diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/actions/index.js b/ui/src/dashboards/actions/index.js
index ca9a6e9d3..79ab6bade 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/actions/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/actions/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   updateDashboardCell as updateDashboardCellAJAX,
   addDashboardCell as addDashboardCellAJAX,
   deleteDashboardCell as deleteDashboardCellAJAX,
-  runTemplateVariableQuery,
+  getTempVarValuesBySourceQuery,
 } from 'src/dashboards/apis'
 
 import {notify} from 'shared/actions/notifications'
@@ -337,7 +337,9 @@ export const hydrateTempVarValues = (source, dashboard) => async dispatch => {
     )
 
     const asyncQueries = tempsWithQueries.map(({query}) =>
-      runTemplateVariableQuery(source, {query: makeQueryForTemplate(query)})
+      getTempVarValuesBySourceQuery(source, {
+        query: makeQueryForTemplate(query),
+      })
     )
 
     const results = await Promise.all(asyncQueries)
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/apis/index.js b/ui/src/dashboards/apis/index.js
index 90db53818..a6461f368 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/apis/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/apis/index.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export const editTemplateVariables = async templateVariable => {
   }
 }
 
-export const runTemplateVariableQuery = async (
+export const getTempVarValuesBySourceQuery = async (
   source,
   {
     query,
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/template_variables/Row.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/template_variables/Row.js
index 35c8cce0e..c589309c5 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/template_variables/Row.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/template_variables/Row.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import TableInput from 'src/dashboards/components/template_variables/TableInput'
 import RowValues from 'src/dashboards/components/template_variables/RowValues'
 import ConfirmButton from 'src/shared/components/ConfirmButton'
 
-import {runTemplateVariableQuery as runTemplateVariableQueryAJAX} from 'src/dashboards/apis'
+import {getTempVarValuesBySourceQuery as getTempVarValuesBySourceQueryAJAX} from 'src/dashboards/apis'
 
 import parsers from 'shared/parsing'
 
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ class RowWrapper extends Component {
       if (type === 'csv') {
         parsedData = e.target.values.value.split(',').map(value => value.trim())
       } else {
-        parsedData = await this.runTemplateVariableQuery(source, queryConfig)
+        parsedData = await this.getTempVarValuesBySourceQuery(
+          source,
+          queryConfig
+        )
       }
 
       onRunQuerySuccess(template, queryConfig, compact(parsedData), tempVar)
@@ -264,12 +267,12 @@ class RowWrapper extends Component {
     this.setState({selectedTagKey: item.text})
   }
 
-  runTemplateVariableQuery = async (
+  getTempVarValuesBySourceQuery = async (
     source,
     {query, database, rp, tempVars, type, measurement, tagKey}
   ) => {
     try {
-      const {data} = await runTemplateVariableQueryAJAX(source, {
+      const {data} = await getTempVarValuesBySourceQueryAJAX(source, {
         query,
         db: database,
         rp,