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title: "Get started with Grafana Metrics Drilldown | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Learn how to open Grafana Metrics Drilldown from the Grafana navigation menu or from a dashboard panel so you can start exploring Prometheus-compatible metrics."
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# Get started with Grafana Metrics Drilldown

Use Grafana Metrics Drilldown to explore your metrics without writing a PromQL query. You can access Grafana Metrics Drilldown in Grafana Cloud or in self-managed Grafana.

## Before you begin

The Metrics Drilldown app is installed in both Grafana Cloud and self-managed Grafana by default. Make sure you have the following prerequisites for your environment:

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| Requirement | Grafana Cloud                                          | Self-managed Grafana (OSS / Enterprise)                                                                                             |
|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Grafana     | A Grafana Cloud account with a Grafana stack           | Your own Grafana instance running version 11.6 or later                                                                             |
| Data source | A configured Prometheus-compatible metrics data source | A configured Prometheus-compatible metrics data source, with the scrape interval set to match your metrics system’s scrape interval |

## Access Metrics Drilldown

Access Metrics Drilldown either through the main page in Grafana or through a dashboard.

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| From the Grafana main page                                 | From a dashboard                                                           |
|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1\. From the Grafana left-side menu, select **Drilldown**. | 1\. Navigate to your dashboard in Grafana.                                 |
| 2\. From the list of Drilldown apps, select **Metrics**.   | 2\. Select a time series panel.                                            |
|                                                            | 3\. Open the panel menu, and select **Open in Grafana Metrics Drilldown**. |

> Note
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> In some Grafana versions, the dashboard menu action appears under **Metrics drilldown**.

## Use metrics with other telemetry data

If you also have other telemetry data, like logs or traces, you can use the telemetry signals together.

- Refer to [Use signals together](/docs/grafana-cloud/telemetry-signals/use-signals-together/) to learn about using metrics with other telemetry data and why correlation matters.
- Refer to [Telemetry signal workflows](/docs/grafana-cloud/telemetry-signals/workflows/) to explore workflows across all the Drilldown apps.

## Next steps

Now you’re ready to drill down into your metric data. For more information, refer to [Drill down your metrics](/docs/grafana-cloud/visualizations/simplified-exploration/metrics/drill-down-metrics/).