---
title: "Grafana Cloud updates: explore metrics without PromQL, native OpenTelemetry log support, cool panels, and more"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/grafana-cloud-updates-explore-metrics-without-promql-native-opentelemetry-log-support-cool-panels-qtwgc5a7o
source_url: https://grafana.com/blog/2024/04/16/grafana-cloud-updates-explore-metrics-without-promql-native-opentelemetry-log-support-cool-panels-and-more/
type: article
source: "Grafana Labs"
published: 2024-04-16T19:49:22.890Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["observability", "grafana", "prometheus"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Grafana Cloud updates: explore metrics without PromQL, native OpenTelemetry log support, cool panels, and more

**[Grafana Labs](https://daily.dev/sources/grafana)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Grafana Cloud has released new updates and features including the ability to explore Prometheus metrics without writing queries, improvements to the Canvas panel, and native OpenTelemetry log support. Other enhancements include color coding table rows, scenes-powered dashboards, and the ability to organize Grafana dashboards with subfolders. There are also improvements to managing Grafana at scale and new and improved Grafana Cloud solutions. It is important to note that AngularJS support in Grafana will be deprecated in the future.

## Full article

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