diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/datasource.ts
index 35178eb575c..71779df0342 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/datasource.ts
@@ -165,4 +165,9 @@ export class MssqlDatasource {
         }
       });
   }
+
+  targetContainsTemplate(target: any) {
+    const rawSql = target.rawSql.replace('$__', '');
+    return this.templateSrv.variableExists(rawSql);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/specs/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/specs/datasource.test.ts
index df7b8314d0e..eb7d2e18583 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/specs/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/specs/datasource.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import { MssqlDatasource } from '../datasource';
-import { TemplateSrvStub, TimeSrvStub } from 'test/specs/helpers';
+import { TimeSrvStub } from 'test/specs/helpers';
 import { CustomVariable } from 'app/features/templating/custom_variable';
 // @ts-ignore
 import q from 'q';
 import { dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
+import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
 
 describe('MSSQLDatasource', () => {
+  const templateSrv: TemplateSrv = new TemplateSrv();
+
   const ctx: any = {
     backendSrv: {},
-    // @ts-ignore
-    templateSrv: new TemplateSrvStub(),
     timeSrv: new TimeSrvStub(),
   };
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ describe('MSSQLDatasource', () => {
     ctx.$q = q;
     ctx.instanceSettings = { name: 'mssql' };
 
-    ctx.ds = new MssqlDatasource(ctx.instanceSettings, ctx.backendSrv, ctx.$q, ctx.templateSrv, ctx.timeSrv);
+    ctx.ds = new MssqlDatasource(ctx.instanceSettings, ctx.backendSrv, ctx.$q, templateSrv, ctx.timeSrv);
   });
 
   describe('When performing annotationQuery', () => {
@@ -278,4 +279,51 @@ describe('MSSQLDatasource', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('targetContainsTemplate', () => {
+    it('given query that contains template variable it should return true', () => {
+      const rawSql = `SELECT
+      $__timeGroup(createdAt,'$summarize') as time,
+      avg(value) as value,
+      hostname as metric
+    FROM
+      grafana_metric
+    WHERE
+      $__timeFilter(createdAt) AND
+      measurement = 'logins.count' AND
+      hostname IN($host)
+    GROUP BY $__timeGroup(createdAt,'$summarize'), hostname
+    ORDER BY 1`;
+      const query = {
+        rawSql,
+      };
+      templateSrv.init([
+        { type: 'query', name: 'summarize', current: { value: '1m' } },
+        { type: 'query', name: 'host', current: { value: 'a' } },
+      ]);
+      expect(ctx.ds.targetContainsTemplate(query)).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('given query that only contains global template variable it should return false', () => {
+      const rawSql = `SELECT
+      $__timeGroup(createdAt,'$__interval') as time,
+      avg(value) as value,
+      hostname as metric
+    FROM
+      grafana_metric
+    WHERE
+      $__timeFilter(createdAt) AND
+      measurement = 'logins.count'
+    GROUP BY $__timeGroup(createdAt,'$summarize'), hostname
+    ORDER BY 1`;
+      const query = {
+        rawSql,
+      };
+      templateSrv.init([
+        { type: 'query', name: 'summarize', current: { value: '1m' } },
+        { type: 'query', name: 'host', current: { value: 'a' } },
+      ]);
+      expect(ctx.ds.targetContainsTemplate(query)).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
index 281f8a91880..f9d6cd79d39 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
@@ -175,4 +175,19 @@ export class MysqlDatasource {
         }
       });
   }
+
+  targetContainsTemplate(target: any) {
+    let rawSql = '';
+
+    if (target.rawQuery) {
+      rawSql = target.rawSql;
+    } else {
+      const query = new MysqlQuery(target);
+      rawSql = query.buildQuery();
+    }
+
+    rawSql = rawSql.replace('$__', '');
+
+    return this.templateSrv.variableExists(rawSql);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/specs/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/specs/datasource.test.ts
index 6f46fc2a4c8..8aab0abe048 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/specs/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/specs/datasource.test.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ import { MysqlDatasource } from '../datasource';
 import { CustomVariable } from 'app/features/templating/custom_variable';
 import { toUtc, dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
 import { BackendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
+import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
 
 describe('MySQLDatasource', () => {
   const instanceSettings = { name: 'mysql' };
   const backendSrv = {};
-  const templateSrv: any = {
-    replace: jest.fn(text => text),
-  };
+  const templateSrv: TemplateSrv = new TemplateSrv();
 
   const raw = {
     from: toUtc('2018-04-25 10:00'),
@@ -240,4 +239,53 @@ describe('MySQLDatasource', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('targetContainsTemplate', () => {
+    it('given query that contains template variable it should return true', () => {
+      const rawSql = `SELECT
+      $__timeGroup(createdAt,'$summarize') as time_sec,
+      avg(value) as value,
+      hostname as metric
+    FROM
+      grafana_metric
+    WHERE
+      $__timeFilter(createdAt) AND
+      measurement = 'logins.count' AND
+      hostname IN($host)
+    GROUP BY 1, 3
+    ORDER BY 1`;
+      const query = {
+        rawSql,
+        rawQuery: true,
+      };
+      templateSrv.init([
+        { type: 'query', name: 'summarize', current: { value: '1m' } },
+        { type: 'query', name: 'host', current: { value: 'a' } },
+      ]);
+      expect(ctx.ds.targetContainsTemplate(query)).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('given query that only contains global template variable it should return false', () => {
+      const rawSql = `SELECT
+      $__timeGroup(createdAt,'$__interval') as time_sec,
+      avg(value) as value,
+      hostname as metric
+    FROM
+      grafana_metric
+    WHERE
+      $__timeFilter(createdAt) AND
+      measurement = 'logins.count'
+    GROUP BY 1, 3
+    ORDER BY 1`;
+      const query = {
+        rawSql,
+        rawQuery: true,
+      };
+      templateSrv.init([
+        { type: 'query', name: 'summarize', current: { value: '1m' } },
+        { type: 'query', name: 'host', current: { value: 'a' } },
+      ]);
+      expect(ctx.ds.targetContainsTemplate(query)).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
index 76a6bd8da2c..360fc9f923f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
@@ -160,4 +160,19 @@ export class PostgresDatasource {
         }
       });
   }
+
+  targetContainsTemplate(target: any) {
+    let rawSql = '';
+
+    if (target.rawQuery) {
+      rawSql = target.rawSql;
+    } else {
+      const query = new PostgresQuery(target);
+      rawSql = query.buildQuery();
+    }
+
+    rawSql = rawSql.replace('$__', '');
+
+    return this.templateSrv.variableExists(rawSql);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/specs/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/specs/datasource.test.ts
index b44d64e1c5c..27f448e3c2f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/specs/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/specs/datasource.test.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ import { CustomVariable } from 'app/features/templating/custom_variable';
 import { toUtc, dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
 import { BackendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import { IQService } from 'angular';
+import { TemplateSrv } from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
 
 describe('PostgreSQLDatasource', () => {
   const instanceSettings = { name: 'postgresql' };
 
   const backendSrv = {};
-  const templateSrv: any = {
-    replace: jest.fn(text => text),
-  };
+  const templateSrv: TemplateSrv = new TemplateSrv();
   const raw = {
     from: toUtc('2018-04-25 10:00'),
     to: toUtc('2018-04-25 11:00'),
@@ -249,4 +248,53 @@ describe('PostgreSQLDatasource', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('targetContainsTemplate', () => {
+    it('given query that contains template variable it should return true', () => {
+      const rawSql = `SELECT
+      $__timeGroup("createdAt",'$summarize'),
+      avg(value) as "value",
+      hostname as "metric"
+    FROM
+      grafana_metric
+    WHERE
+      $__timeFilter("createdAt") AND
+      measurement = 'logins.count' AND
+      hostname IN($host)
+    GROUP BY time, metric
+    ORDER BY time`;
+      const query = {
+        rawSql,
+        rawQuery: true,
+      };
+      templateSrv.init([
+        { type: 'query', name: 'summarize', current: { value: '1m' } },
+        { type: 'query', name: 'host', current: { value: 'a' } },
+      ]);
+      expect(ctx.ds.targetContainsTemplate(query)).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('given query that only contains global template variable it should return false', () => {
+      const rawSql = `SELECT
+      $__timeGroup("createdAt",'$__interval'),
+      avg(value) as "value",
+      hostname as "metric"
+    FROM
+      grafana_metric
+    WHERE
+      $__timeFilter("createdAt") AND
+      measurement = 'logins.count'
+    GROUP BY time, metric
+    ORDER BY time`;
+      const query = {
+        rawSql,
+        rawQuery: true,
+      };
+      templateSrv.init([
+        { type: 'query', name: 'summarize', current: { value: '1m' } },
+        { type: 'query', name: 'host', current: { value: 'a' } },
+      ]);
+      expect(ctx.ds.targetContainsTemplate(query)).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+  });
 });