From 3d84956215bd0cd0d6331fed09e91795a2802de3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deresolution20 <85902399+deresolution20@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:12:58 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: update raw format for data source variable (#75488)

* Update index.md

Please see this PR for the breaking change to raw.  https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/69259

* Update docs/sources/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/index.md

Co-authored-by: Isabel <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com>

* Fixed linting error

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Co-authored-by: Isabel <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com>
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 .../sources/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/index.md | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/sources/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/index.md b/docs/sources/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/index.md
index 9ce3feb9c40..2559d87f1c2 100644
--- a/docs/sources/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/index.md
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ Interpolation result: 'test1.|test2'
 
 ### Raw
 
-Turns off data source-specific formatting, such as single quotes in an SQL query.
+The raw format for a data source variable returns the UID (unique identifier) of the data source, rather than its name.
 
 ```bash
-servers = ['test.1', 'test2']
-String to interpolate: '${var_name:raw}'
-Interpolation result: 'test.1,test2'
+datasourceVariable = 'd7bbe725-9e48-4af8-a0cb-6cb255d873a3'
+String to interpolate: '${datasourceVariable:raw}'
+Interpolation result: 'd7bbe725-9e48-4af8-a0cb-6cb255d873a3'
 ```
 
 ### Regex