Misleading error message with invalid queries

[kevink-sq]

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Apologies if this issue does not belong to the documentation repo but appears when parsing metric sources.

Issue Description

When creating an invalid query with mix of AND/OR and !, the message becomes

Error parsing query: 'AND' and 'OR' cannot be mixed with ','

which is confusing when not using commas but rather exclamations.

For example avg:system.load.1{service:test AND !host:123} returns the above error even though there are no commas:

[estherk15]

Hi @kevink-sq thanks for reaching out! I recommend opening a support ticket for a feature request so our Product teams can take a look. I'll take a look at our documentation to see if this is misrepresented or can be clarified!

[estherk15]

I'm closing out this issue, but reach back out to Datadog through our Support channels if you have any questions on this! Thank you again for letting us know about this issue!