Getting Started with DDSQL Editor

Abstract

DDSQL Editor lets you write DDSQL queries against Datadog telemetry (hosts, spans, logs, metrics, and much more. This course teaches you how to explore available tables and functions, write and refine queries, use natural language to generate DDSQL, and build multi-source views using query templates.

You'll work through a realistic scenario: a pre-holiday infrastructure audit for Storedog, an online retail application. You'll identify services throwing errors, check CPU utilization, use natural language to speed up query writing, combine metrics, logs, and spans in a single template-based query, and export your findings to dashboards and notebooks.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Navigate the DDSQL Editor interface and Data Explorer to identify available tables and functions
Construct DDSQL queries to filter and aggregate telemetry data
Query metrics, logs, and traces with DDSQL functions
Generate and evaluate DDSQL queries from natural language prompts
Combine data from multiple sources in a single query
Export query results to dashboards and notebooks

Primary Audience

This course is designed for:

SQL power users and database administrators comfortable with SQL who want to query Datadog telemetry directly
DevOps engineers and SREs who need to query and correlate observability data across metrics, logs, and traces
Datadog administrators building audit workflows and reusable queries for their teams
Product, business, security, and operations analysts running ad-hoc investigations and exporting findings

Prerequisites

Required:

Basic familiarity with Datadog (navigating the UI, understanding core concepts)
Basic SQL knowledge (SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, LIMIT, JOINs, CTEs)

Recommended:

Core Skills learning path or similar experience

Technical Requirements

In order to complete the course, you will need:

Google Chrome or Firefox
Third-party cookies must be enabled to access labs

Course Navigation

At the bottom of each lesson, click MARK LESSON COMPLETE AND CONTINUE button so that you are marked complete for each lesson and can receive the certificate at the end of the course.

Course Enrollment Period

Please note that your enrollment in this course ends after 30 days. You can re-enroll at any time and pick up where you left off.

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