feat(templating): prometheus now works with new template variable formating/escaping, #2918

public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function PrometheusDatasource(instanceSettings, $q, backendSrv, templateS
       }
 
       var query: any = {};
-      query.expr = templateSrv.replace(target.expr, options.scopedVars);
+      query.expr = templateSrv.replace(target.expr, options.scopedVars, 'regex');
 
       var interval = target.interval || options.interval;
       var intervalFactor = target.intervalFactor || 1;

public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/plugin.json

@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
   "id": "prometheus",
 
   "metrics": true,
-  "annotations": true,
-  "defaultMatchFormat": "pipe"
+  "annotations": true
 }