Data Explorer
The Data Explorer is a powerful query builder for visualizing metrics, logs, and traces data. It serves as both an exploration tool and the panel editor for dashboards.
Overview
The Data Explorer lets you build queries against your observability data, visualize the results, and optionally save them as dashboard panels.
Query Builder
Data Source
Select the data source for your query:
- Logs — Query log data
- Metrics — Query time-series metrics
- Traces — Query distributed trace data
Query Configuration
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Filter | Filter by status, protocol, resource, and more using the filter bar. Use @ to search for attributes. |
| Aggregations | Aggregation function to apply (e.g., count(*), avg(), sum(), max(), min(), p50(), p90(), p95(), p99()) |
| Group By | Group results by attributes (start with @ to search) |
| Sort By | Sort results by value or time |
| Sort Order | ASC or DESC |
| Limit | Maximum number of results |
| Label Type | Auto-generated or custom labels |
Multiple Queries
Click Add Query to add additional queries to the same panel. Each query is labeled (A, B, C, etc.).
Formulas
Click Add Formula to create computed metrics from your queries (e.g., error rate = query B / query A).
Visualization Options
Panel Type
Select the chart type from the right panel:
- Time Series — Line/area charts for trends over time
Panel Options
- Name — Panel display name
- Description — Optional description
Standard Options
- Unit — Auto, bytes, percentage, duration, etc.
- Color Palette — Default or custom color scheme
Legend Options
- Visibility — Show/hide the legend
- Placement — Bottom or Right
Graph Styles
- Line Width — Thickness of chart lines
- Fill Opacity — Fill transparency for area charts
Step Control
Configure the Step interval for data aggregation (e.g., Auto, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes).
Actions
- Run — Execute the query and render the visualization
- Create New Dashboard — Save the current query as a new dashboard panel