Metrics Explorer

The Metrics Explorer enables you to perform ad-hoc analysis of any ingested metric by charting the time series data for a selected range of time and dimension.

Let’s start by building a basic chart.

Build a metric chart

By default, the Metrics Explorer plots the metric over the preceding 1-hour interval.

  1. Navigate to the Metrics Explorer by clicking the Metrics tab, and selecting Explorer:

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  2. The Metrics Explorer form appears.

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  3. Click the initial text field to select a metric from the drop-down.

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  4. The chart of the metric over the time period appears.

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  5. You can explore the chart by hovering your cursor over any part of the data plot.

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Next steps

To enhance your understanding of the metric and the system behavior in general, see these sections next: