diff --git a/jvm-mixin/.lint b/jvm-mixin/.lint
index 91f57653f..eabfdd70e 100644
--- a/jvm-mixin/.lint
+++ b/jvm-mixin/.lint
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 exclusions:
-  panel-title-description-rule:
-    reason: "mixtool upgrade made this rule stricter. TODO: Fix errors and remove the warning exclusion"
+  panel-datasource-rule:
+    entries:
+      - panel: GC duration
+      - panel: Allocated/promoted
   panel-units-rule:
-    reason: "mixtool upgrade made this rule stricter. TODO: Fix errors and remove the warning exclusion"
-  template-datasource-rule:
-    reason: "mixtool upgrade made this rule stricter. TODO: Fix errors and remove the warning exclusion"
-  template-instance-rule:
-    reason: "mixtool upgrade made this rule stricter. TODO: Fix errors and remove the warning exclusion"
-  template-job-rule:
-    reason: "mixtool upgrade made this rule stricter. TODO: Fix errors and remove the warning exclusion"
-  template-on-time-change-reload-rule:
-    reason: "mixtool upgrade made this rule stricter. TODO: Fix errors and remove the warning exclusion"
+    entries:
+      - panel: Process files open
diff --git a/jvm-mixin/config.libsonnet b/jvm-mixin/config.libsonnet
index 6521f7fe9..cacfffd9b 100644
--- a/jvm-mixin/config.libsonnet
+++ b/jvm-mixin/config.libsonnet
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  filteringSelector: 'job!=""',
+  filteringSelector: '',
   groupLabels: ['job'],
   instanceLabels: ['instance'],
   uid: 'jvm',
diff --git a/jvm-observ-lib/config.libsonnet b/jvm-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
index c16a36581..5f265a1f1 100644
--- a/jvm-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
+++ b/jvm-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   local this = self,
-  filteringSelector: 'job!=""',
+  filteringSelector: '',  // set to apply static filters to all queries and alerts, i.e. job="bar"
   groupLabels: ['job'],
   instanceLabels: ['instance'],
   uid: 'jvm',
diff --git a/kafka-observ-lib/config.libsonnet b/kafka-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
index d6c0e07e1..1b1bbadf0 100644
--- a/kafka-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
+++ b/kafka-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   local this = self,
-  filteringSelector: 'job!=""',
+  filteringSelector: '',  // set to apply static filters to all queries and alerts, i.e. job="integrations/kafka"
   zookeeperfilteringSelector: this.filteringSelector,
   groupLabels: ['kafka_cluster'],  // label(s) that defines kafka cluster
   instanceLabels: ['instance'],  // label(s) that defines single broker
diff --git a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/consumerGroup.libsonnet b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/consumerGroup.libsonnet
index 950999533..8141b5cbd 100644
--- a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/consumerGroup.libsonnet
+++ b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/consumerGroup.libsonnet
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local commonlib = import 'common-lib/common/main.libsonnet';
 
 function(this)
   {
-    filteringSelector: std.join(',', [this.filteringSelector, this.topicsFilteringSelector, this.consumerGroupFilteringSelector]),
+    filteringSelector: std.join(',', [this.topicsFilteringSelector, this.consumerGroupFilteringSelector, this.filteringSelector]),
     groupLabels: this.groupLabels,
     instanceLabels: ['topic', 'consumergroup'],  // this.instanceLabels is ommitted, as it would point to kafka_exporter instance.
     aggLevel: 'group',
diff --git a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/topic.libsonnet b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/topic.libsonnet
index 01c92b3ad..53562f454 100644
--- a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/topic.libsonnet
+++ b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/topic.libsonnet
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local commonlib = import 'common-lib/common/main.libsonnet';
 
 function(this)
   {
-    filteringSelector: std.join(',', [this.filteringSelector, this.topicsFilteringSelector]),
+    filteringSelector: std.join(',', [this.topicsFilteringSelector, this.filteringSelector]),
     groupLabels: this.groupLabels,
     instanceLabels: ['topic'],  // this.instanceLabels is ommitted, as it would point to kafka_exporter instance.
     aggLevel: 'group',
diff --git a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/totalTime.libsonnet b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/totalTime.libsonnet
index 3cd481a8f..8155d3738 100644
--- a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/totalTime.libsonnet
+++ b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/totalTime.libsonnet
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ local commonlib = import 'common-lib/common/main.libsonnet';
 // TotalTimeMs metric
 function(this)
   {
-    filteringSelector: this.filteringSelector + ', quantile="%s"' % this.totalTimeMsQuantile,
+    filteringSelector: ('quantile="%s"' % this.totalTimeMsQuantile) + ',' + this.filteringSelector,
     groupLabels: this.groupLabels,
     instanceLabels: this.instanceLabels,
     aggLevel: if this.totalTimeMetricsRepeat then 'instance' else 'group',
diff --git a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/zookeeperClient.libsonnet b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/zookeeperClient.libsonnet
index f90a1ae9f..a37289f2b 100644
--- a/kafka-observ-lib/signals/zookeeperClient.libsonnet
+++ b/kafka-observ-lib/signals/zookeeperClient.libsonnet
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local commonlib = import 'common-lib/common/main.libsonnet';
 
 function(this)
   {
-    filteringSelector: this.filteringSelector + ', quantile="%s"' % this.zookeeperClientQuantile,
+    filteringSelector: ('quantile="%s"' % this.zookeeperClientQuantile) + ',' + this.filteringSelector,
     groupLabels: this.groupLabels,
     instanceLabels: this.instanceLabels,
     aggLevel: 'instance',
diff --git a/process-observ-lib/config.libsonnet b/process-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
index d353e9b55..8e6a08b38 100644
--- a/process-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
+++ b/process-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   // 'instanceLabels' - one or more labels that can be used to identify single entity of instances. In simple cases, can be 'instance' or 'pod'.
   // 'uid' - UID to prefix all dashboards original uids
   local this = self,
-  filteringSelector: 'job!=""',
+  filteringSelector: '',  // set to apply static filters to all queries and alerts, i.e. job="bar"
   groupLabels: ['job'],
   instanceLabels: ['instance'],
   dashboardTags: [self.uid],
diff --git a/windows-mixin/config.libsonnet b/windows-mixin/config.libsonnet
index 5af187a1a..5d9a74d6f 100644
--- a/windows-mixin/config.libsonnet
+++ b/windows-mixin/config.libsonnet
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     // labels to identify single windows host:
     instanceLabels: ['instance'],
     // selector to include in all queries(including alerts)
-    filteringSelector: 'job=~".*windows.*"',
+    filteringSelector: '',
     // prefix all dashboards uids and alert groups
     uid: 'windows',
     // prefix dashboards titles
diff --git a/windows-observ-lib/alerts.libsonnet b/windows-observ-lib/alerts.libsonnet
index d6774b19a..7ed3e4238 100644
--- a/windows-observ-lib/alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/windows-observ-lib/alerts.libsonnet
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
           {
             alert: 'WindowsCPUHighUsage',
             expr: |||
-              100 - (avg without (mode, core) (rate(windows_cpu_time_total{%(filteringSelector)s, mode="idle"}[2m])) * 100) > %(alertsCPUThresholdWarning)s
+              100 - (avg without (mode, core) (rate(windows_cpu_time_total{mode="idle", %(filteringSelector)s}[2m])) * 100) > %(alertsCPUThresholdWarning)s
             ||| % this.config,
             'for': '15m',
             keep_firing_for: '5m',
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
           {
             alert: 'WindowsServiceNotHealthy',
             expr: |||
-              windows_service_status{%(filteringSelector)s, status!~"starting|stopping|ok"} > 0
+              windows_service_status{status!~"starting|stopping|ok", %(filteringSelector)s} > 0
             ||| % this.config,
             'for': '5m',
             labels: {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
           {
             alert: 'WindowsDiskDriveNotHealthy',
             expr: |||
-              windows_disk_drive_status{%(filteringSelector)s, status="OK"} != 1
+              windows_disk_drive_status{status="OK", %(filteringSelector)s} != 1
             ||| % this.config,
             'for': '5m',
             labels: {
diff --git a/windows-observ-lib/config.libsonnet b/windows-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
index 8ff0a6e0b..cd603b7ed 100644
--- a/windows-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
+++ b/windows-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   // 'uid' - UID to prefix all dashboards original uids
   groupLabels: ['job'],
   instanceLabels: ['instance'],
-  filteringSelector: 'job=~".*windows.*"',
+  filteringSelector: '',  // set to apply static filters to all queries and alerts, i.e. job="windows"
   dashboardTags: ['windows'],
   uid: 'windows',
   dashboardNamePrefix: '',
diff --git a/zookeeper-observ-lib/config.libsonnet b/zookeeper-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
index 0e65a2ca1..7249516dc 100644
--- a/zookeeper-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
+++ b/zookeeper-observ-lib/config.libsonnet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   local this = self,
-  filteringSelector: 'job!=""',
+  filteringSelector: '',  // set to apply static filters to all queries and alerts, i.e. job="bar"
   groupLabels: ['job'],
   instanceLabels: ['instance'],
   uid: 'zookeeper',