Datadog Data Collection and Resolution

Find below a summary of Datadog data collection and resolution. See information on Data Retention Periods.

Product categorySourceCollection MethodsCollection intervalMinimum Resolution
APMProfilesDatadog Agent + tracing library60 seconds60 seconds
APMProfile metricsDatadog Agent + tracing library60 seconds60 seconds
APMServices/resources statistics and span summariesDatadog Agent + tracing library10 seconds10 seconds
APMIndexed spansDatadog Agent + tracing library10 seconds1 millisecond
APMTrace metrics (unsampled)Datadog Agent + tracing library10 seconds1 second
ASMSuspicious requestsDatadog Agent + tracing library10 seconds1 millisecond
Audit TrailDatadog audit eventsDatadog usage activityn/a1 second
CI VisibilityPipeline, Stage, Job, Step, Command spanWebhooks, Datadog Agent + pluginData source-dependent1 millisecond
CD VisibilityDeployment executionWebhooks, Datadog Agent + pluginData source-dependent1 millisecond
Code Security (SCA, SAST, IaC)GitHub AppSource coden/a - scans are performed on push to origin, not on a fixed intervaln/a
CloudAlibabaAPI crawler10 minutes (default)1 minute
CloudAWSAPI crawler10 minutes (default)1 minute
CloudAzureAPI crawler2 minutes (default)1 minute
CloudGoogle CloudAPI crawler5 minutes (default)1 minute
CloudOracle Cloud InfrastructureMetric collectorReal-time1 minute
Cloud Cost ManagementAWSCost and Usage Report1 hour1 day
Cloud Cost ManagementAzureCost Exports1 hour1 day
Cloud Cost ManagementGoogle CloudDetailed Usage Cost Export1 hour1 day
Cloud SIEMSecurity SignalsDatadog Cloud SIEMReal time1 millisecond
Cloud SecurityFindingsDatadog Cloud Security Misconfigurations15 minutes to 4 hours depending on resource type1 minute
Workload ProtectionSignalsDatadog Cloud Security ThreatsReal time1 millisecond
Database MonitoringQuery MetricsDatadog Agent + enabled integrations10 seconds1 second
Database MonitoringQuery SamplesDatadog Agent + enabled integrations1 minuten/a
DORA MetricsDeployments, FailuresAPI, Datadog productsData source-dependent1 millisecond
DORA MetricsDeployment Frequency, Change Lead Time, Change Failure Rate, Mean time to restoreAPI, Datadog productsData source-dependent1 millisecond
Error TrackingError TrackingDatadog productsData source-dependent1 millisecond
Incident ManagementIncident ManagementIncident datan/an/a
InfrastructureAgent integrationsDatadog Agent + enabled integrations15 seconds1 second
InfrastructureCustom metrics (Agent check)Datadog Agent + custom Agent check15 seconds1 second
InfrastructureCustom metrics (API)POST directly to Datadog’s APIReal time1 second
InfrastructureCustom metrics (StatsD)Datadog Agent (built-in statsD collector)15 seconds1 second
InfrastructureEventsDatadog Agent, integrations, or APIReal time1 second
InfrastructureOrchestrator Explorer (Kubernetes)Datadog Agent15 seconds15 seconds
InfrastructureLive containersDatadog Agent + enabled Docker integration10 seconds10 seconds
InfrastructureLive processesDatadog Agent10 seconds10 seconds
InfrastructureCloud Network MonitoringSystem Probe30 seconds1 minute
InfrastructureNetwork Device MonitoringDatadog Agent15 seconds1 second
InfrastructureNetFlow MonitoringDatadog AgentReal timeAggregated over 5-minute interval
InfrastructureSystem metricsDatadog Agent15 seconds1 second
LogsLogsDatadog Agent + Logs, third-party log collectors, or APIReal time1 millisecond
Real User MonitoringReal User MonitoringRUM SDKReal time1 millisecond
Real User MonitoringSession ReplaysRUM SDKReal time1 millisecond
Service ManagementWorkflow AutomationWorkflow executionsUser-definedn/a
Service ManagementService Level ObjectivesDatadog monitors, Datadog Synthetic monitoring, or metrics (infrastructure, APM trace, custom)Data source-dependentData source-dependent
Synthetic MonitoringAPI Test metricsDatadog Synthetic Monitoring applicationUser-defined1 minute
Synthetic MonitoringAPI Test resultsDatadog Synthetic Monitoring applicationUser-defined1 minute
Synthetic MonitoringBrowser Test metricsDatadog Synthetic Monitoring applicationUser-defined5 minutes
Synthetic MonitoringBrowser Test resultsDatadog Synthetic Monitoring applicationUser-defined5 minutes
Synthetic MonitoringBatchesDatadog Synthetic Monitoring application (through calls to the Synthetics trigger API endpoint or to the Synthetics CI CLI)Depending on calls to the Synthetics trigger API endpoint or to the Synthetics CI CLIn/a
Test OptimizationFlaky testTest Optimization Test spansData source-dependent1 millisecond
Test OptimizationTest spanDatadog Agent + tracing library60 seconds1 millisecond
USMRED metricsDatadog Agent30 seconds30 second

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