diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/tempo/traceql/metrics.go b/pkg/tsdb/tempo/traceql/metrics.go
index 7ed97e963a5..ec057c80cca 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/tempo/traceql/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/tempo/traceql/metrics.go
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ func TransformInstantMetricsResponse(query *dataquery.TempoQuery, resp tempopb.Q
 	for i, series := range resp.Series {
 		name, labels := transformLabelsAndGetName(series.Labels)
 
-		labelKeys := make([]string, 0, len(labels))
-		labelFields := make([]*data.Field, 0, len(labels))
-		for key := range labels {
-			labelKeys = append(labelKeys, key)
-			labelFields = append(labelFields, data.NewField(key, nil, []string{}))
-		}
-
 		timeField := data.NewField("time", nil, []time.Time{})
 		valueField := data.NewField("value", labels, []float64{})
 		valueField.Config = &data.FieldConfig{
@@ -83,17 +76,13 @@ func TransformInstantMetricsResponse(query *dataquery.TempoQuery, resp tempopb.Q
 		frame := &data.Frame{
 			RefID:  name,
 			Name:   name,
-			Fields: append([]*data.Field{timeField}, append(labelFields, valueField)...),
+			Fields: append([]*data.Field{timeField}, valueField),
 			Meta: &data.FrameMeta{
 				PreferredVisualization: data.VisTypeTable,
 			},
 		}
 
-		labelValues := make([]interface{}, len(labels))
-		for idx, key := range labelKeys {
-			labelValues[idx] = strings.Trim(labels[key], "\"")
-		}
-		row := append([]interface{}{time.Now()}, append(labelValues, series.GetValue())...)
+		row := append([]interface{}{time.Now()}, series.GetValue())
 		frame.AppendRow(row...)
 
 		frames[i] = frame
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/tempo/traceql/metrics_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/tempo/traceql/metrics_test.go
index d0dc1196008..0cf956f88a2 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/tempo/traceql/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/tempo/traceql/metrics_test.go
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ func TestTransformInstantMetricsResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	resp := tempopb.QueryInstantResponse{
 		Series: []*tempopb.InstantSeries{
 			{
-				Labels: []v1.KeyValue{
-					{
-						Key:   "label",
-						Value: &v1.AnyValue{Value: &v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "value"}},
-					},
-				},
 				Value:      123.45,
 				PromLabels: "label=\"value\"",
 			},
@@ -134,22 +128,14 @@ func TestTransformInstantMetricsResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, frames, 1)
 	frame := frames[0]
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "value", frame.RefID)
-	assert.Equal(t, "value", frame.Name)
-	assert.Len(t, frame.Fields, 3)
+	assert.Len(t, frame.Fields, 2)
 
 	timeField := frame.Fields[0]
 	assert.Equal(t, "time", timeField.Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, timeField.Len())
 	assert.IsType(t, time.Time{}, timeField.At(0))
 
-	labelField := frame.Fields[1]
-	assert.Equal(t, "label", labelField.Name)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, labelField.Len())
-	assert.IsType(t, "", labelField.At(0))
-	assert.Equal(t, "value", labelField.At(0))
-
-	valueField := frame.Fields[2]
+	valueField := frame.Fields[1]
 	assert.Equal(t, "value", valueField.Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, valueField.Len())
 	assert.IsType(t, 0.0, valueField.At(0))
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx
index 9d6dc8efcaf..d64fcba919e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryField.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { PureComponent } from 'react';
 
-import { QueryEditorProps, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { CoreApp, QueryEditorProps, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   Button,
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class TempoQueryFieldComponent extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
   render() {
     const { query, onChange, datasource, app } = this.props;
+    const isAlerting = app === CoreApp.UnifiedAlerting;
 
     const graphDatasourceUid = datasource.serviceMap?.datasourceUid;
 
@@ -114,41 +115,43 @@ class TempoQueryFieldComponent extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
             />
           </div>
         </Modal>
-        <InlineFieldRow>
-          <InlineField label="Query type" grow={true}>
-            <Stack gap={1} alignItems="center" justifyContent="space-between">
-              <RadioButtonGroup<TempoQueryType>
-                options={queryTypeOptions}
-                value={query.queryType}
-                onChange={(v) => {
-                  reportInteraction('grafana_traces_query_type_changed', {
-                    datasourceType: 'tempo',
-                    app: app ?? '',
-                    grafana_version: config.buildInfo.version,
-                    newQueryType: v,
-                    previousQueryType: query.queryType ?? '',
-                  });
+        {!isAlerting && (
+          <InlineFieldRow>
+            <InlineField label="Query type" grow={true}>
+              <Stack gap={1} alignItems="center" justifyContent="space-between">
+                <RadioButtonGroup<TempoQueryType>
+                  options={queryTypeOptions}
+                  value={query.queryType}
+                  onChange={(v) => {
+                    reportInteraction('grafana_traces_query_type_changed', {
+                      datasourceType: 'tempo',
+                      app: app ?? '',
+                      grafana_version: config.buildInfo.version,
+                      newQueryType: v,
+                      previousQueryType: query.queryType ?? '',
+                    });
 
-                  this.onClearResults();
-                  onChange({
-                    ...query,
-                    queryType: v,
-                  });
-                }}
-                size="md"
-              />
-              <Button
-                variant="secondary"
-                size="sm"
-                onClick={() => {
-                  this.setState({ uploadModalOpen: true });
-                }}
-              >
-                Import trace
-              </Button>
-            </Stack>
-          </InlineField>
-        </InlineFieldRow>
+                    this.onClearResults();
+                    onChange({
+                      ...query,
+                      queryType: v,
+                    });
+                  }}
+                  size="md"
+                />
+                <Button
+                  variant="secondary"
+                  size="sm"
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    this.setState({ uploadModalOpen: true });
+                  }}
+                >
+                  Import trace
+                </Button>
+              </Stack>
+            </InlineField>
+          </InlineFieldRow>
+        )}
         {query.queryType === 'traceqlSearch' && (
           <TraceQLSearch
             datasource={this.props.datasource}
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/TraceQLSearch.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/TraceQLSearch.tsx
index df51c51b00e..046cb9c3dca 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/TraceQLSearch.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/TraceQLSearch.tsx
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ const TraceQLSearch = ({ datasource, query, onChange, onClearResults, app, addVa
           query={query}
           searchStreaming={datasource.isStreamingSearchEnabled() ?? false}
           metricsStreaming={datasource.isStreamingMetricsEnabled() ?? false}
+          app={app}
         />
       </div>
       {error ? (
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/plugin.json b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/plugin.json
index e1ab2453392..92ab0a54fd6 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/plugin.json
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/plugin.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "executable": "gpx_tempo",
 
   "metrics": true,
-  "alerting": false,
+  "alerting": true,
   "annotations": false,
   "logs": false,
   "streaming": false,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/QueryEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/QueryEditor.tsx
index f80f9986f93..72d0e9890d8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/QueryEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/QueryEditor.tsx
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export function QueryEditor(props: Props) {
           onChange={props.onChange}
           searchStreaming={props.datasource.isStreamingSearchEnabled() ?? false}
           metricsStreaming={props.datasource.isStreamingMetricsEnabled() ?? false}
+          app={props.app}
         />
       </div>
     </>
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/TempoQueryBuilderOptions.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/TempoQueryBuilderOptions.tsx
index 7552565acc1..c591455d578 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/TempoQueryBuilderOptions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/TempoQueryBuilderOptions.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { useToggle } from 'react-use';
 
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { CoreApp, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { EditorField, EditorRow } from '@grafana/plugin-ui';
 import { AutoSizeInput, RadioButtonGroup, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ interface Props {
   query: Partial<TempoQuery> & TempoQuery;
   searchStreaming: boolean;
   metricsStreaming: boolean;
+  app?: CoreApp;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -31,162 +32,174 @@ const parseIntWithFallback = (val: string, fallback: number) => {
   return isNaN(parsed) ? fallback : parsed;
 };
 
-export const TempoQueryBuilderOptions = React.memo<Props>(({ onChange, query, searchStreaming, metricsStreaming }) => {
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const [isOpen, toggleOpen] = useToggle(false);
+export const TempoQueryBuilderOptions = React.memo<Props>(
+  ({ onChange, query, searchStreaming, metricsStreaming, app }) => {
+    const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+    const [isOpen, toggleOpen] = useToggle(false);
+    const isAlerting = app === CoreApp.UnifiedAlerting;
 
-  if (!query.hasOwnProperty('limit')) {
-    query.limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT;
-  }
+    if (!query.hasOwnProperty('limit')) {
+      query.limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT;
+    }
 
-  if (!query.hasOwnProperty('tableType')) {
-    query.tableType = SearchTableType.Traces;
-  }
+    if (!query.hasOwnProperty('tableType')) {
+      query.tableType = SearchTableType.Traces;
+    }
 
-  if (!query.hasOwnProperty('metricsQueryType')) {
-    query.metricsQueryType = MetricsQueryType.Range;
-  }
+    if (!query.hasOwnProperty('metricsQueryType')) {
+      query.metricsQueryType = MetricsQueryType.Range;
+    }
 
-  const onLimitChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    onChange({ ...query, limit: parseIntWithFallback(e.currentTarget.value, DEFAULT_LIMIT) });
-  };
-  const onSpssChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    onChange({ ...query, spss: parseIntWithFallback(e.currentTarget.value, DEFAULT_SPSS) });
-  };
-  const onTableTypeChange = (val: SearchTableType) => {
-    onChange({ ...query, tableType: val });
-  };
-  const onMetricsQueryTypeChange = (val: MetricsQueryType) => {
-    onChange({ ...query, metricsQueryType: val });
-  };
-  const onStepChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    onChange({ ...query, step: e.currentTarget.value });
-  };
+    if (isAlerting && query.metricsQueryType === MetricsQueryType.Range) {
+      onChange({ ...query, metricsQueryType: MetricsQueryType.Instant });
+    }
 
-  // There's a bug in Tempo which causes the exemplars param to be ignored. It's commented out for now.
+    const onLimitChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+      onChange({ ...query, limit: parseIntWithFallback(e.currentTarget.value, DEFAULT_LIMIT) });
+    };
+    const onSpssChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+      onChange({ ...query, spss: parseIntWithFallback(e.currentTarget.value, DEFAULT_SPSS) });
+    };
+    const onTableTypeChange = (val: SearchTableType) => {
+      onChange({ ...query, tableType: val });
+    };
+    const onMetricsQueryTypeChange = (val: MetricsQueryType) => {
+      onChange({ ...query, metricsQueryType: val });
+    };
+    const onStepChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+      onChange({ ...query, step: e.currentTarget.value });
+    };
 
-  // const onExemplarsChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-  //   const exemplars = parseInt(e.currentTarget.value, 10);
-  //   if (!isNaN(exemplars) && exemplars >= 0) {
-  //     onChange({ ...query, exemplars });
-  //   } else {
-  //     onChange({ ...query, exemplars: undefined });
-  //   }
-  // };
+    // There's a bug in Tempo which causes the exemplars param to be ignored. It's commented out for now.
 
-  const collapsedSearchOptions = [
-    `Limit: ${query.limit || DEFAULT_LIMIT}`,
-    `Spans Limit: ${query.spss || DEFAULT_SPSS}`,
-    `Table Format: ${query.tableType === SearchTableType.Traces ? 'Traces' : 'Spans'}`,
-    '|',
-    `Streaming: ${searchStreaming ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}`,
-  ];
+    // const onExemplarsChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    //   const exemplars = parseInt(e.currentTarget.value, 10);
+    //   if (!isNaN(exemplars) && exemplars >= 0) {
+    //     onChange({ ...query, exemplars });
+    //   } else {
+    //     onChange({ ...query, exemplars: undefined });
+    //   }
+    // };
 
-  const collapsedMetricsOptions = [
-    `Step: ${query.step || 'auto'}`,
-    `Type: ${query.metricsQueryType === MetricsQueryType.Range ? 'Range' : 'Instant'}`,
-    '|',
-    `Streaming: ${metricsStreaming ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}`,
-    // `Exemplars: ${query.exemplars !== undefined ? query.exemplars : 'auto'}`,
-  ];
+    const collapsedSearchOptions = [
+      `Limit: ${query.limit || DEFAULT_LIMIT}`,
+      `Spans Limit: ${query.spss || DEFAULT_SPSS}`,
+      `Table Format: ${query.tableType === SearchTableType.Traces ? 'Traces' : 'Spans'}`,
+      '|',
+      `Streaming: ${searchStreaming ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}`,
+    ];
 
-  return (
-    <EditorRow>
-      <div className={styles.options}>
-        <QueryOptionGroup
-          title="Search Options"
-          collapsedInfo={collapsedSearchOptions}
-          isOpen={isOpen}
-          onToggle={toggleOpen}
-        >
-          <EditorField label="Limit" tooltip="Maximum number of traces to return.">
-            <AutoSizeInput
-              className="width-4"
-              placeholder="auto"
-              type="number"
-              min={1}
-              defaultValue={query.limit || DEFAULT_LIMIT}
-              onCommitChange={onLimitChange}
-              value={query.limit}
-            />
-          </EditorField>
-          <EditorField label="Span Limit" tooltip="Maximum number of spans to return for each span set.">
-            <AutoSizeInput
-              className="width-4"
-              placeholder="auto"
-              type="number"
-              min={1}
-              defaultValue={query.spss || DEFAULT_SPSS}
-              onCommitChange={onSpssChange}
-              value={query.spss}
-            />
-          </EditorField>
-          <EditorField label="Table Format" tooltip="How the query data should be displayed in the results table">
-            <RadioButtonGroup
-              options={[
-                { label: 'Traces', value: SearchTableType.Traces },
-                { label: 'Spans', value: SearchTableType.Spans },
-              ]}
-              value={query.tableType}
-              onChange={onTableTypeChange}
-            />
-          </EditorField>
-          <EditorField label="Streaming" tooltip={<StreamingTooltip />} tooltipInteractive>
-            <div>{searchStreaming ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}</div>
-          </EditorField>
-        </QueryOptionGroup>
+    const collapsedMetricsOptions = [
+      `Step: ${query.step || 'auto'}`,
+      `Type: ${query.metricsQueryType === MetricsQueryType.Range ? 'Range' : 'Instant'}`,
+      '|',
+      `Streaming: ${metricsStreaming ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}`,
+      // `Exemplars: ${query.exemplars !== undefined ? query.exemplars : 'auto'}`,
+    ];
 
-        <QueryOptionGroup
-          title="Metrics Options"
-          collapsedInfo={collapsedMetricsOptions}
-          isOpen={isOpen}
-          onToggle={toggleOpen}
-        >
-          <EditorField
-            label="Step"
-            tooltip="Defines the step for metric queries. Use duration notation, for example 30s or 1m"
+    return (
+      <EditorRow>
+        <div className={styles.options}>
+          {!isAlerting && (
+            <QueryOptionGroup
+              title="Search Options"
+              collapsedInfo={collapsedSearchOptions}
+              isOpen={isOpen}
+              onToggle={toggleOpen}
+            >
+              <EditorField label="Limit" tooltip="Maximum number of traces to return.">
+                <AutoSizeInput
+                  className="width-4"
+                  placeholder="auto"
+                  type="number"
+                  min={1}
+                  defaultValue={query.limit || DEFAULT_LIMIT}
+                  onCommitChange={onLimitChange}
+                  value={query.limit}
+                />
+              </EditorField>
+              <EditorField label="Span Limit" tooltip="Maximum number of spans to return for each span set.">
+                <AutoSizeInput
+                  className="width-4"
+                  placeholder="auto"
+                  type="number"
+                  min={1}
+                  defaultValue={query.spss || DEFAULT_SPSS}
+                  onCommitChange={onSpssChange}
+                  value={query.spss}
+                />
+              </EditorField>
+              <EditorField label="Table Format" tooltip="How the query data should be displayed in the results table">
+                <RadioButtonGroup
+                  options={[
+                    { label: 'Traces', value: SearchTableType.Traces },
+                    { label: 'Spans', value: SearchTableType.Spans },
+                  ]}
+                  value={query.tableType}
+                  onChange={onTableTypeChange}
+                />
+              </EditorField>
+              <EditorField label="Streaming" tooltip={<StreamingTooltip />} tooltipInteractive>
+                <div>{searchStreaming ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}</div>
+              </EditorField>
+            </QueryOptionGroup>
+          )}
+
+          <QueryOptionGroup
+            title="Metrics Options"
+            collapsedInfo={collapsedMetricsOptions}
+            isOpen={isOpen}
+            onToggle={toggleOpen}
           >
-            <AutoSizeInput
-              className="width-4"
-              placeholder="auto"
-              type="string"
-              defaultValue={query.step}
-              onCommitChange={onStepChange}
-              value={query.step}
-            />
-          </EditorField>
-          <EditorField label="Type" tooltip="Type of metrics query to run">
-            <RadioButtonGroup
-              options={[
-                { label: 'Range', value: MetricsQueryType.Range },
-                { label: 'Instant', value: MetricsQueryType.Instant },
-              ]}
-              value={query.metricsQueryType}
-              onChange={onMetricsQueryTypeChange}
-            />
-          </EditorField>
+            {!isAlerting && (
+              <EditorField
+                label="Step"
+                tooltip="Defines the step for metric queries. Use duration notation, for example 30s or 1m"
+              >
+                <AutoSizeInput
+                  className="width-4"
+                  placeholder="auto"
+                  type="string"
+                  defaultValue={query.step}
+                  onCommitChange={onStepChange}
+                  value={query.step}
+                />
+              </EditorField>
+            )}
+            <EditorField label="Type" tooltip="Type of metrics query to run">
+              <RadioButtonGroup
+                options={[
+                  { label: 'Range', value: MetricsQueryType.Range },
+                  { label: 'Instant', value: MetricsQueryType.Instant },
+                ]}
+                value={query.metricsQueryType}
+                onChange={onMetricsQueryTypeChange}
+                disabled={isAlerting}
+              />
+            </EditorField>
 
-          <EditorField label="Streaming" tooltip={<StreamingTooltip />} tooltipInteractive>
-            <div>{metricsStreaming ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}</div>
-          </EditorField>
-          {/*<EditorField*/}
-          {/*  label="Exemplars"*/}
-          {/*  tooltip="Defines the amount of exemplars to request for metric queries. A value of 0 means no exemplars."*/}
-          {/*>*/}
-          {/*  <AutoSizeInput*/}
-          {/*    className="width-4"*/}
-          {/*    placeholder="auto"*/}
-          {/*    type="string"*/}
-          {/*    defaultValue={query.exemplars}*/}
-          {/*    onCommitChange={onExemplarsChange}*/}
-          {/*    value={query.exemplars}*/}
-          {/*  />*/}
-          {/*</EditorField>*/}
-        </QueryOptionGroup>
-      </div>
-    </EditorRow>
-  );
-});
+            <EditorField label="Streaming" tooltip={<StreamingTooltip />} tooltipInteractive>
+              <div>{metricsStreaming ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}</div>
+            </EditorField>
+            {/*<EditorField*/}
+            {/*  label="Exemplars"*/}
+            {/*  tooltip="Defines the amount of exemplars to request for metric queries. A value of 0 means no exemplars."*/}
+            {/*>*/}
+            {/*  <AutoSizeInput*/}
+            {/*    className="width-4"*/}
+            {/*    placeholder="auto"*/}
+            {/*    type="string"*/}
+            {/*    defaultValue={query.exemplars}*/}
+            {/*    onCommitChange={onExemplarsChange}*/}
+            {/*    value={query.exemplars}*/}
+            {/*  />*/}
+            {/*</EditorField>*/}
+          </QueryOptionGroup>
+        </div>
+      </EditorRow>
+    );
+  }
+);
 
 const StreamingTooltip = () => {
   return (