While Datadog provides a lot of standard metrics, you might need some that are unique to your application. Whether that’s the number of checkouts, a sensor network, or any other data, you can use DogStatsD to instrument your code. DogStatsD is a library and service for creating and sending custom metrics in Datadog. Custom metrics are any metric not provided by Datadog or an integration. They can be used for business insights unique to your organization.In this workshop you'll learn how to set up DogStatsD, create custom metrics, and view those metrics in Datadog. By the end, you’ll be ready to add custom metrics to your own applications to monitor anything you need.