I06 Build Datadog Dashboards That Actually Help During Outages (Complete Guide)

🚨 How to Build Powerful Datadog Dashboards (Step-by-Step Tutorial) 📊

Building a basic Datadog dashboard is simple—but crafting one that provides genuine value during an incident requires skill. In this comprehensive tutorial, you'll learn essential best practices for creating effective Datadog dashboards that offer actionable insights at a glance.

Key topics covered:

Defining what makes an effective Datadog dashboard
Leveraging Service-Level Objectives (SLOs), APM metrics, infrastructure insights, and clear visualizations
Step-by-step instructions to create your first dashboard and add widgets (time series, graphs, pie charts)
Utilizing advanced Datadog features like template variables, color coding, and widget groups for clarity
Using markdown-supported notes to add context and structure to your dashboards
Employing visual cues (thresholds, historical comparisons, anomaly detection) for faster troubleshooting and monitoring

This video is perfect for DevOps engineers, SREs, and developers who want to maximize their use of Datadog, ensuring dashboards provide immediate clarity, particularly during critical situations.

🎬 Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction & importance of good dashboards
0:33 - Defining effective dashboard criteria
1:18 - Building your first dashboard
4:00 - Structuring your dashboard clearly
7:55 - Adding notes and metadata
10:00 - Using template variables for flexibility
16:30 - Enhancing visibility with color coding and visual cues
17:31 - Advanced visualization techniques

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