I am working with creating metrics using Pushgateway+Prometheus. Question is that prometheus received metrics along with labels, In Prometheus query language we make use of many operators or inbuilt functions such as increase(), rate(), sort() . These are used in querying the data incoming . Now, i apply these functions and query my incoming data (metrics), can the results of my queries be stored somewhere and further sent to GRAFANA(or any where for that matter). Or these functions can just be used for querying and viewing results in prometheus interface only. Does prometheus have any kind of inbuilt support for my requirement?
Also, I suppose We can use Prometheus functions directly in Grafana and create queries in Grafana to meet the above requirement? Please correct me and provide insights.