Related Assets on Tags Feature Update (#30854)

* added new billing calculations

* Update summary.md

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Co-authored-by: Heston Hoffman <[email protected]>

Author: ouracheal

content/en/metrics/guide/custom_metrics_governance.md

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Reduce your indexed custom metrics volumes on any metric name by setting a tag c
 {{< img src="metrics/volume/reduce_metric_vol_cost_tags_03142025.png" alt="Example using Metrics Volume Management and Metrics without Limits™ to reduce volume by limiting the allowlist through tag configuration" style="width:80%;" >}}
 
 With Metrics without Limits™, Datadog automatically provides the following:
-- Up to date recommended tag configurations (based on our intelligent query insights) to help you maximize the ROI and value you get from your observability spend.
+- Up to date recommended tag configurations based on actively queried tags and tags used on assets (powered by our intelligent query insights) to help you maximize the ROI and value you get from your observability spend.
 - Intelligent query insights that continuously compute and analyze all users' interactions (both in-app and through the API) on any metrics submitted to Datadog so that your recommended tag configurations are always relevant.
 - Ability to roll back changes at any time to get full visibility into all your originally submitted data.
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ You can also reduce costs, without unintended side effects, by using the [Relate
 
 #### Identify all unqueried and unused metrics
 
-Use the [Related Assets facet][16] to gain visibility into the metrics that are unused in Datadog, which can help you reduce costs without accidentally breaking any assets. This facet lets you see which metrics are used on your dashboards, notebooks, monitors, and SLOs, allowing you to make informed decisions about your metric configurations. 
+Use the [Related Assets facet][16] to gain visibility into the metrics that are unused in Datadog, which can help you reduce costs without accidentally breaking any assets. This facet lets you see which metrics are used on your dashboards, notebooks, monitors, and SLOs, allowing you to make informed decisions about your metric configurations.
 
 Identify your organization's entire list of unqueried and unused metrics:
 
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ Based on Datadog's intelligent query insights across thousands of custom metrics
 
 Even though a metric is not queried for the past 30, 60, or 90 days, your teams might still derive value from it for incident management and outage remediation. Conversely, your teams could be underutilizing existing, actively queried metrics. So understanding the relative utility of your metrics is the next recommended step in your governance workflow. 
 
-Datadog's Metrics without Limits™ is a suite of features that also provide you with OOTB insights to assess the value of your actively queried metrics with the [Metrics Related Assets][15] side panel. A metrics related asset refers to any Datadog asset, such as a dashboard, notebook, monitor, or SLO that queries a particular metric. Use related asset popularity and quantity to evaluate metric utility within your organization, enabling data-driven decisions. Gain a better understanding of how your team can use existing metrics to get more value from your observability spend. 
+Datadog's Metrics without Limits™ is a suite of features that also provide you with OOTB insights to assess the value of your actively queried metrics with the [Metrics Related Assets][15] side panel. A metrics related asset refers to any Datadog asset, such as a dashboard, notebook, monitor, or SLO that queries a particular metric. Use the **Tags** column to identify which specific tags are used on assets, ensuring your retain visibility when optimizing with Metrics without Limits™. Use related asset popularity and quantity to evaluate metric utility within your organization, enabling data-driven decisions. Gain a better understanding of how your team can use existing metrics to get more value from your observability spend. 
 
-{{< img src="metrics/related_assets_2025-01-27.png" alt="Metric detail side panel showing the Related Assets section. The example metric is applied to three dashboards" style="width:100%;" >}}
+{{< img src="metrics/related_assets_2025-07-31.png" alt="Metric detail side panel showing the Related Assets section. The example metric is applied to three dashboards" style="width:100%;" >}}
 
 To view a metric's related assets:
 1. Click on the metric name to open its details side panel.

content/en/metrics/metrics-without-limits.md

@@ -31,11 +31,14 @@ This page identifies key components of Metrics without Limits™ that can help y
 2. Click **Manage Tags**, then **Include tags** to configure the tags you'd like to remain as queryable in dashboards, notebooks, monitors, and other Datadog products.
 3. Define your allowlist of tags. 
 By default, the tag configuration modal pre-populates with a Datadog recommended allowlist of tags that have been actively queried on dashboards, notebooks, monitors, or through the API in the past 30 days. Recommended tags are distinguished with a line graph icon. 
+   a.Additionally, include tags that are used on assets (dashboards, monitors, notebooks, and SLOs). These tags are used on assets but not actively queried and are marked with a target icon. Adding these ensures you don't lose visibility on your critical assets. 
 4. Review the *Estimated New Volume* of indexed custom metrics that results from this potential tag configuration.
 5. Click **Save**.
 
 {{< img src="metrics/mwl_example_include_tags-compressed_03182025.mp4" alt="Configuration of Tags with Allowlist" video=true style="width:100%" >}}
 
+{{< img src="metrics/tags_used_assets.png" alt="Showing customers they can add tags used on assets on their MWL configuration" style="width:100%" >}}
+
 You can [create][2], [edit][3], [delete][4], and [estimate the impact][5] of your tag configuration through the Metrics APIs.
 
 #### Blocklist of tags 

content/en/metrics/summary.md

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ To determine the value of any metric name to your organization, use Metrics Rela
 
 1. Scroll to the bottom of the metric's details side panel to the **Related Assets** section.
 2. Click the dropdown button to view the type of related asset you are interested in (dashboards, monitors, notebooks, SLOs). You can additionally use the search bar to validate specific assets.
+3. The **Related Tags** column shows exactly which tags are used in each asset.
 
 ## Custom Metrics Tags Cardinality Explorer 
 

content/en/metrics/volume.md

@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ In this example, the tag configuration modal shows a metric with a current volum
 {{< img src="metrics/volume/reduce_metric_vol_cost_tags_05292025.png" alt="Tag configuration modal showing an example metric with a current volume of 7,139 index metrics and an estimated new volume of 3, with an allowlist of suggested tags" style="width:80%;" >}}
 
 ## Analyze metrics' utility and relative value in Datadog
-Metrics without Limits™ allows you to find metrics that are underused in Datadog with the Metrics Related Assets feature. A metrics related asset refers to any dashboard, notebook, monitor, or SLO that queries a particular metric. Datadog's intelligent query insights surface the popularity and quantity of these related assets so you can evaluate metric utility within your organization. Use this information to make data-driven decisions. Identify how your team can use existing metrics to get more value from your observability spend and reduce metric volume and cost.
+Metrics without Limits™ allows you to find metrics that are underused in Datadog with the Metrics Related Assets feature. A metrics related asset refers to any dashboard, notebook, monitor, or SLO that queries a particular metric. Datadog's intelligent query insights surface the popularity and quantity of these related assets so you can evaluate metric utility within your organization. The **Tags** column shows exactly which tags are powering each asset, helping you preserve critical visibility while making data-driven decisions when configuring your metrics.
 
-{{< img src="metrics/related_assets_2025-01-27.png" alt="Metric detail side panel showing the Related Assets section. The example metric is applied to three dashboards" style="width:100%;" >}}
+{{< img src="metrics/related_assets_2025-07-31.png" alt="Metric detail side panel showing the Related Assets section. The example metric is applied to three dashboards" style="width:100%;" >}}
 
 To view a metric's related assets:
 1. Click on the metric name to open its details side panel.