diff --git a/production/loki-mixin/dashboards/loki-operational.libsonnet b/production/loki-mixin/dashboards/loki-operational.libsonnet
index d8e0faa4082a..336f9b8230ae 100644
--- a/production/loki-mixin/dashboards/loki-operational.libsonnet
+++ b/production/loki-mixin/dashboards/loki-operational.libsonnet
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
           query:: 'loki',
         },
         {
-          name:: 'metrics',
+          name:: 'datasource',
           type:: 'datasource',
           query:: 'prometheus',
         },
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
             variable:: 'cluster',
             label:: cfg.clusterLabel,
             query:: 'kube_pod_container_info{image=~".*loki.*", container!="loki-canary"}',
-            datasource:: '$metrics',
+            datasource:: '$datasource',
             type:: 'query',
           },
         ] else []
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
           variable:: 'namespace',
           label:: 'namespace',
           query:: cfg.namespaceQuery,
-          datasource:: '$metrics',
+          datasource:: '$datasource',
           type:: cfg.namespaceType,
         },
       ],
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
 
       local selectDatasource(ds) =
         if ds == null || ds == '' then ds
-        else if ds == '$datasource' then '$metrics'
+        else if ds == '$datasource' then '$datasource'
         else '$logs',
 
       panels: [
@@ -238,6 +238,22 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
           if l.type == 'query' || l.type == 'custom'
         ],
       },
+    } + {
+      // ugly hack, copy pasta the tag/link
+      // code from the loki-mixin
+      tags: ['loki'],
+      links+: [
+        {
+          asDropdown: true,
+          icon: 'external link',
+          includeVars: true,
+          keepTime: true,
+          tags: $._config.tags,
+          targetBlank: false,
+          title: 'Loki Dashboards',
+          type: 'dashboards',
+        },
+      ],
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/production/promtail-mixin/dashboards.libsonnet b/production/promtail-mixin/dashboards.libsonnet
index 461b78f4997f..781625b80944 100644
--- a/production/promtail-mixin/dashboards.libsonnet
+++ b/production/promtail-mixin/dashboards.libsonnet
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 local g = import 'grafana-builder/grafana.libsonnet';
 local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
+local loki_mixin_utils = import 'loki-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet';
 
 {
   grafanaDashboards+: {
+    local dashboard = (
+      loki_mixin_utils {
+        _config+:: { tags: ['loki'] },
+      }
+    ),
     local dashboards = self,
 
     'promtail.json':{
@@ -16,14 +22,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       selector:: std.join(',', ['%(label)s%(op)s"%(value)s"' % matcher for matcher in (cfg.clusterMatchers + dashboards['promtail.json'].matchers)]),
 
       templateLabels:: (
-        if cfg.showMultiCluster then [
-          {
-            variable:: 'cluster',
-            label:: cfg.clusterLabel,
-            query:: 'kube_pod_container_info{image=~".*promtail.*"}',
-          },
-        ] else []
-      ) + [
+      [
         {
           variable:: 'namespace',
           label:: 'namespace',
@@ -34,9 +33,10 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
           label:: 'created_by_name',
           query:: 'kube_pod_info{namespace="$namespace",pod=~"promtail.*"}',
         },
-      ],
+      ]),
     } +
-    g.dashboard('Loki / Promtail')
+    dashboard.dashboard('Loki / Promtail')
+    .addClusterSelectorTemplates(false)
     .addRow(
       g.row('Targets & Files')
       .addPanel(