Wrap-up on Grafana Labs

Course wrap-up

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Course wrap-up

What you learned in Module 1: Metrics Drilldown

How Metrics Drilldown organizes data by labels
The exploration workflow for investigating metrics
Pattern detection in time series visualizations
Adding metric findings to dashboards

What you learned in Module 2: Logs Drilldown

How Logs Drilldown organizes data with labels and fields
The log investigation workflow
Pattern recognition for errors and anomalies
Adding log visualizations to dashboards

What’s next: Level 2 application observability

This course covered Level 1 infrastructure signals (metrics and logs). The Level 2 course will cover application-level signals that require instrumentation:

Grafana Traces Drilldown for investigating distributed request flows and latency
Grafana Profiles Drilldown for continuous profiling data
Cross-signal correlation workflows connecting all four telemetry types

In this final module, you’ll:

See where the Drilldown apps fit in the observability hierarchy
Remember when to use visual exploration
Find documentation and next steps

Estimated time: 5 minutes

Your progress

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You’ve built Level 1 infrastructure observability capabilities

You can now answer key infrastructure questions

What’s happening with my systems? (Metrics)
What errors and patterns exist in my infrastructure? (Logs)

Skills you gained

Queryless exploration for metrics and logs
Visual pattern detection and anomaly spotting
Dashboard integration for permanent monitoring
Self-service investigation for your team

Continue building your foundation

Level 1 infrastructure (this course):

Metrics Drilldown for infrastructure metrics
Logs Drilldown for log analysis

Level 2 application observability (next course):

Traces Drilldown for distributed request flows and latency
Profiles Drilldown for continuous profiling data
Cross-signal correlation workflows

Introduction to integrations Introduction to data sources Cloud Provider Observability

Key takeaways

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Course summary

What you learned:

Drilldown apps provide queryless exploration for Prometheus-compatible metrics and Loki logs
The exploration workflow is consistent:
- Navigate to data
- Filter by labels and metadata
- Visualize automatically
- Add findings to dashboards
Key capabilities of each tool:
- Metrics Drilldown: Browse time series, filter by labels, spot patterns
- Logs Drilldown: Search text, filter by fields, identify errors
When to use the Drilldown apps:
- Quick investigation during incidents
- Learning unfamiliar systems
- Ad-hoc analysis and verification
- Self-service troubleshooting for the team

The one thing to remember:

Visual exploration removes query language barriers: anyone can investigate infrastructure issues, not just query experts.

What’s next:

The Level 2 course covers Traces Drilldown and Profiles Drilldown for application-level observability, using the same exploration patterns.

Wrap-up on Grafana Labs

Course wrap-up

Course wrap-up

Your progress

You’ve built Level 1 infrastructure observability capabilities

You can now answer key infrastructure questions

Skills you gained

Continue building your foundation

Key takeaways

Course summary

Resources

Documentation

Community

Thank you

Thank you for completing this course!

Happy exploring!

Wrap-up on Grafana Labs

Course wrap-up

Course wrap-up

Your progress

You’ve built Level 1 infrastructure observability capabilities

You can now answer key infrastructure questions

Skills you gained

Continue building your foundation

Related courses

Key takeaways

Course summary

Resources

Documentation

Related learning paths

Community

Thank you

Thank you for completing this course!

Happy exploring!