## Problem GLQL-powered dashboard panels are islands today: dashboard-level controls (date ranges, project/group selectors, granularity, sort) don't reach individual panel queries, queries authored outside a dashboard (e.g. by the Data Analyst Agent) land with no filter wiring, and queries exported out of a dashboard lose their applied context. We need a consistent, deterministic way to propagate dashboard controls into panels — and to move queries in and out of a dashboard — without each panel reinventing it. Three scenarios frame the problem: - **A — Dashboard → panel:** a dashboard-wide date-range control must apply to the _correct_ field per panel (`merged` for a "merged MRs" panel, `closed` for a "closed issues" panel). A panel-specific control must also apply to the correct field inside the same panel (e.g. a granularity selector for the `durationQuantile()` metric) - **B — External query → dashboard:** a query authored outside the dashboard (Data Analyst Agent or panel editor) is added and needs its controls wired up. - **C — Panel → export:** a panel's GLQL query exported to markdown must bake in the current control values, producing a self-contained, portable query. GLQL-powered dashboards are a work in progress — the agent→dashboard integration (B) and dashboard export (C) are upcoming features; this work provides the filter/parameter/sort wiring they'll need. Scope covers row **filters**, **field parameters** (e.g. `granularity`, `durationQuantile`) and **sorting**, and lays groundwork for **multi-project/group** scope. ## Approach (high level) A **declarative control-binding system** that lives in the dashboard config (not in GLQL): panels declare bindings that wire a named control to a query target; the frontend resolves them and passes structured context to the GLQL compiler. Full design rationale lives in the research issue; the implementation strategy lives in the [Work Plan](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/569421?show=work-plan). Execution is tracked in the child issues. ## Related - Research & design: [#569421](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/569421) - Workplan: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/569421?show=work-plan - Pajamas — dashboard/panel filters: [design.gitlab.com!4940](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-services/design.gitlab.com/-/merge_requests/4940); order + filter: [design.gitlab.com#2946](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-services/design.gitlab.com/-/work_items/2946)