From acd4cc7c1f16dfbba841b15e91ee4038e62a0f7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anatoli Iariomenco <33262478+qlikcoe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 15:33:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Refactor latency metrics in Redpanda overview dashboard

Updated formulas and queries for latency metrics in the overview dashboard for Redpanda.
---
 redpanda/assets/dashboards/overview.json | 28 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/redpanda/assets/dashboards/overview.json b/redpanda/assets/dashboards/overview.json
index 47ccb61783..5be81fa9ae 100644
--- a/redpanda/assets/dashboards/overview.json
+++ b/redpanda/assets/dashboards/overview.json
@@ -392,30 +392,30 @@
                   "formulas": [
                     {
                       "alias": "P99",
-                      "formula": "query1"
+                      "formula": "percentile(query1, 'p99', { * })"
                     },
                     {
                       "alias": "P95",
-                      "formula": "query2"
+                      "formula": "percentile(query2, 'p95', { * })"
                     },
                     {
                       "alias": "Median",
-                      "formula": "query3"
+                      "formula": "percentile(query3, 'p50', { * })"
                     }
                   ],
                   "queries": [
                     {
-                      "query": "p99:redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:produce,$topic,$host}",
+                      "query": "redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:produce,$topic,$host}",
                       "data_source": "metrics",
                       "name": "query1"
                     },
                     {
-                      "query": "p95:redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:produce,$topic,$host}",
+                      "query": "redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:produce,$topic,$host}",
                       "data_source": "metrics",
                       "name": "query2"
                     },
                     {
-                      "query": "p50:redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:produce,$topic,$host}",
+                      "query": "redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:produce,$topic,$host}",
                       "data_source": "metrics",
                       "name": "query3"
                     }
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
           {
             "id": 4695664312322756,
             "definition": {
-              "title": "Produce Latency (ms)",
+              "title": "Consume Latency (ms)",
               "title_size": "16",
               "title_align": "left",
               "show_legend": true,
@@ -466,30 +466,30 @@
                   "formulas": [
                     {
                       "alias": "P99",
-                      "formula": "query1"
+                      "formula": "percentile(query1, 'p99', { * })"
                     },
                     {
                       "alias": "P95",
-                      "formula": "query2"
+                      "formula": "percentile(query2, 'p95', { * })"
                     },
                     {
                       "alias": "Median",
-                      "formula": "query3"
+                      "formula": "percentile(query3, 'p50', { * })"
                     }
                   ],
                   "queries": [
                     {
-                      "query": "p99:redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:consume,$topic}",
+                      "query": "redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:consume,$topic}",
                       "data_source": "metrics",
                       "name": "query1"
                     },
                     {
-                      "query": "p95:redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:consume,$topic}",
+                      "query": "redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:consume,$topic}",
                       "data_source": "metrics",
                       "name": "query2"
                     },
                     {
-                      "query": "p50:redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:consume,$topic}",
+                      "query": "redpanda.kafka.request_latency_seconds{$server,redpanda_request:consume,$topic}",
                       "data_source": "metrics",
                       "name": "query3"
                     }
@@ -1312,4 +1312,4 @@
   "layout_type": "ordered",
   "notify_list": [],
   "reflow_type": "fixed"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}

From 939e42836bbc739d170614fbe3a938c29d05fd35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anatoli Iariomenco <33262478+qlikcoe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 16:41:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update conf.yaml.example

---
 redpanda/datadog_checks/redpanda/data/conf.yaml.example | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/redpanda/datadog_checks/redpanda/data/conf.yaml.example b/redpanda/datadog_checks/redpanda/data/conf.yaml.example
index 851b519075..045cdd1b44 100644
--- a/redpanda/datadog_checks/redpanda/data/conf.yaml.example
+++ b/redpanda/datadog_checks/redpanda/data/conf.yaml.example
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ instances:
     ## @param exclude_metrics - list of strings - optional
     ## A list of metrics to exclude, with each entry being either
     ## the exact metric name or a regular expression.
+    ##
     ## In order to exclude all metrics but the ones matching a specific filter,
     ## you can use a negative lookahead regex like:
     ##   - ^(?!foo).*$