Grafana and Amazon CloudWatch have collaborated to enhance operational issue detection through the integration of Metrics Insights, a new SQL-based query engine designed for analyzing operational metrics in real-time. Metrics Insights allows users to discern trends and patterns across vast datasets, offering enhanced visibility into infrastructure and application performance. This feature is now incorporated into Grafana 8.3, expanding its analytics capabilities with flexible querying and on-the-fly metric aggregations. The integration also supports Grafana Alerting, introduced in Grafana 8.0, to facilitate prompt identification of infrastructure issues. Users can leverage standard SQL queries to group and sort metrics, and the visual query builder simplifies the process for those less familiar with SQL. Additionally, Grafana template variables enhance dashboard interactivity by allowing dynamic data display adjustments. Metrics Insights is accessible via the Amazon CloudWatch plugin in Grafana, requiring no additional configuration for users already set up with CloudWatch data sources. To assist users further, CloudWatch and Grafana documentation provide detailed guidance on utilizing these new capabilities.