Rename Explore Apps to App Drilldown (#101096)

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menuTitle: Simplified exploration
weight: 100
hero:
title: Simplified exploration with the Explore apps
title: Simplified exploration with the Drilldown apps
level: 1
width: 100
height: 100
description: Use Explore Profiles to investigate and identify issues using profiling data.
description: Use the Drilldown apps to investigate and identify issues using telemetry data.
cards:
title_class: pt-0 lh-1
items:
- title: Explore Metrics
- title: Grafana Metrics Drilldown
href: ./metrics/
description: Quickly find related metrics with a few clicks, without needing to write PromQL queries to retrieve metrics.
height: 24
- title: Explore Logs
- title: Grafana Logs Drilldown
href: ./logs/
description: Visualize log volumes to easily detect anomalies or significant changes over time, without needing to compose LogQL queries.
height: 24
- title: Explore Traces
- title: Grafana Traces Drilldown
href: ./traces/
description: Use Rate, Errors, and Duration (RED) metrics derived from traces to investigate and understand errors and latency issues within complex distributed systems.
height: 24
- title: Explore Profiles
- title: Grafana Profiles Drilldown
href: ./profiles/
description: View and analyze high-level service performance, identify problem processes for optimization, and diagnose issues to determine root causes.
height: 24
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ cards:
# Simplified exploration
The Grafana Explore apps are designed for effortless data exploration through intuitive, queryless interactions.
The Grafana Drilldown apps are designed for effortless data exploration through intuitive, queryless interactions.
Easily explore telemetry signals with these specialized tools, tailored specifically for the Grafana databases to provide quick and accurate insights.
To learn more, read:
- [From multi-line queries to no-code investigations: meeting Grafana users where they are](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/10/22/from-multi-line-queries-to-no-code-investigations-meeting-grafana-users-where-they-are/)
- [A queryless experience for exploring metrics, logs, traces, and profiles: Introducing the Explore apps suite for Grafana](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/09/24/queryless-metrics-logs-traces-profiles/).
- [A queryless experience for exploring metrics, logs, traces, and profiles: Introducing the Drilldown apps suite for Grafana](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/09/24/queryless-metrics-logs-traces-profiles/).
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@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ labels:
- cloud
- enterprise
- oss
title: Explore Metrics
title: Metrics Drilldown
aliases:
- ../explore-metrics/ # /docs/grafana/latest/explore/explore-metrics/
canonical: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/explore/simplified-exploration/metrics/
description: Explore Metrics lets you browse Prometheus-compatible metrics using an intuitive, queryless experience.
description: Grafana Metrics Drilldown lets you browse Prometheus-compatible metrics using an intuitive, queryless experience.
weight: 200
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# Grafana Explore Metrics
# Grafana Metrics Drilldown
Grafana Explore Metrics is a query-less experience for browsing **Prometheus-compatible** metrics. Quickly find related metrics with just a few simple clicks, without needing to write PromQL queries to retrieve metrics.
Grafana Metrics Drilldown is a query-less experience for browsing **Prometheus-compatible** metrics. Quickly find related metrics with just a few simple clicks, without needing to write PromQL queries to retrieve metrics.
With Explore Metrics, you can:
With Grafana Metrics Drilldown, you can:
- Easily segment metrics based on their labels, so you can immediately spot anomalies and identify issues.
- Automatically display the optimal visualization for each metric type (gauge vs. counter, for example) without manual setup.
@@ -25,26 +25,25 @@ With Explore Metrics, you can:
- View a history of user steps when navigating through metrics and their filters.
- Seamlessly pivot to related telemetry, including log data.
{{< docs/play title="Explore Metrics" url="https://play.grafana.org/explore/metrics/trail?from=now-1h&to=now&var-ds=grafanacloud-demoinfra-prom&var-filters=&refresh=&metricPrefix=all" >}}
{{< docs/play title="Grafana Metrics Drilldown" url="https://play.grafana.org/explore/metrics/trail?from=now-1h&to=now&var-ds=grafanacloud-demoinfra-prom&var-filters=&refresh=&metricPrefix=all" >}}
You can access Explore Metrics either as a standalone experience or as part of Grafana dashboards.
You can access Grafana Metrics Drilldown either as a standalone experience or as part of Grafana dashboards.
## Standalone experience
To access Explore Metrics as a standalone experience:
To access Grafana Metrics Drilldown as a standalone experience:
1. Click the arrow next to **Explore** in the Grafana left-side menu and click **Metrics**. You are taken to an overview page that shows recent metrics, bookmarks, and the option to select a new metric exploration.
1. To get started with a new exploration, click **+ New metric exploration**.
1. Click the arrow next to **Drilldown** in the Grafana left-side menu and click **Metrics**. You are taken to an overview page that shows recent metrics, bookmarks, and the option to select a new metric exploration.
1. To get started with a new exploration, click **Let's start!**.
1. Select **Prometheus** or any Prometheus-compatible data source available in the drop-down menu under **Data source**.
1. Click **+ Add label** to select a label-value pair from the drop-down menu. You can add multiple label-value pairs. A label type will appear above the selected label with a drop-down list of options from which to choose. For example, if you select the label `container` a drop-down list of available containers appears.
1. Click **+ Add label** to select a label-value pair from the drop-down menu. You can add multiple label-value pairs. A label type appears above the selected label with a drop-down list of options from which to choose. For example, if you select the label `container` a drop-down list of available containers appears.
1. You can also search for metrics using keywords under **Search metrics** in the search bar.
1. Use the time picker to select a date and time range from the drop-down menu or use an absolute time range.
1. Click the down arrow next to the **Refresh** icon to set a refresh rate from the drop-down menu. The default is `Off`.
1. Click the **Settings** icon and toggle **Always keep selected metric graph in-view** to keep your main graph always in view on the Breakdown drill-down tab.
The **History** button in the upper left corner tracks every step navigating through metric exploration.
![show metrics explore overview](/media/metrics-explore/metrics-explore-overview.png)
![show metrics explore overview](/media/metrics-explore/metrics-drilldown-overview.png)
### Metrics exploration
@@ -54,19 +53,19 @@ To further explore a metric, click **Select** in the upper right corner of the m
- The **Overview** tab provides a description for each metric, as well as the metric `type` and `unit` associated with the metric. It also provides a list of labels associated with the metric. Click on any label to view drill-down visualizations.
- The **Breakdown** tab depicts time series visualizations for each of the label-value pairs for the selected metric. You can further drill down on each label and click **Add to filter** to add the label/value pair into your filters. You can also change the **View** from grid to rows.
- The **Related metrics** tab depicts related metrics with relevant key words. You can repeat the drill down process for any related metric. Toggle **SHow previews** to preview visualizations.
- The **Related metrics** tab depicts related metrics with relevant key words. You can repeat the drill down process for any related metric. Toggle **Show previews** to preview visualizations.
Once you have gathered your metrics exploration data you can:
After you have gathered your metrics exploration data you can:
- Click the **Explore** icon on the right side to open the graph in Explore, where you can modify the query or add the graph to a dashboard or incident.
- Click the **Share** icon on the right side to copy the metric drill down URL to the clipboard so it can be shared.
- Click the **Open in Explore** icon on the right side to open the graph in Explore, where you can modify the query or add the graph to a dashboard or incident.
- Click the **Copy URL** icon on the right side to copy the metric drill down URL to the clipboard so it can be shared.
- Click the **Star** icon on the right side to bookmark and save the metrics exploration.
## Dashboard experience
To access Explore Metrics via a dashboard:
To access Grafana Metrics Drilldown via a dashboard:
1. Navigate to your dashboard.
1. Select a time series panel.
1. Click the panel menu in the upper right and select **Explore Metrics**. If there are multiple metrics, click on the one you want to explore.
1. You will see a slide out drawer with the Metrics Experience, starting with the drill down. You can access the standalone experience by clicking **Open** in the upper right.
1. Click the panel menu in the upper right and select **Metrics Drilldown**. If there are multiple metrics, click on the one you want to explore.
1. You see a slide out drawer with the Metrics Experience, starting with the drill down. You can access the standalone experience by clicking **Open** in the upper right.