Alerting: Add default input parameters for expressions (#51810)

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

@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ describe('PanelAlertTabContent', () => {
           model: {
             refId: 'B',
             hide: false,
+            expression: 'A',
             type: 'classic_conditions',
             datasource: {
               type: ExpressionDatasourceRef.type,

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

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ interface Props {
 interface State {
   panelDataByRefId: Record<string, PanelData>;
 }
+
 export class QueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   private runner: AlertingQueryRunner;
   private queries: AlertQuery[];
@@ -100,12 +101,16 @@ export class QueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   onNewExpressionQuery = () => {
     const { queries } = this;
 
+    const lastQuery = queries.at(-1);
+    const defaultParams = lastQuery ? [lastQuery.refId] : [];
+
     this.onChangeQueries(
       addQuery(queries, {
         datasourceUid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
         model: expressionDatasource.newQuery({
           type: ExpressionQueryType.classic,
-          conditions: [defaultCondition],
+          conditions: [{ ...defaultCondition, query: { params: defaultParams } }],
+          expression: lastQuery?.refId,
         }),
       })
     );

public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts

@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ const getDefaultExpression = (refId: string): AlertQuery => {
         },
       },
     ],
+    expression: 'A',
   };
 
   return {

public/app/features/expressions/ExpressionDatasource.ts

@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ export class ExpressionDatasourceApi extends DataSourceWithBackend<ExpressionQue
   newQuery(query?: Partial<ExpressionQuery>): ExpressionQuery {
     return {
       refId: '--', // Replaced with query
-      type: query?.type ?? ExpressionQueryType.math,
       datasource: ExpressionDatasourceRef,
-      conditions: query?.conditions ?? undefined,
+      type: query?.type ?? ExpressionQueryType.math,
+      ...query,
     };
   }
 }

public/app/features/expressions/ExpressionQueryEditor.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 
 import { DataSourceApi, QueryEditorProps, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { InlineField, Select } from '@grafana/ui';
@@ -13,15 +13,61 @@ import { getDefaults } from './utils/expressionTypes';
 type Props = QueryEditorProps<DataSourceApi<ExpressionQuery>, ExpressionQuery>;
 
 const labelWidth = 14;
-export class ExpressionQueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props> {
-  onSelectExpressionType = (item: SelectableValue<ExpressionQueryType>) => {
-    const { query, onChange } = this.props;
 
-    onChange(getDefaults({ ...query, type: item.value! }));
-  };
+type NonClassicExpressionType = Exclude<ExpressionQueryType, ExpressionQueryType.classic>;
+type ExpressionTypeConfigStorage = Partial<Record<NonClassicExpressionType, string>>;
 
-  renderExpressionType() {
-    const { onChange, onRunQuery, query, queries } = this.props;
+function useExpressionsCache() {
+  const expressionCache = useRef<ExpressionTypeConfigStorage>({});
+
+  const getCachedExpression = useCallback((queryType: ExpressionQueryType) => {
+    switch (queryType) {
+      case ExpressionQueryType.math:
+      case ExpressionQueryType.reduce:
+      case ExpressionQueryType.resample:
+        return expressionCache.current[queryType];
+      case ExpressionQueryType.classic:
+        return undefined;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  const setCachedExpression = useCallback((queryType: ExpressionQueryType, value: string | undefined) => {
+    switch (queryType) {
+      case ExpressionQueryType.math:
+        expressionCache.current.math = value;
+        break;
+
+      // We want to use the same value for Reduce and Resample
+      case ExpressionQueryType.reduce:
+      case ExpressionQueryType.resample:
+        expressionCache.current.reduce = value;
+        expressionCache.current.resample = value;
+        break;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  return { getCachedExpression, setCachedExpression };
+}
+
+export function ExpressionQueryEditor(props: Props) {
+  const { query, queries, onRunQuery, onChange } = props;
+  const { getCachedExpression, setCachedExpression } = useExpressionsCache();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setCachedExpression(query.type, query.expression);
+  }, [query.expression, query.type, setCachedExpression]);
+
+  const onSelectExpressionType = useCallback(
+    (item: SelectableValue<ExpressionQueryType>) => {
+      const cachedExpression = getCachedExpression(item.value!);
+      const defaults = getDefaults({ ...query, type: item.value! });
+
+      onChange({ ...defaults, expression: cachedExpression ?? defaults.expression });
+    },
+    [query, onChange, getCachedExpression]
+  );
+
+  const renderExpressionType = () => {
     const refIds = queries!.filter((q) => query.refId !== q.refId).map((q) => ({ value: q.refId, label: q.refId }));
 
     switch (query.type) {
@@ -37,19 +83,16 @@ export class ExpressionQueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props> {
       case ExpressionQueryType.classic:
         return <ClassicConditions onChange={onChange} query={query} refIds={refIds} />;
     }
-  }
+  };
 
-  render() {
-    const { query } = this.props;
-    const selected = gelTypes.find((o) => o.value === query.type);
+  const selected = gelTypes.find((o) => o.value === query.type);
 
-    return (
-      <div>
-        <InlineField label="Operation" labelWidth={labelWidth}>
-          <Select options={gelTypes} value={selected} onChange={this.onSelectExpressionType} width={25} />
-        </InlineField>
-        {this.renderExpressionType()}
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <InlineField label="Operation" labelWidth={labelWidth}>
+        <Select options={gelTypes} value={selected} onChange={onSelectExpressionType} width={25} />
+      </InlineField>
+      {renderExpressionType()}
+    </div>
+  );
 }

public/app/features/expressions/components/ClassicConditions.tsx

@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ export const ClassicConditions: FC<Props> = ({ onChange, query, refIds }) => {
 
   const onAddCondition = () => {
     if (query.conditions) {
+      const lastParams = query.conditions.at(-1)?.query?.params ?? [];
+      const newCondition: ClassicCondition = { ...defaultCondition, query: { params: lastParams } };
+
       onChange({
         ...query,
-        conditions: query.conditions.length > 0 ? [...query.conditions, defaultCondition] : [defaultCondition],
+        conditions: query.conditions.length > 0 ? [...query.conditions, newCondition] : [newCondition],
       });
     }
   };

public/app/features/expressions/utils/expressionTypes.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const getDefaults = (query: ExpressionQuery) => {
       if (!query.reducer) {
         query.reducer = ReducerID.mean;
       }
-      query.expression = undefined;
+
       break;
 
     case ExpressionQueryType.resample:
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ export const getDefaults = (query: ExpressionQuery) => {
       query.reducer = undefined;
       break;
 
+    case ExpressionQueryType.math:
+      query.expression = undefined;
+      break;
+
     case ExpressionQueryType.classic:
       if (!query.conditions) {
         query.conditions = [defaultCondition];
       }
+
       break;
 
     default:

public/app/types/unified-alerting-dto.ts

@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ export enum GrafanaAlertStateDecision {
 export interface AlertDataQuery extends DataQuery {
   maxDataPoints?: number;
   intervalMs?: number;
+  expression?: string;
 }
 
 export interface AlertQuery {