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Simplify dashboard variable manipulation by using arrays

Miguel Rincon requested to merge refactor-variables-for-array into master

What does this MR do?

Simplify variable manipulation by using arrays

Variables are represented by users in the backend and yml by using hashes of objects to represent unique fields in their dashboards.

However, this can lead to difficulties when creating mock data and constructing flexible Vuex data structures.

This change addresses this issue by using a simpler data structure for variables based on arrays.

Large MR trigger warning

This MR is quite large, there are a couple of reasons:

  • It changes a data in the store and works it's way up to be compatible with all related components.
    • The main change occurs at: app/assets/javascripts/monitoring/stores/variable_mapping.js, but other changes are needed.
    • ~350 (out of ~850) changes in the mock data!
  • It is likely several of our components are closely coupled, so one change impacts many files.
    • Suggestions to improve this are welcome!

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Edited by Miguel Rincon

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