diff --git a/apps/correlations/kinds/correlations.cue b/apps/correlations/kinds/correlations.cue
index 4089057859f..defd0bacc1e 100644
--- a/apps/correlations/kinds/correlations.cue
+++ b/apps/correlations/kinds/correlations.cue
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ ConfigSpec: {
 	transformations?: [...TransformationSpec]
 }
 
+/*todo this is incorrect - target needs to be an object with any sort of key/value combination 
+inside of it
+for external correlations, this is just `target: { url: 'google.com' }` ,
+but for query correlations, target is the json for populating the query editor, which is different
+for every datasource
+
+right now this is resolving to require an object of objects, like item.spec.config.target.url is expecting an object
+instead of a string. how do i fix this? */
 TargetSpec:  [string]: _
 
 TransformationSpec: {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-api-clients/src/clients/rtkq/correlations/v0alpha1/endpoints.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-api-clients/src/clients/rtkq/correlations/v0alpha1/endpoints.gen.ts
index ef81f37a246..c5351dbfafb 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-api-clients/src/clients/rtkq/correlations/v0alpha1/endpoints.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-api-clients/src/clients/rtkq/correlations/v0alpha1/endpoints.gen.ts
@@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ export type ObjectMeta = {
     Populated by the system. Read-only. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#uids */
   uid?: string;
 };
+
+/*
+this needs to be
+  [key: string]: any;
+  };
+*/
 export type CorrelationTargetSpec = {
   [key: string]: {
     [key: string]: any;
diff --git a/public/app/features/correlations/useCorrelations.ts b/public/app/features/correlations/useCorrelations.ts
index d058732c1d1..d5601754120 100644
--- a/public/app/features/correlations/useCorrelations.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/correlations/useCorrelations.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { lastValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
 
 import {
   generatedAPI as correlationAPIv0alpha1,
+  CorrelationCorrelationType,
   Correlation as CorrelationK8s,
   CorrelationList,
 } from '@grafana/api-clients/rtkq/correlations/v0alpha1';
@@ -88,17 +89,31 @@ const toEnrichedCorrelationDataK8s = (item: CorrelationK8s): CorrelationData | u
       label: item.spec.label,
       description: item.spec.description,
       provisioned: false, // todo
-      type: item.spec.type,
     };
 
     if (item.spec.type === 'external') {
       const extCorr: CorrelationExternal = {
         ...baseCor,
+        type: 'external',
+        config: {
+          field: item.spec.config.field,
+          target: {
+            url: item.spec.config.target.url.url || '', // todo this is wrong, fix in spec
+          },
+          transformations: [], // todo fix
+        },
       };
       return toEnrichedCorrelationData(extCorr);
     } else {
       const queryCorr: CorrelationQuery = {
         ...baseCor,
+        type: 'query',
+        targetUID: item.spec.target?.name || '', // todo
+        config: {
+          field: item.spec.config.field,
+          target: item.spec.config.target, // todo
+          transformations: [], // todo fix
+        },
       };
       return toEnrichedCorrelationData(queryCorr);
     }
@@ -116,13 +131,6 @@ export const toEnrichedCorrelationsData = (correlationsResponse: CorrelationsRes
   };
 };
 
-export const toEnrichedCorrelationDataK8s = (correlationsResponse: CorrelationList): CorrelationsData => {
-  return {
-    ...correlationsResponse,
-    correlations: correlationsResponse.items.map(toEnrichedCorrelationDataK8s).filter(validSourceFilter),
-  };
-};
-
 export function getData<T>(response: FetchResponse<T>) {
   return response.data;
 }