Using Metrics Explorer

You can use Metrics Explorer to gain insights and examine data also accessible via Dashboards and Alerts.

To access Metrics Explorer:

  1. Log in to Sysdig Monitor as a Standard User or higher.

  2. Select Explore > Metrics Explorer.

Filter Infrastructure & Metrics

You can explore the infrastructure stack and get insight into the numerous metrics available to you at each level. To find these displays, select a top-level infrastructure object, then filter by scope for relevant infrastructure objects, or filter by metrics for desired metrics.

Sysdig Monitor displays only the metrics and dashboards that are relevant to the selected infrastructure object.

StepsPreview
On the Metrics Explorer tab, open the infrastructure filtering menu and select the infrastructure object you want to explore. (demo-kube-gke in the example)

Navigate to Filter metrics and search or select the desired metric. (memory_bytes in the example).

The metric will instantly be presented as a time chart. The scope of the metric, when viewed via the scope filtering menu, is set to the infrastructure object that you have currently selected.

Multiple queries can be added either via the Metric list of by clicking on Add Query.

Switch Groupings

To switch between available groupings follow the steps outlined below.

Step
On the Metrics Explorer tab, click the My Groupings drop-down menu, and select the desired grouping from the drop-down list

Learn More

To take the exploration further, you can:

  • Create an Alert that enables you to craft a Prometheus Alert based on one of the selected queries.
  • Create Dashboard Panel which lets you add the selected metrics to a new dashboard panel.