Explorer
Explorer runs several queries at once, each with its own signal. A logs query can sit beside the metric that raised the question, and comparing two expressions no longer costs you the first one.
Open Insights → Explorer.
Choose whose data, then which signal
Two controls, in that order:
- Tenant. Which tenant's telemetry you are querying.
- Signal. Metrics, Logs or Traces.
Picking "Payments" and then "Traces" beats hunting for a data source row called "Traces - Payments".
Add query rows
Each row is a query with its own editor and its own data source. Per row you can:
| Action | Use |
|---|---|
Rename refId | Give the row a name you can refer to |
| Duplicate | Copy a working expression and edit the copy |
| Hide | Keep a row without running it |
| Collapse | Get a long expression out of the way |
| Drag | Reorder rows |
| Remove | Delete the row |
Hide rather than delete while you are narrowing something down. A hidden row keeps its expression and stays out of the results.
Run and share
Run executes every visible row. The whole query state is in the URL, so a link reproduces the rows, the time range and the results.
Where to go next
Explorer is for the question you have not shaped yet. Once you know what you are looking at:
- Add to dashboard to keep the panel.
- Create alert to be told next time. Metric and log queries only.
- Snapshot to hand the current screen to whoever is on the call.
For guided narrowing by label instead of a query you write, Metrics, Logs and Traces each have their own page.