You added a new widget to your Cloud Monitoring dashboard, but it displays no data. Which of the following is the most probable reason?

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GCP - Cloud Monitoring and Logging

AThe widget type does not support the selected metric

BThe dashboard refresh interval is set too low

CThe Google Cloud project is not linked to BigQuery

DThe metric filter is too restrictive and excludes all data

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Consider common causes for no data
Widgets showing no data often result from filters that exclude all available data.
Step 2: Evaluate options
B is unlikely because refresh interval affects update speed, not data presence. C is unrelated to Cloud Monitoring dashboards. D is rare since most widget types support common metrics.
Final Answer:
The most probable cause is that the metric filter is too restrictive, excluding all data, so The metric filter is too restrictive and excludes all data is correct.
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