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Add text variable parser for monitoring dashboard

What does this MR do?

This MR adds parsers to process templating variables that are passed as a part of the dashboard.yml file.

For iteration 1, simple/advanced custom, simple/advanced text variables are supported.

Simple/Advanced custom parsers have been added here - !31423 (merged)

This MR, adds simple/advanced text parsers for custom variables.

Note: Parsers in this MR are not used in the monitoring dashboard yet. It will be in the next iterations

Simple Text Variable

templating:
  variables:
    variable1: 'default value'     # `text` type variable with `default value` as its default.

Advanced Text Variable

templating:
  variables:
    variable3:
      label: 'Variable 3'              # The label that will appear in the UI for this dropdown.
      type: text                       # The UI will have a free text box for this type, where the user can enter any value.
      options:
        default_value: 'default'       # The default value for this variable.

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Security

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