diff --git a/src/content/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/query-metric-data-type.mdx b/src/content/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/query-metric-data-type.mdx
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--- a/src/content/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/query-metric-data-type.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/query-metric-data-type.mdx
@@ -201,29 +201,51 @@ If used in a query, `myNeatProcess.%.duration` will return results for all three
There are [multiple types of `Metric` data](/docs/data-apis/understand-data/metric-data/metric-data-type/#metric-types) (for example, `gauge` and `count`) and each type has several associated **fields**. For details on the types of fields available, see [`getField()`](/docs/query-your-data/nrql-new-relic-query-language/get-started/nrql-syntax-clauses-functions/#func-getfield).
-You can use `getField()` to extract those fields. For example, if you want to use a single value within a metric to do a comparison in a `WHERE` clause, you can use `getField(metricName, field)` or `metricName[field]`.
+You can use `getField()` to extract those fields. For example, if you want to use a single value within a metric to do a comparison in a `WHERE` clause, you can use `getField(metricName, field)` or the shorthand syntax `metricName[field]`.
- This example query returns a list of gauge metrics:
+ The average value of a metric is computed as `total` over `count`, so the following query returns metric data where the result of the `average()` value function is greater than 2.
```
- FROM Metric SELECT uniques(metricName) WHERE %[type] = 'gauge'
+ FROM Metric
+ SELECT average(apm.service.transaction.duration)
+ WHERE appName = 'MyApp'
+ AND getField(apm.service.transaction.duration, total) / getField(apm.service.transaction.duration, count) > 2
```
-
+ Or, you can use the shorthand:
+
+ ```
+ FROM Metric
+ SELECT average(apm.service.transaction.duration)
+ WHERE appName = 'MyApp'
+ AND apm.service.transaction.duration[total] / apm.service.transaction.duration[count] > 2
+ ```
+
- The average value of a metric is computed as `total` over `count`, so the following query returns metric data where the result of the `average()` value function is greater than 2.
+ This example query returns a list of gauge metrics:
```
- FROM Metric SELECT average(apm.service.transaction.duration) WHERE appName = 'MyApp' AND apm.service.transaction.duration[total] / apm.service.transaction.duration[count] > 2
+ FROM Metric
+ SELECT uniques(metricName)
+ WHERE getField(%, type) = 'gauge'
+ ```
+
+ Or, you can use the shorthand:
```
+ FROM Metric
+ SELECT uniques(metricName)
+ WHERE %[type] = 'gauge'
+ ```
+
+ Note the use of the `%` wildcard to target any matching `metricName`.