Recorded Queries will record multiple metrics, identified by labels, if the input data is numeric dataplane data.
Numeric dataplane data comes:
- directly from a datasource, prometheus instant queries are an example
- Server Side Expressions Reduce operation results (which can takes various forms of time series data as input)
Recorded Query is created directly on datasource which has dataplane numeric data.
The second query in the screenshot is query the recorded query results. The labels/dimensions from the result are added to created metric.
This one has the RQ created on expression. The input data is not dataplane data, but SSE turns it into DP numeric data, and then RQ multiple items is supported: