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Classic vs Native Histograms: A Complete Guide

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How to import

In Datadog: Dashboards → New Dashboard → ⚙ Configure → Import dashboard JSON → paste this JSON.

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An educational reference showing how classic and native Prometheus histograms work, how to query each, and how to migrate between them. Live examples use demo_api_request_duration_seconds from the promlabs demo environment.

Conversion quality

Good 83

Share of panels whose queries were translated without loss. Partial and unsupported panels keep the original PromQL in a note widget.

  • Native24
  • OpenMetrics3
  • Partial4
  • Unsupported4

Metrics without a native Datadog mapping

These metric names were kept in OpenMetrics naming. Adjust them if you collect with a native Datadog integration.

demo_api_request_duration_seconds_bucket ×7demo_api_request_duration_seconds_count ×4prometheus_tsdb_head_samples_appended_total

Unsupported panels

  • Classic — Billable Series (Actual) stat
  • Native — Equivalent Series Count stat
  • Cardinality Multiplier (Classic ÷ Native) stat
  • Classic Series Breakdown Over Time timeseries

Revisions

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