variables use of text and raw values in field queries

[francisozic]

Fantastic plugin. I have run into some issues with using variables, and would love to know if this is a bug of user error.

First - when creating variables, I expect to be able to something like use the alias field to specify which is the __text and which is the __value (as in other query variables)

myvar:
e.g. -> $.data[].name ALIAS ... __text
e.g. -> $.data[].id ALIAS ... __text

When I try to do this - or use any ${variable} in a field jsonpath query... it only sort of works
$.data[(@(.name = '${myvar}'].something -> Works!

When I try to use the value, it seems to just keep using the name
$.data[(@(.id = ${myvar}].something -> Fails (uses the string value name, not the id)

Digging further, I am finding similar behavior for all local and global dashboard variables
${__to:date} -> returns bigint time (default)

Interestingly enough, seems to work fine in Params tab:
${__from::date}~${__to:date} Works!

I'm supposing a workaround is to use transforms to at least achieve basic filtering, will try that next.

Grafana 9.2.3