[DOCS] Add custom metrics documentation for Database Monitoring#35923
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- Add database_monitoring/custom_metrics/_index.md: explains custom_queries config for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server with shared reference table and per-database examples using tabs - Add database_monitoring/custom_metrics/exploring_custom_metrics.md: covers the Custom Metrics section in the instance detail page UI, including column types, collection interval, and the View SQL query button - Add Collecting Custom Metrics to sidebar nav (weight 11, under Connecting DBM and Traces) - Add link to custom metrics section from DBM landing page Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thank you for the PR! A couple of notes and edits for your consideration and review here, will re-review once ready.
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…_metrics.md Co-authored-by: jeff-morgan-dd <jeff.morgan@datadoghq.com>
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…_metrics.md Co-authored-by: jeff-morgan-dd <jeff.morgan@datadoghq.com>
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…_metrics.md Co-authored-by: jeff-morgan-dd <jeff.morgan@datadoghq.com>
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LGTM, thank you for the updates!
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Adds a new
database_monitoring/custom_metrics/section with two pages:Collecting Custom Metrics (
_index.md)custom_queriesconfiguration option for the PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server integrationsmetric_prefix,query,columns, andtagsoptionscustom_queriesand thecustom_metricsperformance counter approachintegrations/Exploring Custom Metrics (
exploring_custom_metrics.md)Navigation and landing page
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