return async (dispatch, getState) => {
    // set fetching state
    dispatch(dashboardInitFetching());

    // Detect slow loading / initializing and set state flag
    // This is in order to not show loading indication for fast loading dashboards as it creates blinking/flashing
    setTimeout(() => {
      if (getState().dashboard.model === null) {
        dispatch(dashboardInitSlow());
      }
    }, 500);

    // fetch dashboard data
    const dashDTO = await fetchDashboard(args, dispatch, getState);

    // returns null if there was a redirect or error
    if (!dashDTO) {
      return;
    }

    // set initializing state
    dispatch(dashboardInitServices());

    // create model
    let dashboard: DashboardModel;
    try {
      dashboard = new DashboardModel(dashDTO.dashboard, dashDTO.meta);
    } catch (err) {
      dispatch(dashboardInitFailed({ message: 'Failed create dashboard model', error: err }));
      console.log(err);
      return;
    }

    // add missing orgId query param
    const storeState = getState();
    if (!storeState.location.query.orgId) {
      dispatch(updateLocation({ query: { orgId: storeState.user.orgId }, partial: true, replace: true }));
    }

    // init services
    const timeSrv: TimeSrv = args.$injector.get('timeSrv');
    const annotationsSrv: AnnotationsSrv = args.$injector.get('annotationsSrv');
    const variableSrv: VariableSrv = args.$injector.get('variableSrv');
    const keybindingSrv: KeybindingSrv = args.$injector.get('keybindingSrv');
    const unsavedChangesSrv = args.$injector.get('unsavedChangesSrv');
    const dashboardSrv: DashboardSrv = args.$injector.get('dashboardSrv');

    timeSrv.init(dashboard);
    annotationsSrv.init(dashboard);

    // template values service needs to initialize completely before
    // the rest of the dashboard can load
    try {
      await variableSrv.init(dashboard);
    } catch (err) {
      dispatch(notifyApp(createErrorNotification('Templating init failed', err)));
      console.log(err);
    }

    try {
      dashboard.processRepeats();
      dashboard.updateSubmenuVisibility();

      // handle auto fix experimental feature
      const queryParams = getState().location.query;
      if (queryParams.autofitpanels) {
        dashboard.autoFitPanels(window.innerHeight, queryParams.kiosk);
      }

      // init unsaved changes tracking
      unsavedChangesSrv.init(dashboard, args.$scope);
      keybindingSrv.setupDashboardBindings(args.$scope, dashboard);
    } catch (err) {
      dispatch(notifyApp(createErrorNotification('Dashboard init failed', err)));
      console.log(err);
    }

    // legacy srv state
    dashboardSrv.setCurrent(dashboard);
    // yay we are done
    dispatch(dashboardInitCompleted(dashboard));
  };

  init(dashboard: DashboardModel) {
    this.dashboard = dashboard;
    this.dashboard.events.on('time-range-updated', this.onTimeRangeUpdated.bind(this));
    this.dashboard.events.on('template-variable-value-updated', this.updateUrlParamsWithCurrentVariables.bind(this));

    // create working class models representing variables
    this.variables = dashboard.templating.list = dashboard.templating.list.map(this.createVariableFromModel.bind(this));
    this.templateSrv.init(this.variables, this.timeSrv.timeRange());

    // init variables
    for (const variable of this.variables) {
      variable.initLock = this.$q.defer();
    }

    const queryParams = this.$location.search();
    return this.$q
      .all(
        this.variables.map(variable => {
          return this.processVariable(variable, queryParams);
        })
      )
      .then(() => {
        this.templateSrv.updateIndex();
      });
  }

  async getLabels(metricType: string, refId: string) {
    const response = await this.getTimeSeries({
      targets: [
        {
          refId: refId,
          datasourceId: this.id,
          metricType: this.templateSrv.replace(metricType),
          crossSeriesReducer: 'REDUCE_NONE',
          view: 'HEADERS',
        },
      ],
      range: this.timeSrv.timeRange(),
    });

    return response.results[refId];
  }

 doMetricQueryRequest(subtype, parameters) {
   const range = this.timeSrv.timeRange();
   return this.awsRequest('/api/tsdb/query', {
     from: range.from.valueOf().toString(),
     to: range.to.valueOf().toString(),
     queries: [
       _.extend(
         {
           refId: 'metricFindQuery',
           intervalMs: 1, // dummy
           maxDataPoints: 1, // dummy
           datasourceId: this.instanceSettings.id,
           type: 'metricFindQuery',
           subtype: subtype,
         },
         parameters
       ),
     ],
   }).then(r => {
     return this.transformSuggestDataFromTable(r);
   });
 }