Pick changes from PR 33811, use UID in dashboard navlinks (#36899)

* pick changes from PR 33811, use UID in dashboard navlinks

* use proper spelling for UID

* add uid to the plugin schema

* Update docs/sources/developers/plugins/plugin.schema.json

Co-authored-by: achatterjee-grafana <70489351+achatterjee-grafana@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: achatterjee-grafana <70489351+achatterjee-grafana@users.noreply.github.com>

docs/sources/developers/plugins/plugin.schema.json

@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
         "type": "object",
         "additionalItems": false,
         "properties": {
+          "uid": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Unique identifier of the included resource"
+          },
           "type": {
             "type": "string",
             "enum": ["dashboard", "page", "panel", "datasource"]

pkg/api/index.go

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getAppLinks(c *models.ReqContext) ([]*dtos.NavLink, error)
 
 			if include.Type == "dashboard" && include.AddToNav {
 				link := &dtos.NavLink{
-					Url:  hs.Cfg.AppSubURL + "/dashboard/db/" + include.Slug,
+					Url:  hs.Cfg.AppSubURL + include.GetSlugOrUIDLink(),
 					Text: include.Name,
 				}
 				appLink.Children = append(appLink.Children, link)

pkg/plugins/app_plugin.go

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (app *AppPlugin) InitApp(panels map[string]*PanelPlugin, dataSources map[st
 			app.DefaultNavUrl = cfg.AppSubURL + "/plugins/" + app.Id + "/page/" + include.Slug
 		}
 		if include.Type == "dashboard" && include.DefaultNav {
-			app.DefaultNavUrl = cfg.AppSubURL + "/dashboard/db/" + include.Slug
+			app.DefaultNavUrl = cfg.AppSubURL + include.GetSlugOrUIDLink()
 		}
 	}
 

pkg/plugins/models.go

@@ -95,10 +95,19 @@ type PluginInclude struct {
 	DefaultNav bool            `json:"defaultNav"`
 	Slug       string          `json:"slug"`
 	Icon       string          `json:"icon"`
+	UID        string          `json:"uid"`
 
 	Id string `json:"-"`
 }
 
+func (e PluginInclude) GetSlugOrUIDLink() string {
+	if len(e.UID) > 0 {
+		return "/d/" + e.UID
+	} else {
+		return "/dashboard/db/" + e.Slug
+	}
+}
+
 type PluginDependencyItem struct {
 	Type    string `json:"type"`
 	Id      string `json:"id"`