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title: "Explore | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Explore Use Explore to query, collect, and analyze data for detailed real-time data analysis. Overview Explore is your starting point for querying, analyzing, and aggregating data in Grafana. You can quickly begin creating queries to start analyzing data without having to create a dashboard or customize a visualization."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Explore

Use Explore to query, collect, and analyze data for detailed real-time data analysis.

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## Overview

Explore is your starting point for querying, analyzing, and aggregating data in Grafana. You can quickly begin creating queries to start analyzing data without having to create a dashboard or customize a visualization.

To try Explore with sample data, open it on Grafana Play:

Give it a try using Grafana Play

With Grafana Play, you can explore and see how it works, learning from practical examples to accelerate your development. This feature can be seen on [Explore](https://play.grafana.org/explore).

[Try it](https://play.grafana.org/explore)

## Explore

[Get started with Explore  
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Get started using Explore to create queries and do real-time analysis on your data.](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/visualizations/explore/get-started-with-explore/)

[Query management  
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Learn how to manage queries in Explore.](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/visualizations/explore/query-management/)

[Query inspector in Explore  
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Learn how to use the Query inspector to troubleshoot issues with your queries.](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/visualizations/explore/explore-inspector/)

[Logs in Explore  
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Learn about working with logs and log data in Explore.](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/visualizations/explore/logs-integration/)

[Traces in Explore  
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Learn about working with traces and tracing data in Explore.](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/visualizations/explore/trace-integration/)

[Correlations editor in Explore  
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Learn how to create and use Correlations.](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/visualizations/explore/correlations-editor-in-explore/)