Raw flow refers to actual data fields (normalized from NetFlow, sFlow, etc.) that Kentik Detect stores for each ingested flow record. We’ve long had a Raw Flow viewer in the portal at Analytics » Raw Flow, allowing you to see flow data for specified devices over a specified time range. Now you can go directly from a query in Data Explorer to a view of that query in the Raw Flow viewer.

Start by clicking the Options menu icon (hamburger) at the upper right of the chart display area in Data Explorer. At the bottom of the resulting drop-down menu you’ll now find Explore Raw Flows (see screenshot at right). Choosing this item will take you to a Raw Flow viewer that has the sidebar controls set to display flow records for the traffic that you were viewing in Data Explorer.