple selected datasources
-          // We will use the first one
-          dsValue = dsValue[0];
-        }
-        const dsSettings =
-          !Array.isArray(dsValue) && (this.settingsMapByName[dsValue] || this.settingsMapByUid[dsValue]);
+        if (variable.type === 'datasource') {
+          let dsValue = variable.current.value === 'default' ? this.defaultName : variable.current.value;
+          // Support for multi-value DataSource (ds) variables
+          if (Array.isArray(dsValue)) {
+            // If the ds variable have multiple selected datasources
+            // We will use the first one
+            dsValue = dsValue[0];
+          }
+          const dsSettings =
+            !Array.isArray(dsValue) && (this.settingsMapByName[dsValue] || this.settingsMapByUid[dsValue]);
 
-        if (dsSettings) {
-          const key = `$\{${variable.name}\}`;
-          base.push({
-            ...dsSettings,
-            isDefault: false,
-            name: key,
-            uid: key,
-          });
+          if (dsSettings) {
+            const key = `$\{${variable.name}\}`;
+            base.push({
+              ...dsSettings,
+              isDefault: false,
+              name: key,
+              uid: key,
+            });
+          }
+        }
+        if (variable.type === 'stack') {
+          const properties = variable.properties;
+          for (const key in properties) {
+            const dsSettings = this.settingsMapByUid[properties[key]];
+
+            if (dsSettings) {
+              base.push({
+                ...dsSettings,
+                isDefault: false,
+                uid: `$\{${variable.name}.${key}\}`,
+                name: `$\{${variable.name}.${key}\}`,
+              });
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
     }

public/app/features/variables/guard.test.ts

@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ describe('type guards', () => {
     custom: { variable: createCustomVariable(), isMulti: true, hasOptions: true, hasCurrent: true },
     snapshot: { variable: createSnapshotVariable(), isMulti: false, hasOptions: true, hasCurrent: true },
     switch: { variable: createSwitchVariable(), isMulti: false, hasOptions: true, hasCurrent: true },
+    stack: { variable: createCustomVariable(), isMulti: true, hasOptions: true, hasCurrent: true },
   };
 
   const variableFacts = Object.values(variableFactsObj);

public/locales/en-US/grafana.json

@@ -5880,6 +5880,8 @@
     },
     "custom-variable-form": {
       "custom-options": "Custom options",
+      "json-values-tooltip": "Provide a JSON representing an array of objects, where each object can have any number of properties.<br/>Check <4>our docs</4> for more information.",
+      "name-json-values": "Object values in a JSON array",
       "name-values-separated-comma": "Values separated by comma",
       "selection-options": "Selection options"
     },

yarn.lock

@@ -3603,11 +3603,11 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@grafana/scenes-react@npm:6.47.1":
-  version: 6.47.1
-  resolution: "@grafana/scenes-react@npm:6.47.1"
+"@grafana/scenes-react@npm:^6.48.0":
+  version: 6.48.0
+  resolution: "@grafana/scenes-react@npm:6.48.0"
   dependencies:
-    "@grafana/scenes": "npm:6.47.1"
+    "@grafana/scenes": "npm:6.48.0"
     lru-cache: "npm:^10.2.2"
     react-use: "npm:^17.4.0"
   peerDependencies:
@@ -3619,7 +3619,7 @@ __metadata:
     react: ^18.0.0
     react-dom: ^18.0.0
     react-router-dom: ^6.28.0
-  checksum: 10/dc20f9ee80eaf648665f7449e3ccb3b640a931f8f4a1be89599dce17eb0f52e763e3a603a4d491d9886b3e6cdf2ad3634124252c223315917206200f7cd6da16
+  checksum: 10/5afb2aa79271dd824cc35f0a59ec193ddcbd4e1f14e756551228ce218a19faad54923d3a83f8bbb10d38c1d23c49846df29e7fce8feba8ec9aec2d32d9c1cf8d
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -3649,9 +3649,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@grafana/scenes@npm:6.47.1":
-  version: 6.47.1
-  resolution: "@grafana/scenes@npm:6.47.1"
+"@grafana/scenes@npm:6.48.0, @grafana/scenes@npm:^6.48.0":
+  version: 6.48.0
+  resolution: "@grafana/scenes@npm:6.48.0"
   dependencies:
     "@floating-ui/react": "npm:^0.26.16"
     "@leeoniya/ufuzzy": "npm:^1.0.16"
@@ -3671,7 +3671,7 @@ __metadata:
     react: ^18.0.0
     react-dom: ^18.0.0
     react-router-dom: ^6.28.0
-  checksum: 10/bc0c76258955058e7493b04e7cdd5d59dcc4159adf06da0837e992716ea15700b54f8403614df04326350363dc3344fb2602a2e8f7807724571659b4bd95aded
+  checksum: 10/28cd64ea3c4faf87173ea71ffc136a7a525c33ec2e263ab2a98df718e3968ed7b7a12ecf0f309400af78e3c3269ae6048da8113412645a361a3e4925f9a2a810
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -19234,8 +19234,8 @@ __metadata:
     "@grafana/plugin-ui": "npm:^0.11.1"
     "@grafana/prometheus": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/runtime": "workspace:*"
-    "@grafana/scenes": "npm:6.47.1"
-    "@grafana/scenes-react": "npm:6.47.1"
+    "@grafana/scenes": "npm:^6.48.0"
+    "@grafana/scenes-react": "npm:^6.48.0"
     "@grafana/schema": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/sql": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/test-utils": "workspace:*"