Datadog syntax

Documentation

facets

https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/facets/#manage-facets

Example

sum:my_metric{*}.as_count()  # sum counts per-sample of `my_metric`
sum:my_metric{env:prod}      # `my_metric`, where tag `env=prod`

Basics

Entering Queries

There is both a JSON query (all-text), and a UI-aided query.

Notebooks:
  - New Notebook:
    - </>  # on the far right of the query, this toggles interactive "json-syntax" queries

Components

Queries have a term and an operator.

terms

facet:  @host, @url           # provided by the application, applies to all metrics
tag:    status, perform_time  # assigned to your specific metric when emitted

tags

Datatypes

Metrics are assigned datatypes

Filters

You can glob-match metrics.

jobs:*{*}   # jobs.* with no tag matchers

Tag-Search lets you conditionally match metrics by tag.

# ex. perform_time{(env:prod AND env:staging)}
# ex. perform_time{(env:prod AND -user:test)}

AND  # metric with both tags
OR   # metric with either tag
-    # (AND|OR) exclude results with another matcher

Exclude records by numerical operators, or ranges

# ex. foo.response_time:>100
# ex. foo.response_time:[100 TO 200]