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Querying Data

groundcover provides multiple ways to query and analyze your observability data.

Primary Methods

Data Explorer (UI Mode)

The Data Explorer offers a visual interface for building queries without writing code.

It supports multiple data sources and lets you query your metrics using either the MetricsQL Builder or the groundcover Query Language Builder.

Learn More: Explore & Monitors Query Builder

You can switch between UI Mode and Code Mode at any time in the Explore and Monitors sections.

Native Pages (Logs/Traces/Events)

groundcover’s native pages use the same filtering syntax as the Data Explorer and Code Mode. Learn more here.

API

groundcover’s API uses the same query interface as the Data Explorer. It supports both groundcover Query Language and MetricsQL queries.

Logs/Traces/Events Query Bar Code Mode

The Query Bar, used across the Data Explorer, Dashboards, and Monitor Wizard, lets users switch between Builder and Code modes.

For Logs/Traces/Events it uses the groundcover Query Language, designed for full control over your data.

It's perfect for:

  • Complex filtering with boolean logic

  • Statistical aggregations and percentiles

  • Joining data across multiple queries

  • Advanced transformations and formatting

  • Building precise monitors and dashboards

Get Started:

Quick Example:

level:error namespace:production | stats by (workload) count() errors | sort by (errors desc) | limit 10

Top 10 workloads with errors in production

Legacy Methods (Grafana)

groundcover includes embedded Grafana for users who prefer Grafana's query interfaces. These methods are still fully supported.

Query via Grafana

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