docs-v2/content/v2.0/UI/exploring-metrics.md

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Explore and visualize your data in the Data Explorer. The user interface allows you to move seamlessly between using the builder or templates and manually editing the query; when possible, the interface automatically populates the builder with the information from your raw query. Choose between visualization types for your query.

To open the Data Explorer, click the Explore icon in the navigation bar:

Explore data with Flux

Flux is InfluxData's new functional data scripting language designed for querying, analyzing, and acting on time series data. To learn more about Flux, see Getting started with Flux.

1. Click the Data Explorer icon in the sidebar.
2. Use the builder to select from your existing data and have the query automatically formatted for you. Alternatively, click Edit Query As Flux to manually edit the query. To switch back to the query builder, click Visual Query Builder.
3. Use the Functions pane to review the available Flux functions. Click on a function from the list to add it to your query.
4. Click Submit to run your query. You can then preview your graph in the above pane.

Visualize your query

To visualize your query:

• Select a visualization type from the dropdown menu in the upper-left. <>
• Select the Visualization tab at the bottom of the Data Explorer. For details about all of the available visualization options, see Visualization types.

Save your query as a dashboard cell or task

To save your query:

1. Click Save as in the upper right.
2. Click Dashboard Cell to add your query to a dashboard.
3. Click Task to save your query as a task.