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title: "Why the Drilldown apps matter | Grafana Labs"
description: "The value of visual exploration versus writing queries"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## Query expertise shouldn’t block investigation

| Approach           | What’s required                                 | Who can use it                          |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| **Query editor**   | Understand query concepts and structure queries | Engineers familiar with the query model |
| **Drilldown apps** | Point, click, investigate                       | Anyone                                  |

## Benefits of visual exploration

- No query model knowledge required
- See available labels and values immediately
- No need to think in terms of query construction
- Interface shows what’s possible
- Engineers at any level can investigate issues