From 7f2841aecac504dd2ca2767ce9b574bbbe992958 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey <90795735+joey-grafana@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 15:53:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Tempo: Update default editor to TraceQL tab (#74153)

Update default editor to TraceQL tab
---
 public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx
index c8f7a73454b..60ce8bc2a27 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ interface State {
   uploadModalOpen: boolean;
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_QUERY_TYPE: TempoQueryType = 'traceqlSearch';
+// This needs to default to traceql for data sources like Splunk, where clicking on a
+// data link should open the traceql tab and run a search based on the configured query.
+const DEFAULT_QUERY_TYPE: TempoQueryType = 'traceql';
 
 class TempoQueryFieldComponent extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   constructor(props: Props) {