diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_actions.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_actions.go
index 3ced6a4a436..724b322ee8e 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_actions.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_actions.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func groupResponseFrame(frame *data.Frame, statsGroups []string) (data.Frames, e
 	// Check if we have time field though as it makes sense to split only for time series.
 	if hasTimeField(frame) {
 		if len(statsGroups) > 0 && len(frame.Fields) > 0 {
-			groupedFrames, err := groupResults(frame, statsGroups)
+			groupedFrames, err := groupResults(frame, statsGroups, false)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_query.go
index 7bd4a5390b4..9f40f3747a8 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_query.go
@@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ func changeToStringField(lengthOfValues int, rows [][]*cloudwatchlogs.ResultFiel
 	return fieldValuesAsStrings
 }
 
-func groupResults(results *data.Frame, groupingFieldNames []string) ([]*data.Frame, error) {
+func groupResults(results *data.Frame, groupingFieldNames []string, removeNonTime bool) ([]*data.Frame, error) {
 	groupingFields := make([]*data.Field, 0)
+	removeFieldIndices := make([]int, 0)
 
 	for i, field := range results.Fields {
 		for _, groupingField := range groupingFieldNames {
@@ -178,6 +179,10 @@ func groupResults(results *data.Frame, groupingFieldNames []string) ([]*data.Fra
 					results.Fields[i] = newField
 					field = newField
 				}
+				// For expressions and alerts to work properly we need to remove non-time grouping fields
+				if removeNonTime && !field.Type().Time() {
+					removeFieldIndices = append(removeFieldIndices, i)
+				}
 
 				groupingFields = append(groupingFields, field)
 			}
@@ -192,14 +197,19 @@ func groupResults(results *data.Frame, groupingFieldNames []string) ([]*data.Fra
 	groupedDataFrames := make(map[string]*data.Frame)
 	for i := 0; i < rowLength; i++ {
 		groupKey := generateGroupKey(groupingFields, i)
+		// if group key doesn't exist create it
 		if _, exists := groupedDataFrames[groupKey]; !exists {
 			newFrame := results.EmptyCopy()
 			newFrame.Name = groupKey
 			newFrame.Meta = results.Meta
+			// remove grouping indices
+			newFrame.Fields = removeFieldsByIndex(newFrame.Fields, removeFieldIndices)
 			groupedDataFrames[groupKey] = newFrame
 		}
 
-		groupedDataFrames[groupKey].AppendRow(results.RowCopy(i)...)
+		// add row to frame
+		row := copyRowWithoutValues(results, i, removeFieldIndices)
+		groupedDataFrames[groupKey].AppendRow(row...)
 	}
 
 	newDataFrames := make([]*data.Frame, 0, len(groupedDataFrames))
@@ -210,6 +220,40 @@ func groupResults(results *data.Frame, groupingFieldNames []string) ([]*data.Fra
 	return newDataFrames, nil
 }
 
+// remove fields at the listed indices
+func removeFieldsByIndex(fields []*data.Field, removeIndices []int) []*data.Field {
+	newGroupingFields := make([]*data.Field, 0)
+	removeIndicesIndex := 0
+	for i, field := range fields {
+		if removeIndicesIndex < len(removeIndices) && i == removeIndices[removeIndicesIndex] {
+			removeIndicesIndex++
+			if removeIndicesIndex > len(removeIndices) {
+				newGroupingFields = append(newGroupingFields, fields[i+1:]...)
+				break
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		newGroupingFields = append(newGroupingFields, field)
+	}
+	return newGroupingFields
+}
+
+// copy a row without the listed values
+func copyRowWithoutValues(f *data.Frame, rowIdx int, removeIndices []int) []interface{} {
+	vals := make([]interface{}, len(f.Fields)-len(removeIndices))
+	valsIdx := 0
+	removeIndicesIndex := 0
+	for i := range f.Fields {
+		if removeIndicesIndex < len(removeIndices) && i == removeIndices[removeIndicesIndex] {
+			removeIndicesIndex++
+			continue
+		}
+		vals[valsIdx] = f.CopyAt(i, rowIdx)
+		valsIdx++
+	}
+	return vals
+}
+
 func generateGroupKey(fields []*data.Field, row int) string {
 	groupKey := ""
 	for _, field := range fields {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_query_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_query_test.go
index ed9be9b6d7c..6f836630c86 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_query_test.go
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func TestGroupingResults(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	groupedResults, err := groupResults(fakeDataFrame, []string{"@log"})
+	groupedResults, err := groupResults(fakeDataFrame, []string{"@log"}, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, expectedGroupedFrames, groupedResults)
 }
@@ -538,7 +538,72 @@ func TestGroupingResultsWithNumericField(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	groupedResults, err := groupResults(fakeDataFrame, []string{"httpresponse"})
+	groupedResults, err := groupResults(fakeDataFrame, []string{"httpresponse"}, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, expectedGroupedFrames, groupedResults)
+}
+
+func TestGroupingResultsWithRemoveNonTimeTrue(t *testing.T) {
+	logField := data.NewField("@log", data.Labels{}, []*string{
+		aws.String("fakelog-a"),
+		aws.String("fakelog-b"),
+		aws.String("fakelog-a"),
+		aws.String("fakelog-b"),
+	})
+
+	streamField := data.NewField("stream", data.Labels{}, []*int32{
+		aws.Int32(1),
+		aws.Int32(1),
+		aws.Int32(1),
+		aws.Int32(1),
+	})
+
+	countField := data.NewField("count", data.Labels{}, []*string{
+		aws.String("100"),
+		aws.String("150"),
+		aws.String("57"),
+		aws.String("62"),
+	})
+
+	timeA := time.Time{}
+	timeB := time.Time{}.Add(1 * time.Minute)
+	fakeDataFrame := &data.Frame{
+		Name: "CloudWatchLogsResponse",
+		Fields: []*data.Field{
+			data.NewField("@timestamp", data.Labels{}, []*time.Time{&timeA, &timeA, &timeB, &timeB}),
+			logField,
+			streamField,
+			countField,
+		},
+		RefID: "",
+	}
+
+	expectedGroupedFrames := []*data.Frame{
+		{
+			Name: "fakelog-a1",
+			Fields: []*data.Field{
+				data.NewField("@timestamp", data.Labels{}, []*time.Time{&timeA, &timeB}),
+				data.NewField("count", data.Labels{}, []*string{
+					aws.String("100"),
+					aws.String("57"),
+				}),
+			},
+			RefID: "",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "fakelog-b1",
+			Fields: []*data.Field{
+				data.NewField("@timestamp", data.Labels{}, []*time.Time{&timeA, &timeB}),
+				data.NewField("count", data.Labels{}, []*string{
+					aws.String("150"),
+					aws.String("62"),
+				}),
+			},
+			RefID: "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	groupedResults, err := groupResults(fakeDataFrame, []string{"@log", "stream"}, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, expectedGroupedFrames, groupedResults)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_sync_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_sync_query.go
index ac01d654bef..8a4cecd7f5d 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_sync_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_sync_query.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var executeSyncLogQuery = func(ctx context.Context, e *cloudWatchExecutor, req *
 
 		var frames []*data.Frame
 		if len(logsQuery.StatsGroups) > 0 && len(dataframe.Fields) > 0 {
-			frames, err = groupResults(dataframe, logsQuery.StatsGroups)
+			frames, err = groupResults(dataframe, logsQuery.StatsGroups, true)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}