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title: Exploring metrics
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description:
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name: Exploring metrics
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weight: 1
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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](/chronograf/latest/guides/visualization-types/) for your query.
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To open the **Data Explorer**, click the **Explore** icon in the navigation bar:
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<img src="/img/chronograf/v1.7/data-explorer-icon.png" style="width:100%; max-width:400px; margin:2em 0; display: block;">
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## Explore data with Flux
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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](/flux/v0.7/introduction/getting-started).
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1. Click the **Data Explorer** icon in the sidebar.
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2. Use the builder to select from your existing data and have the query automatically formatted for you.
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Alternatively, click **Edit Query As Flux** to manually edit the query. To switch back to the query builder, click **Visual Query Builder**.
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3. Use the **Functions** pane to review the available Flux functions. Click on a function from the list to add it to your query.
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4. Click **Submit** to run your query. You can then preview your graph in the above pane.
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## Visualize your query
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**To visualize your query**:
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* Select a visualization type from the dropdown menu in the upper-left.
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<<SCREENSHOT>>
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* Select the **Visualization** tab at the bottom of the **Data Explorer**. For details about all of the available visualization options, see [Visualization types](/chronograf/latest/guides/visualization-types/).
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## Save your query as a dashboard cell or task
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**To save your query**:
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1. Click **Save as** in the upper right.
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2. Click **Dashboard Cell** to add your query to a dashboard.
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3. Click **Task** to save your query as a task.
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