PRO TIP - Find the DQL query for metrics/tiles on prepopulated dashboards/charts.

[ChadTurner]

Credit where Credit is due, this Pro Tip was showcased to me by @Fin_Ubels.

If you are looking to build DQL statements for things such as Forecasting, Seasonal/adaptive baselining, an a metric already exists on a ready-made dashboard or any metric, you can uncover the query via Network Tools. 

Here in the playground, I can access a host and see the tiles for the performance of the host. Yes, I could use a Metric Query to pull CPU, but it is also a great example to showcase this pro tip. 

As I open Developer tools, and access the network tab, then search for the "query:ex" and I can then see all the queries triggered on the page. Which will allow me to extract the DQL to use in as I see fit.

Huge shout out to @Fin_Ubels for sharing this Pro Tip with me and now the rest of the community! 👍

[Kenny_Gillette]

Great tip.  Saving this pro tip!

[p_devulapalli]

@ChadTurner Good to know 👍

[Fin_Ubels]

To take it a step further, as the new platform is (I believe) almost entirely built on the new platform APIs, you can also see examples for many of the other APIs the same way. Other potentially useful ones to snoop on could be the document API which is used for storing many different things, most notably dashboards and notebooks. 

But great to see you're able to see the value in this! I've been using it for ages to take queries that aren't exposed with the "open with" feature.