What is the System Datastream?

The Observe system stores information about itself in the System datastream and dataset. This datastream contains many different types of observations about activity in your workspace. The Observe Usage reporting dashboards and monitors are a useful way to interact with System data.

The System dataset can also be useful for troubleshooting issues ingesting data into Observe. To investigate ingest issues, open the System dataset and filter for OBSERVATION_KIND equals ingest_error. Use the Extract from JSON tool on the FIELDS column to find error types, messages, and more useful information. For assistance with the ingest, contact your Observe Data Engineer.