While Datadog provides many standard metrics, you might need some that are unique to your application. Custom metrics are any metric not provided by Datadog or an integration that can be used for business insights unique to your organization, such as the number of checkouts, a sensor network, or any other data. To create and send custom metrics, you can instrument your code with DogStatsD, a library and service bundled with the Datadog Agent..
In this workshop, you'll learn how to set up DogStatsD, create custom metrics, and view those metrics in Datadog. By the end, you’ll be ready to add custom metrics to your own applications to monitor anything you need.