Alerting: Changes to evaluation group step (#71251)

* Initial changes to evaluation group step

* Add separate buttons for folder and eval group creation

* Implement folder creation from a modal

* Reset group upon folder creation

* Implement creation of evaluation group in modal

* Changes to evaluation group edit modal

* Fix tests

* Address review comments

* Fix tests

* Refactor to avoid passing AsyncRequestState as prop

* Refactor to avoid passing AsyncRequestState as prop

public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { render, waitFor, screen, within, act } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, waitFor, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React from 'react';
 import { Route } from 'react-router-dom';
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { TestProvider } from 'test/helpers/TestProvider';
 import { ui } from 'test/helpers/alertingRuleEditor';
 
 import { locationService, setDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { ADD_NEW_FOLER_OPTION } from 'app/core/components/Select/FolderPicker';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 import { DashboardSearchHit } from 'app/features/search/types';
 import { GrafanaAlertStateDecision } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
@@ -184,14 +183,8 @@ describe('RuleEditor grafana managed rules', () => {
     await userEvent.click(ui.buttons.save.get());
     await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.api.setRulerRuleGroup).toHaveBeenCalled());
 
-    //check that '+ Add new' option is in folders drop down even if we don't have values
-    const emptyFolderInput = await ui.inputs.folderContainer.find();
     mocks.searchFolders.mockResolvedValue([] as DashboardSearchHit[]);
-    await act(async () => {
-      renderRuleEditor(uid);
-    });
-    await userEvent.click(within(emptyFolderInput).getByRole('combobox'));
-    expect(screen.getByText(ADD_NEW_FOLER_OPTION)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('New folder')).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     expect(mocks.api.setRulerRuleGroup).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       { dataSourceName: GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, apiVersion: 'legacy' },

public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx

@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ const ui = {
     namespaceInput: byRole('textbox', { name: /^Namespace/ }),
     ruleGroupInput: byRole('textbox', { name: /Evaluation group/ }),
     intervalInput: byRole('textbox', {
-      name: /Rule group evaluation interval Evaluation interval should be smaller or equal to 'For' values for existing rules in this group./i,
+      name: /Evaluation interval How often is the rule evaluated. Applies to every rule within the group./i,
     }),
-    saveButton: byRole('button', { name: /Save evaluation interval/ }),
+    saveButton: byRole('button', { name: /Save/ }),
   },
 };
 
@@ -626,12 +626,7 @@ describe('RuleList', () => {
       // make changes to form
       await userEvent.clear(ui.editGroupModal.ruleGroupInput.get());
       await userEvent.type(ui.editGroupModal.ruleGroupInput.get(), 'super group');
-      await userEvent.type(
-        screen.getByRole('textbox', {
-          name: /rule group evaluation interval evaluation interval should be smaller or equal to 'for' values for existing rules in this group\./i,
-        }),
-        '5m'
-      );
+      await userEvent.type(ui.editGroupModal.intervalInput.get(), '5m');
 
       // submit, check that appropriate calls were made
       await userEvent.click(ui.editGroupModal.saveButton.get());

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderAndGroup.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { debounce, take, uniqueId } from 'lodash';
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
-import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { FormProvider, useForm, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
-import { GrafanaTheme2, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Stack } from '@grafana/experimental';
-import { AsyncSelect, Field, InputControl, Label, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/core';
+import { AppEvents, GrafanaTheme2, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { AsyncSelect, Button, Field, Input, InputControl, Label, Modal, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
+import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
+import { createFolder } from 'app/features/manage-dashboards/state/actions';
 import { AccessControlAction, useDispatch } from 'app/types';
 import { CombinedRuleGroup } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
+import { RulerRulesConfigDTO } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
 import { useCombinedRuleNamespaces } from '../../hooks/useCombinedRuleNamespaces';
 import { useUnifiedAlertingSelector } from '../../hooks/useUnifiedAlertingSelector';
@@ -17,10 +19,10 @@ import { RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { MINUTE } from '../../utils/rule-form';
 import { isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
-import { InfoIcon } from '../InfoIcon';
 import { ProvisioningBadge } from '../Provisioning';
+import { evaluateEveryValidationOptions } from '../rules/EditRuleGroupModal';
 
-import { Folder, RuleFolderPicker } from './RuleFolderPicker';
+import { containsSlashes, Folder, RuleFolderPicker } from './RuleFolderPicker';
 import { checkForPathSeparator } from './util';
 
 export const MAX_GROUP_RESULTS = 1000;
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ const findGroupMatchingLabel = (group: SelectableValue<string>, query: string) =
   return group.label?.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase());
 };
 
-export function FolderAndGroup() {
+export function FolderAndGroup({ groupfoldersForGrafana }: { groupfoldersForGrafana?: RulerRulesConfigDTO | null }) {
   const {
     formState: { errors },
     watch,
@@ -82,6 +84,24 @@ export function FolderAndGroup() {
 
   const { groupOptions, loading } = useGetGroupOptionsFromFolder(folder?.title ?? '');
 
+  const [isCreatingFolder, setIsCreatingFolder] = useState(false);
+  const [isCreatingEvaluationGroup, setIsCreatingEvaluationGroup] = useState(false);
+
+  const onOpenFolderCreationModal = () => setIsCreatingFolder(true);
+  const onOpenEvaluationGroupCreationModal = () => setIsCreatingEvaluationGroup(true);
+
+  const handleFolderCreation = (folder: Folder) => {
+    resetGroup();
+    setValue('folder', folder);
+    setIsCreatingFolder(false);
+  };
+
+  const handleEvalGroupCreation = (groupName: string, evaluationInterval: string) => {
+    setValue('group', groupName);
+    setValue('evaluateEvery', evaluationInterval);
+    setIsCreatingEvaluationGroup(false);
+  };
+
   const resetGroup = useCallback(() => {
     setValue('group', '');
   }, [setValue]);
@@ -102,116 +122,327 @@ export function FolderAndGroup() {
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.container}>
-      <Field
-        label={
-          <Label htmlFor="folder" description={'Select a folder for your rule.'}>
-            <Stack gap={0.5}>
-              Folder
-              <InfoIcon
-                text={
-                  'Each folder has unique folder permission. When you store multiple rules in a folder, the folder access permissions are assigned to the rules.'
-                }
+      <div className={styles.evaluationGroupsContainer}>
+        {
+          <Field
+            label={
+              <Label htmlFor="folder" description={'Select a folder to store your rule.'}>
+                Folder
+              </Label>
+            }
+            className={styles.formInput}
+            error={errors.folder?.message}
+            invalid={!!errors.folder?.message}
+            data-testid="folder-picker"
+          >
+            {(!isCreatingFolder && (
+              <InputControl
+                render={({ field: { ref, ...field } }) => (
+                  <RuleFolderPicker
+                    inputId="folder"
+                    {...field}
+                    enableReset={true}
+                    onChange={({ title, uid }) => {
+                      field.onChange({ title, uid });
+                      resetGroup();
+                    }}
+                  />
+                )}
+                name="folder"
+                rules={{
+                  required: { value: true, message: 'Select a folder' },
+                  validate: {
+                    pathSeparator: (folder: Folder) => checkForPathSeparator(folder.title),
+                  },
+                }}
               />
-            </Stack>
-          </Label>
+            )) || <div>Creating new folder...</div>}
+          </Field>
         }
-        className={styles.formInput}
-        error={errors.folder?.message}
-        invalid={!!errors.folder?.message}
-        data-testid="folder-picker"
-      >
-        <InputControl
-          render={({ field: { ref, ...field } }) => (
-            <RuleFolderPicker
-              inputId="folder"
-              {...field}
-              enableCreateNew={contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.FoldersCreate)}
-              enableReset={true}
-              onChange={({ title, uid }) => {
-                field.onChange({ title, uid });
-                resetGroup();
-              }}
-            />
-          )}
-          name="folder"
-          rules={{
-            required: { value: true, message: 'Select a folder' },
-            validate: {
-              pathSeparator: (folder: Folder) => checkForPathSeparator(folder.title),
-            },
-          }}
-        />
-      </Field>
 
-      <Field
-        label="Evaluation group (interval)"
-        data-testid="group-picker"
-        description="Select a group to evaluate all rules in the same group over the same time interval."
-        className={styles.formInput}
-        error={errors.group?.message}
-        invalid={!!errors.group?.message}
-      >
-        <InputControl
-          render={({ field: { ref, ...field }, fieldState }) => (
-            <AsyncSelect
-              disabled={!folder || loading}
-              inputId="group"
-              key={uniqueId()}
-              {...field}
-              onChange={(group) => {
-                field.onChange(group.label ?? '');
-              }}
-              isLoading={loading}
-              invalid={Boolean(folder) && !group && Boolean(fieldState.error)}
-              loadOptions={debouncedSearch}
-              cacheOptions
-              loadingMessage={'Loading groups...'}
-              defaultValue={defaultGroupValue}
-              defaultOptions={groupOptions}
-              getOptionLabel={(option: SelectableValue<string>) => (
-                <div>
-                  <span>{option.label}</span>
-                  {/* making the assumption here that it's provisioned when it's disabled, should probably change this */}
-                  {option.isDisabled && (
-                    <>
-                      {' '}
-                      <ProvisioningBadge />
-                    </>
-                  )}
-                </div>
-              )}
-              placeholder={'Evaluation group name'}
-              allowCustomValue
-              formatCreateLabel={(_) => '+ Add new '}
-              noOptionsMessage="Start typing to create evaluation group"
-            />
-          )}
-          name="group"
-          control={control}
-          rules={{
-            required: { value: true, message: 'Must enter a group name' },
-            validate: {
-              pathSeparator: (group_: string) => checkForPathSeparator(group_),
-            },
-          }}
-        />
-      </Field>
+        <div className={styles.addButton}>
+          <span>or</span>
+          <Button
+            onClick={onOpenFolderCreationModal}
+            type="button"
+            icon="plus"
+            fill="outline"
+            variant="secondary"
+            disabled={!contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.FoldersCreate)}
+          >
+            New folder
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+        {isCreatingFolder && (
+          <FolderCreationModal onCreate={handleFolderCreation} onClose={() => setIsCreatingFolder(false)} />
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      <div className={styles.evaluationGroupsContainer}>
+        <Field
+          label="Evaluation group"
+          data-testid="group-picker"
+          description="Rules within the same group are evaluated sequentially over the same time interval"
+          className={styles.formInput}
+          error={errors.group?.message}
+          invalid={!!errors.group?.message}
+        >
+          <InputControl
+            render={({ field: { ref, ...field }, fieldState }) => (
+              <AsyncSelect
+                disabled={!folder || loading}
+                inputId="group"
+                key={uniqueId()}
+                {...field}
+                onChange={(group) => {
+                  field.onChange(group.label ?? '');
+                }}
+                isLoading={loading}
+                invalid={Boolean(folder) && !group && Boolean(fieldState.error)}
+                loadOptions={debouncedSearch}
+                cacheOptions
+                loadingMessage={'Loading groups...'}
+                defaultValue={defaultGroupValue}
+                defaultOptions={groupOptions}
+                getOptionLabel={(option: SelectableValue<string>) => (
+                  <div>
+                    <span>{option.label}</span>
+                    {/* making the assumption here that it's provisioned when it's disabled, should probably change this */}
+                    {option.isDisabled && (
+                      <>
+                        {' '}
+                        <ProvisioningBadge />
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                )}
+                placeholder={'Select an evaluation group...'}
+              />
+            )}
+            name="group"
+            control={control}
+            rules={{
+              required: { value: true, message: 'Must enter a group name' },
+              validate: {
+                pathSeparator: (group_: string) => checkForPathSeparator(group_),
+              },
+            }}
+          />
+        </Field>
+
+        <div className={styles.addButton}>
+          <span>or</span>
+          <Button
+            onClick={onOpenEvaluationGroupCreationModal}
+            type="button"
+            icon="plus"
+            fill="outline"
+            variant="secondary"
+            disabled={!folder}
+          >
+            New evaluation group
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+        {isCreatingEvaluationGroup && (
+          <EvaluationGroupCreationModal
+            onCreate={handleEvalGroupCreation}
+            onClose={() => setIsCreatingEvaluationGroup(false)}
+            groupfoldersForGrafana={groupfoldersForGrafana}
+          />
+        )}
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+function FolderCreationModal({
+  onClose,
+  onCreate,
+}: {
+  onClose: () => void;
+  onCreate: (folder: Folder) => void;
+}): React.ReactElement {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  const [title, setTitle] = useState('');
+  const onSubmit = async () => {
+    const newFolder = await createFolder({ title: title });
+    if (!newFolder.uid) {
+      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Folder could not be created']);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const folder: Folder = { title: newFolder.title, uid: newFolder.uid };
+    onCreate(folder);
+    appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Folder Created', 'OK']);
+  };
+
+  const error = containsSlashes(title);
+
+  return (
+    <Modal className={styles.modal} isOpen={true} title={'New folder'} onDismiss={onClose} onClickBackdrop={onClose}>
+      <div className={styles.modalTitle}>Create a new folder to store your rule</div>
+
+      <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
+        <Field
+          label={<Label htmlFor="folder">Folder name</Label>}
+          error={"The folder name can't contain slashes"}
+          invalid={error}
+        >
+          <Input
+            autoFocus={true}
+            id="folderName"
+            placeholder="Enter a name"
+            value={title}
+            onChange={(e) => setTitle(e.currentTarget.value)}
+            className={styles.formInput}
+          />
+        </Field>
+
+        <Modal.ButtonRow>
+          <Button variant="secondary" type="button" onClick={onClose}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button type="submit" disabled={!title || error}>
+            Create
+          </Button>
+        </Modal.ButtonRow>
+      </form>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
+
+function EvaluationGroupCreationModal({
+  onClose,
+  onCreate,
+  groupfoldersForGrafana,
+}: {
+  onClose: () => void;
+  onCreate: (group: string, evaluationInterval: string) => void;
+  groupfoldersForGrafana?: RulerRulesConfigDTO | null;
+}): React.ReactElement {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const onSubmit = () => {
+    onCreate(getValues('group'), getValues('evaluateEvery'));
+  };
+
+  const { watch } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+
+  const evaluateEveryId = 'eval-every-input';
+  const [groupName, folderName] = watch(['group', 'folder.title']);
+
+  const groupRules =
+    (groupfoldersForGrafana && groupfoldersForGrafana[folderName]?.find((g) => g.name === groupName)?.rules) ?? [];
+
+  const onCancel = () => {
+    onClose();
+  };
+
+  const formAPI = useForm({
+    defaultValues: { group: '', evaluateEvery: '' },
+    mode: 'onChange',
+    shouldFocusError: true,
+  });
+
+  const { register, handleSubmit, formState, getValues } = formAPI;
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      className={styles.modal}
+      isOpen={true}
+      title={'New evaluation group'}
+      onDismiss={onCancel}
+      onClickBackdrop={onCancel}
+    >
+      <div className={styles.modalTitle}>Create a new evaluation group to use for this alert rule.</div>
+
+      <FormProvider {...formAPI}>
+        <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(() => onSubmit())}>
+          <Field
+            label={<Label htmlFor={'group'}>Evaluation group name</Label>}
+            error={formState.errors.group?.message}
+            invalid={!!formState.errors.group}
+          >
+            <Input
+              className={styles.formInput}
+              autoFocus={true}
+              id={'group'}
+              placeholder="Enter a name"
+              {...register('group', { required: { value: true, message: 'Required.' } })}
+            />
+          </Field>
+
+          <Field
+            error={formState.errors.evaluateEvery?.message}
+            invalid={!!formState.errors.evaluateEvery}
+            label={
+              <Label
+                htmlFor={evaluateEveryId}
+                description="How often is the rule evaluated. Applies to every rule within the group."
+              >
+                Evaluation interval
+              </Label>
+            }
+          >
+            <Input
+              className={styles.formInput}
+              id={evaluateEveryId}
+              placeholder="e.g. 5m"
+              {...register('evaluateEvery', evaluateEveryValidationOptions(groupRules))}
+            />
+          </Field>
+          <Modal.ButtonRow>
+            <Button variant="secondary" type="button" onClick={onCancel}>
+              Cancel
+            </Button>
+            <Button type="submit" disabled={!formState.isValid}>
+              Create
+            </Button>
+          </Modal.ButtonRow>
+        </form>
+      </FormProvider>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
+
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
   container: css`
+    margin-top: ${theme.spacing(1)};
     display: flex;
-    flex-direction: row;
+    flex-direction: column;
     align-items: baseline;
-    max-width: ${theme.breakpoints.values.sm}px;
+    max-width: ${theme.breakpoints.values.lg}px;
     justify-content: space-between;
   `,
-  formInput: css`
-    width: 275px;
+  evaluationGroupsContainer: css`
+    width: 100%;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    gap: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+  `,
 
-    & + & {
-      margin-left: ${theme.spacing(3)};
+  addButton: css`
+    display: flex;
+    direction: row;
+    gap: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+    line-height: 2;
+    margin-top: 35px;
+  `,
+  formInput: css`
+    max-width: ${theme.breakpoints.values.sm}px;
+    flex-grow: 1;
+
+    label {
+      width: ${theme.breakpoints.values.sm}px;
     }
   `,
+
+  modal: css`
+    width: ${theme.breakpoints.values.sm}px;
+  `,
+
+  modalTitle: css`
+    color: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
+    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+  `,
 });

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import { RegisterOptions, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Stack } from '@grafana/experimental';
-import { Button, Field, Icon, InlineLabel, Input, InputControl, Switch, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { RulerRulesConfigDTO } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
+import { Field, Icon, IconButton, Input, InputControl, Label, Switch, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { CombinedRuleGroup, CombinedRuleNamespace } from '../../../../../types/unified-alerting';
 import { logInfo, LogMessages } from '../../Analytics';
@@ -13,13 +12,13 @@ import { useCombinedRuleNamespaces } from '../../hooks/useCombinedRuleNamespaces
 import { useUnifiedAlertingSelector } from '../../hooks/useUnifiedAlertingSelector';
 import { RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
-import { MINUTE } from '../../utils/rule-form';
 import { parsePrometheusDuration } from '../../utils/time';
 import { CollapseToggle } from '../CollapseToggle';
-import { EditCloudGroupModal, evaluateEveryValidationOptions } from '../rules/EditRuleGroupModal';
+import { EditCloudGroupModal } from '../rules/EditRuleGroupModal';
 
 import { FolderAndGroup, useGetGroupOptionsFromFolder } from './FolderAndGroup';
 import { GrafanaAlertStatePicker } from './GrafanaAlertStatePicker';
+import { NeedHelpInfo } from './NeedHelpInfo';
 import { RuleEditorSection } from './RuleEditorSection';
 
 export const MIN_TIME_RANGE_STEP_S = 10; // 10 seconds
@@ -69,50 +68,6 @@ const useIsNewGroup = (folder: string, group: string) => {
   return !groupIsInGroupOptions(group);
 };
 
-export const EvaluateEveryNewGroup = ({ rules }: { rules: RulerRulesConfigDTO | null | undefined }) => {
-  const {
-    watch,
-    register,
-    formState: { errors },
-  } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const evaluateEveryId = 'eval-every-input';
-  const [groupName, folderName] = watch(['group', 'folder.title']);
-
-  const groupRules = (rules && rules[folderName]?.find((g) => g.name === groupName)?.rules) ?? [];
-
-  return (
-    <Field
-      label="Evaluation interval"
-      description="Applies to every rule within a group. It can overwrite the interval of an existing alert rule."
-    >
-      <div className={styles.alignInterval}>
-        <Stack direction="row" justify-content="left" align-items="baseline" gap={0}>
-          <InlineLabel
-            htmlFor={evaluateEveryId}
-            width={16}
-            tooltip="How often the alert will be evaluated to see if it fires"
-          >
-            Evaluate every
-          </InlineLabel>
-          <Field
-            className={styles.inlineField}
-            error={errors.evaluateEvery?.message}
-            invalid={!!errors.evaluateEvery}
-            validationMessageHorizontalOverflow={true}
-          >
-            <Input
-              id={evaluateEveryId}
-              width={8}
-              {...register('evaluateEvery', evaluateEveryValidationOptions(groupRules))}
-            />
-          </Field>
-        </Stack>
-      </div>
-    </Field>
-  );
-};
-
 function FolderGroupAndEvaluationInterval({
   evaluateEvery,
   setEvaluateEvery,
@@ -121,7 +76,7 @@ function FolderGroupAndEvaluationInterval({
   setEvaluateEvery: (value: string) => void;
 }) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const { watch, setValue } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+  const { watch, setValue, getValues } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
   const [isEditingGroup, setIsEditingGroup] = useState(false);
 
   const [groupName, folderName] = watch(['group', 'folder.title']);
@@ -138,9 +93,6 @@ function FolderGroupAndEvaluationInterval({
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!isNewGroup && existingGroup?.interval) {
       setEvaluateEvery(existingGroup.interval);
-    } else {
-      setEvaluateEvery(MINUTE);
-      setValue('evaluateEvery', MINUTE);
     }
   }, [setEvaluateEvery, isNewGroup, setValue, existingGroup]);
 
@@ -164,50 +116,36 @@ function FolderGroupAndEvaluationInterval({
 
   return (
     <div>
-      <FolderAndGroup />
+      <FolderAndGroup groupfoldersForGrafana={groupfoldersForGrafana?.result} />
       {folderName && isEditingGroup && (
         <EditCloudGroupModal
           namespace={existingNamespace ?? emptyNamespace}
           group={existingGroup ?? emptyGroup}
           onClose={() => closeEditGroupModal()}
           intervalEditOnly
+          hideFolder={true}
         />
       )}
       {folderName && groupName && (
         <div className={styles.evaluationContainer}>
           <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
             <div className={styles.marginTop}>
-              {isNewGroup && groupName ? (
-                <EvaluateEveryNewGroup rules={groupfoldersForGrafana?.result} />
-              ) : (
-                <Stack direction="column" gap={1}>
-                  <div className={styles.evaluateLabel}>
-                    {`Alert rules in the `} <span className={styles.bold}>{groupName}</span> group are evaluated every{' '}
-                    <span className={styles.bold}>{evaluateEvery}</span>.
-                  </div>
-                  {!isNewGroup && (
-                    <div>
-                      {`Evaluation group interval applies to every rule within a group. It overwrites intervals defined for existing alert rules.`}
-                    </div>
-                  )}
-                </Stack>
-              )}
+              <Stack direction="column" gap={1}>
+                {getValues('group') && getValues('evaluateEvery') && (
+                  <span>
+                    All rules in the selected group are evaluated every {evaluateEvery}.{' '}
+                    {!isNewGroup && (
+                      <IconButton
+                        name="pen"
+                        aria-label="Edit"
+                        disabled={editGroupDisabled}
+                        onClick={onOpenEditGroupModal}
+                      />
+                    )}
+                  </span>
+                )}
+              </Stack>
             </div>
-            <Stack direction="row" justify-content="right" align-items="center">
-              {!isNewGroup && (
-                <div className={styles.marginTop}>
-                  <Button
-                    icon={'edit'}
-                    type="button"
-                    variant="secondary"
-                    disabled={editGroupDisabled}
-                    onClick={onOpenEditGroupModal}
-                  >
-                    <span>{'Edit evaluation group'}</span>
-                  </Button>
-                </div>
-              )}
-            </Stack>
           </Stack>
         </div>
       )}
@@ -226,14 +164,15 @@ function ForInput({ evaluateEvery }: { evaluateEvery: string }) {
 
   return (
     <Stack direction="row" justify-content="flex-start" align-items="flex-start">
-      <InlineLabel
-        htmlFor={evaluateForId}
-        width={7}
-        tooltip='Once the condition is breached, the alert goes into pending state. If the alert is pending longer than the "for" value, it becomes a firing alert.'
-      >
-        for
-      </InlineLabel>
       <Field
+        label={
+          <Label
+            htmlFor="evaluateFor"
+            description="Period in which an alert rule can be in breach of the condition until the alert rule fires"
+          >
+            Pending period
+          </Label>
+        }
         className={styles.inlineField}
         error={errors.evaluateFor?.message}
         invalid={!!errors.evaluateFor?.message}
@@ -245,6 +184,22 @@ function ForInput({ evaluateEvery }: { evaluateEvery: string }) {
   );
 }
 
+function getDescription() {
+  const textToRender = 'Define how the alert rule is evaluated.';
+  const docsLink = 'https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/rule-evaluation/';
+  return (
+    <Stack gap={0.5}>
+      {`${textToRender}`}
+      <NeedHelpInfo
+        contentText="Evaluation groups are containers for evaluating alert and recording rules. An evaluation group defines an evaluation interval - how often a rule is checked. Alert rules within the same evaluation group are evaluated sequentially"
+        externalLink={docsLink}
+        linkText={`Read about evaluation`}
+        title="Evaluation"
+      />
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}
+
 export function GrafanaEvaluationBehavior({
   evaluateEvery,
   setEvaluateEvery,
@@ -263,7 +218,7 @@ export function GrafanaEvaluationBehavior({
 
   return (
     // TODO remove "and alert condition" for recording rules
-    <RuleEditorSection stepNo={3} title="Alert evaluation behavior">
+    <RuleEditorSection stepNo={3} title="Set evaluation behavior" description={getDescription()}>
       <Stack direction="column" justify-content="flex-start" align-items="flex-start">
         <FolderGroupAndEvaluationInterval setEvaluateEvery={setEvaluateEvery} evaluateEvery={evaluateEvery} />
         <ForInput evaluateEvery={evaluateEvery} />
@@ -348,8 +303,7 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
     margin-right: ${theme.spacing(1)};
   `,
   evaluationContainer: css`
-    background-color: ${theme.colors.background.secondary};
-    padding: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+    color: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
     max-width: ${theme.breakpoints.values.sm}px;
     font-size: ${theme.typography.size.sm};
   `,

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.test.tsx

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const ui = {
   input: {
     namespace: byLabelText(/^Folder|^Namespace/, { exact: true }),
     group: byLabelText(/Evaluation group/),
-    interval: byLabelText(/Rule group evaluation interval/),
+    interval: byLabelText(/Evaluation interval/),
   },
   folderLink: byTitle(/Go to folder/), // <a> without a href has the generic role
   table: byTestId('dynamic-table'),

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { initialAsyncRequestState } from '../../utils/redux';
 import { AlertInfo, getAlertInfo, isRecordingRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
 import { parsePrometheusDuration, safeParseDurationstr } from '../../utils/time';
 import { DynamicTable, DynamicTableColumnProps, DynamicTableItemProps } from '../DynamicTable';
-import { InfoIcon } from '../InfoIcon';
 import { EvaluationIntervalLimitExceeded } from '../InvalidIntervalWarning';
 import { MIN_TIME_RANGE_STEP_S } from '../rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior';
 
@@ -160,6 +159,7 @@ export interface ModalProps {
   onClose: (saved?: boolean) => void;
   intervalEditOnly?: boolean;
   folderUrl?: string;
+  hideFolder?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
@@ -234,54 +234,50 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
       <FormProvider {...formAPI}>
         <form onSubmit={(e) => e.preventDefault()} key={JSON.stringify(defaultValues)}>
           <>
-            <Field
-              label={
-                <Label
-                  htmlFor="namespaceName"
-                  description={
-                    !isGrafanaManagedGroup &&
-                    'Change the current namespace name. Moving groups between namespaces is not supported'
-                  }
-                >
-                  {nameSpaceLabel}
-                </Label>
-              }
-              invalid={!!errors.namespaceName}
-              error={errors.namespaceName?.message}
-            >
-              <Stack gap={1} direction="row">
-                <Input
-                  id="namespaceName"
-                  readOnly={intervalEditOnly || isGrafanaManagedGroup}
-                  {...register('namespaceName', {
-                    required: 'Namespace name is required.',
-                  })}
-                  className={styles.formInput}
-                />
-                {isGrafanaManagedGroup && props.folderUrl && (
-                  <LinkButton
-                    href={props.folderUrl}
-                    title="Go to folder"
-                    variant="secondary"
-                    icon="folder-open"
-                    target="_blank"
+            {!props.hideFolder && (
+              <Field
+                label={
+                  <Label
+                    htmlFor="namespaceName"
+                    description={
+                      !isGrafanaManagedGroup &&
+                      'Change the current namespace name. Moving groups between namespaces is not supported'
+                    }
+                  >
+                    {nameSpaceLabel}
+                  </Label>
+                }
+                invalid={!!errors.namespaceName}
+                error={errors.namespaceName?.message}
+              >
+                <Stack gap={1} direction="row">
+                  <Input
+                    id="namespaceName"
+                    readOnly={intervalEditOnly || isGrafanaManagedGroup}
+                    {...register('namespaceName', {
+                      required: 'Namespace name is required.',
+                    })}
+                    className={styles.formInput}
                   />
-                )}
-              </Stack>
-            </Field>
+                  {isGrafanaManagedGroup && props.folderUrl && (
+                    <LinkButton
+                      href={props.folderUrl}
+                      title="Go to folder"
+                      variant="secondary"
+                      icon="folder-open"
+                      target="_blank"
+                    />
+                  )}
+                </Stack>
+              </Field>
+            )}
             <Field
-              label={
-                <Label
-                  htmlFor="groupName"
-                  description={`Evaluation group name needs to be unique within a ${nameSpaceLabel.toLocaleLowerCase()}`}
-                >
-                  Evaluation group name
-                </Label>
-              }
+              label={<Label htmlFor="groupName">Evaluation group name</Label>}
               invalid={!!errors.groupName}
               error={errors.groupName?.message}
             >
               <Input
+                autoFocus={true}
                 id="groupName"
                 readOnly={intervalEditOnly}
                 {...register('groupName', {
@@ -293,12 +289,9 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
               label={
                 <Label
                   htmlFor="groupInterval"
-                  description="Evaluation interval should be smaller or equal to 'For' values for existing rules in this group."
+                  description="How often is the rule evaluated. Applies to every rule within the group."
                 >
-                  <Stack gap={0.5}>
-                    Rule group evaluation interval
-                    <InfoIcon text={'How frequently to evaluate rules.'} />
-                  </Stack>
+                  <Stack gap={0.5}>Evaluation interval</Stack>
                 </Label>
               }
               invalid={!!errors.groupInterval}
@@ -314,6 +307,18 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
             {checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit(watch('groupInterval')).exceedsLimit && (
               <EvaluationIntervalLimitExceeded />
             )}
+
+            {!hasSomeNoRecordingRules && <div>This group does not contain alert rules.</div>}
+            {hasSomeNoRecordingRules && (
+              <>
+                <div>List of rules that belong to this group</div>
+                <div className={styles.evalRequiredLabel}>
+                  #Eval column represents the number of evaluations needed before alert starts firing.
+                </div>
+                <RulesForGroupTable rulesWithoutRecordingRules={rulesWithoutRecordingRules} />
+              </>
+            )}
+
             <div className={styles.modalButtons}>
               <Modal.ButtonRow>
                 <Button
@@ -330,20 +335,10 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
                   disabled={!isDirty || loading}
                   onClick={handleSubmit((values) => onSubmit(values), onInvalid)}
                 >
-                  {loading ? 'Saving...' : 'Save evaluation interval'}
+                  {loading ? 'Saving...' : 'Save'}
                 </Button>
               </Modal.ButtonRow>
             </div>
-            {!hasSomeNoRecordingRules && <div>This group does not contain alert rules.</div>}
-            {hasSomeNoRecordingRules && (
-              <>
-                <div>List of rules that belong to this group</div>
-                <div className={styles.evalRequiredLabel}>
-                  #Eval column represents the number of evaluations needed before alert starts firing.
-                </div>
-                <RulesForGroupTable rulesWithoutRecordingRules={rulesWithoutRecordingRules} />
-              </>
-            )}
           </>
         </form>
       </FormProvider>