What are the Grafana Drilldown apps?
Grafana Drilldown apps are queryless interfaces that let you visually investigate metrics, logs, profiles, and traces.
By using the Drilldown apps, there’s no need for query languages. You point, click, and filter, and the interface shows you what’s available at each step.
You can:
- Start looking at your data immediately, no query to write first
- Discover what labels and fields exist in your data
- Spot anomalies, then pivot from a metric to the logs behind it
This journey covers Metrics Drilldown and Logs Drilldown.
What you can do
- Navigate data hierarchies using labels and fields
- Filter by metadata without query syntax
- Visualize time series and log patterns automatically
- Act on findings: add to a dashboard, create an alert, or open in Explore
When to use Drilldown compared to other tools
The Drilldown apps are for interactive, queryless investigation. They don’t replace Explore, which is Grafana’s place to query and analyze your data directly with a query language like PromQL or LogQL, without building a dashboard. Start in a Drilldown app for quick discovery, then open your view in Explore when you need a custom query.
For other tasks, reach for these tools: