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Introducing Boolean-filtered metric queries

What's this blog post about?

The text discusses the use of Boolean logic to define and redefine scopes for aggregating data across multiple overlapping dimensions, making it easier to understand and troubleshoot health and performance issues. It explains how Boolean-filtered metric queries can be used in Datadog dashboard widgets and notebooks to scope metrics within complex environments. The text also provides examples of using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) and the IN operator to create more powerful metric queries for specific scopes. Additionally, it highlights how engineering managers can use these queries to get on-the-fly answers about teams within their organization, improving leadership decisions in microservices-based architectures.

Company
Datadog

Date published
Sept. 16, 2020

Author(s)
Paul Gottschling, Miranda Kapin, Kathy Lin

Word count
613

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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