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From: "Grot (@grafanabot)" <43478413+grafanabot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:48:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [v10.0.x] Docs: Add callout for variables behavior with
 classic conditions (#70368)

Docs: Add callout for variables behavior with classic conditions (#67253)

* Add doc on classic condition behaviour with labels

* Update docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/annotation-label/variables-label-annotation.md

Co-authored-by: brendamuir <100768211+brendamuir@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: brendamuir <100768211+brendamuir@users.noreply.github.com>
(cherry picked from commit 69402f859b314dfdf37b6535316f7a86b6eac1e3)

Co-authored-by: Alfredo <109958902+alfredo-d@users.noreply.github.com>
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 .../annotation-label/variables-label-annotation.md        | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/annotation-label/variables-label-annotation.md b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/annotation-label/variables-label-annotation.md
index 9a5496529df..67ef6730389 100644
--- a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/annotation-label/variables-label-annotation.md
+++ b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/annotation-label/variables-label-annotation.md
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ If the rule uses Classic Conditions instead of Threshold, Reduce and Math expres
 The first condition is {{ $values.B0 }}, and the second condition is {{ $values.B1 }}
 ```
 
+With classic conditions, labels from the query are not available in `$labels` variable, because single alert instance are generated. Instead, you can retrieve the labels from the `$values` variable.
+
+```
+{{ range $k, $v := $values }}
+The value is {{ $v }} and the labels are {{ $v.Labels }}
+{{ end }}
+```
+
 ## Functions
 
 The following functions are also available when expanding labels and annotations: