--- title: "Explore Datadog metrics with Natural Language Queries" url: https://daily.dev/posts/explore-datadog-metrics-with-natural-language-queries-s4qbeklxt source_url: https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/metrics-natural-language-queries type: article source: "Datadog" published: 2026-05-19T16:26:55.132Z updated: 2026-08-24T07:08:23.579Z tags: ["ai", "devops", "nlp", "observability"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Explore Datadog metrics with Natural Language Queries **[Datadog](https://daily.dev/sources/datadog)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Datadog has introduced Natural Language Queries (NLQ) for its Metrics Explorer, allowing users to explore metrics by typing plain-English questions instead of manually constructing query syntax. NLQ uses AI to translate requests like 'Show average CPU usage per host' into fully structured Datadog queries, applying the correct metric, filters, aggregations, and groupings automatically. The feature supports iterative refinement — users can follow up with phrases like 'Group by region' or 'Last 30 days instead' without rebuilding queries. NLQ is accessible from the Metrics Explorer, dashboards, notebook widgets, and Quick Graphs editor, and works with custom metrics that follow existing tagging conventions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How we cut our NLQ agent debugging time from hours to minutes with LLM Observability](https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-cut-our-nlq-agent-debugging-time-from-hours-to-minutes-with-llm-observability-rgwev4kqk) · Datadog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Use plain English to query your multi-cloud infrastructure in Resource Catalog](https://daily.dev/posts/use-plain-english-to-query-your-multi-cloud-infrastructure-in-resource-catalog-nsly3ywdy) · Datadog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Optimize Kubernetes workloads with Custom Query Scaling](https://daily.dev/posts/optimize-kubernetes-workloads-with-custom-query-scaling-zcorgyhmk) · Datadog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS Cost Explorer launches Natural Language Query capabilities powered by Amazon Q](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-cost-explorer-launches-natural-language-query-capabilities-powered-by-amazon-q-wnscn94il) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#nlp](https://daily.dev/tags/nlp), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/explore-datadog-metrics-with-natural-language-queries-s4qbeklxt)