Metrics Queries

This guide has information about Sumo Logic metrics query operators and how to run metrics queries.

In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:

📄️ Metrics Explorer

Learn how to use the Metrics Explorer to query your metrics.

📄️ Map Charts

A map chart visualizes metric query results by geographic location.

📄️ Heat Maps

A heat map chart visualizes the count of data points returned by a metrics query within specified value ranges over time intervals of a specified duration.

📄️ Funnel Chart

A funnel chart visualizes the status of a process with sequential steps.

📄️ Metric Query Autocomplete

The Metrics Explorer provides an autocomplete dropdown dialog that offers suggestions to make query writing easier.

📄️ Using Comments in Queries

In the Metrics Explorer, in Advanced Mode you can add comments to a metrics query and comment out portions of the query by using comment formatting.

📄️ Metric Aggregation Tips

When you run a metrics query that returns high cardinality results, the Metrics Explorer displays a tip for how to use an aggregation clause to produce more readable results. An aggregation tip is displayed for a query based on the cardinality of the query. It is presented when a query’s cardinality exceeds these thresholds:

📄️ Error Messages

Explanation of warning and error messages from Sumo Logic Metric Query, and .

📄️ Share a Metric Query

Share a saved or unsaved metric query.

📄️ Metrics - Classic (Legacy)

See information about the Classic metrics UI.