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 # What’s new in Grafana Cloud
 
 Welcome to Grafana Cloud! Read on to learn about the newest changes to Grafana Cloud.
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+## Query-type template variables for Tempo data source
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+_Generally available in Grafana Cloud_
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+The Tempo data source now supports query-type template variables. With this update, you can create variables for which the values are a list of attribute names or attribute values seen on spans received by Tempo.
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+To learn more, refer to the following video demo, as well as the [Grafana Variables documentation](/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/variables/).
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+{{< video-embed src="/media/docs/tempo/screen-recording-grafana-10.2-tempo-query-type-template-variables.mp4" >}}