Hi, I have a dashboard with a variable defined. How can I generate a URL that sets a value of the variable?

Not currently supported. I see you created an issue. We will look into it, and in general, lack of state persistence in the URL issue

thanks - i am happy to contribute to a broader state persistence in URL effort if that's the preferred resolution here

We support it for the time range and view mode of a particular panel. Would you be interested in sending a PR to add support to the URL values for variables?

yes, happy to work on a PR - will follow up on github over the next week