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Section 2 · Metrics Drilldown

Queryless browsing for Prometheus-compatible metrics

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What is Grafana Metrics Drilldown?

Grafana Metrics Drilldown is a queryless way to browse Prometheus-compatible metrics. You can find related metrics and look at them without writing PromQL.

From the Grafana menu, select Drilldown > Metrics. Choose a Prometheus or Prometheus-compatible data source.

How it works

Metrics Drilldown lets you segment metrics by their labels:

  • See the metrics in the selected data source
  • Filter with Add label (a label name, an operator, and a value), or type keywords in the metric search bar
  • See a visualization chosen for the metric type, such as a gauge or a counter, without setting that up yourself
  • Open Related metrics for other metrics with similar names, and Related logs for a count of log lines that match the metric