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Getting started

  • Why Observe?
  • Introducing Observe Concepts
    • Advanced Observe Concepts
  • Getting Started with Observe

Managing your workspace

  • Navigating the workspace
    • Apps
    • Explore
    • Favorites
    • Using Search and Notifications
    • Other
    • Settings
    • Help
  • Observe Apps

Working with data

  • About Queries and On-demand Acceleration
  • Data Ingestion
    • Sources
      • Amazon API Gateway logs
      • Amazon S3
      • AWS AppSync
      • AWS CloudTrail
      • Amazon EventBridge
      • CloudWatch metrics streams
      • AWS CloudWatch Logs
      • GitHub
      • Google Workspace Audit Logs
      • Jira Tickets
      • Windows Servers
      • Zendesk Tickets
    • Forwarders
      • Amazon Kinesis Firehose
      • Elastic Beats
      • Fluent Bit
      • Fluentd
      • Google Cloud Pub/Sub
      • Log4j
      • Logstash
      • Observe Lambda
      • OpenTelemetry
      • Prometheus
      • Telegraf
    • Datastreams
    • Endpoints
      • HTTP
      • DDTrace
      • Elasticsearch
      • Kinesis
      • LogPlex
      • OpenTelemetry
      • Prometheus
      • Zipkin
    • Troubleshooting Data Ingestion
  • Observe Integrations
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Integration
      • Amazon CloudFront
      • Amazon EC2
      • Amazon Elastic Container Service
        • Amazon Elastic Container Service metrics
      • Amazon RDS
        • Amazon RDS metrics
      • AWS Lambda
        • AWS Lambda metrics
      • Elastic Load Balancing
        • Elastic Load Balancing metrics
    • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) App
      • GCP Asset Inventory
      • GCP BigQuery
      • GCP Cloud Functions
        • GCP Cloud Functions metrics
      • GCP Cloud Load Balancing
        • GCP Cloud Load Balancing Metrics
      • GCP Cloud SQL
        • GCP Cloud SQL metrics
      • GCP Cloud Storage
        • GCP Cloud Storage metrics
      • GCP Compute
        • GCP Compute metrics
      • GCP Logging
      • GCP Cloud Metrics
      • Google Kubernetes Engine
      • GCP Memorystore
        • Memorystore Redis
    • GitHub
      • Installing the GitHub App
      • Uninstalling the GitHub App
      • Upgrading to GitHub App v0.7.0
    • GitLab
      • Installing the GitLab App
      • Uninstalling the GitLab App
      • Upgrading the GitLab App to v0.4.0
    • Host Monitoring
      • Installing the Host Monitoring App
      • Uninstalling the Host Monitoring App
    • Jenkins CI/CD Integration
      • Installing the Jenkins App
      • Uninstalling the Jenkins App
    • Kubernetes
      • Installing the Kubernetes App
    • Microsoft Azure (Public Preview)
      • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
      • Azure Functions
      • Azure SQL Database
      • Azure SQL Managed Instances
      • Azure Virtual Machines
    • MySQL Database Service
      • Installing the MySQL DB App
      • Uninstalling the MySQL DB App
    • Node Exporter
    • OpenTelemetry
      • Installing the Observe OpenTelemetry App
      • Uninstalling the Observe OpenTelemetry App
    • PostgreSQL Database Service
      • Installing the PostgreSQL DB App
      • Uninstalling the PostgreSQL DB App
  • Observe Datasets and Time
    • Foreign Keys
    • Resource Primary Keys
    • Resource Times
  • Tutorial: Modeling Weather Data
  • Worksheets

Working with dashboards

  • Creating and using dashboards

Configuring monitors and alerts

  • Introduction to Monitors and Alerts
    • Alerting Example: Shared Actions and Monitors
    • Configuring Threshold metrics monitors
    • Creating a Count Monitor
    • Creating a Text Value monitor
    • Promoting resources into notifications
    • Monitor Notification Options
  • Overview of Shared Actions
    • Customizing Alert Messages
    • Shared Action Integrations
      • PagerDuty
      • Importing Auth0 logs using a Custom Webhook
      • Creating an Alert for Jira Tickets

Working with metrics

  • Introduction to Metrics
  • Metrics Shaping Example: Host System Data
  • Adding Metrics Using the Expression Builder

Managing an Observe Instance

  • Using Acceleration Manager with Datasets
  • Credit Manager
  • Understanding the Usage Dashboard

OPAL query Language

  • OPAL — Observe Processing and Analysis Language
    • Data types and operators
    • Language syntax
    • Performance
    • Examples
  • All OPAL verbs
    • OPAL Verbs By Category
      • OPAL Aggregate Verbs
        • aggregate
        • align
        • dedup
        • distinct
        • make_session
        • merge_events
        • rollup
        • statsby
        • timechart
        • bucketize
        • timestats
      • OPAL Filter Verbs
        • always
        • bottomk
        • ever
        • filter
        • limit
        • never
        • topk
      • OPAL Join Verbs
        • exists
        • follow
        • fulljoin
        • join
        • leftjoin
        • lookaround_join
        • lookup
        • surrounding
        • union
        • update_resource
      • OPAL Metadata Verbs
        • add_key
        • interface
        • make_event
        • make_interval
        • make_resource
        • make_session
        • make_table
        • merge_events
        • set_col_enum
        • set_col_immutable
        • set_col_visible
        • set_label
        • set_link
        • set_metric
        • set_primary_key
        • set_pk
        • set_valid_from
        • set_valid_to
        • sort
        • unset_all_links
        • unset_keys
        • unset_link
        • unsort
      • OPAL Metrics Verbs
        • aggregate
        • align
        • rollup
        • set_metric
      • OPAL Projection Verbs
        • drop_col
        • extract_regex
        • make_col
        • pick_col
        • rename_col
      • OPAL Semistructured Verbs
        • extract_regex
        • flatten
        • flatten_all
        • flatten_leaves
        • flatten_single
      • OPAL Deprecated Verb Aliases
        • addfk
        • addkey
        • addmetric
        • changelog
        • coldrop
        • colenum
        • colimmutable
        • colmake
        • colpick
        • colregex
        • colrename
        • colshow
        • droptime
        • fkdrop
        • flattenall
        • flattenleaves
        • flattensingle
        • makeresource
        • makesession
        • merge_event
        • mergeevent
        • reaggregate
        • setlabel
        • setpk
        • setvf
        • setvt
  • All OPAL functions
    • OPAL Functions By Category
      • OPAL Aggregate Functions
        • any
        • any_not_null
        • array_agg
        • array_agg_distinct
        • avg
        • count
        • count_distinct
        • count_distinct_exact
        • deriv
        • first
        • first_not_null
        • last
        • last_not_null
        • max
        • median
        • median_exact
        • min
        • object_agg
        • percentile
        • percentile_cont
        • percentile_disc
        • prom_quantile
        • rate
        • stddev
        • string_agg
        • string_agg_distinct
        • sum
      • OPAL Boolean Functions
        • array_contains
        • bool
        • bool_null
        • contains
        • ends_with
        • eq
        • gt
        • gte
        • in
        • ipv4_address_in_network
        • is_null
        • like
        • lt
        • lte
        • match_regex
        • ne
        • path_exists
        • same
        • search
        • starts_with
      • OPAL Misc Functions
        • any_null
        • asc
        • coalesce
        • desc
        • frame
        • frame_exact
        • if
        • if_null
        • make_object
        • on
        • order_by
      • OPAL Networking Functions
        • int64_to_ipv4
        • ipv4_address_in_network
        • ipv4_network_int64
        • ipv4_to_int64
        • parse_ip
      • OPAL Numeric Functions
        • abs
        • array_length
        • ceil
        • count
        • count_distinct
        • count_distinct_exact
        • dense_rank
        • exp
        • float64
        • float64_null
        • floor
        • hash
        • haversine_distance_km
        • int64
        • int64_null
        • int_div
        • ipv4_network_int64
        • ipv4_to_int64
        • ln
        • log
        • mod
        • numeric_null
        • parse_hex
        • percentile_disc
        • pow
        • prom_quantile
        • rank
        • round
        • row_number
        • sqrt
        • strlen
        • width_bucket
      • OPAL Regex Functions
        • get_regex
        • get_regex_all
        • match_regex
        • regex
        • replace_regex
      • OPAL Semistructured Functions
        • append_item
        • array
        • array_agg
        • array_agg_distinct
        • array_null
        • array_to_string
        • concat_arrays
        • detect_browser
        • drop_fields
        • embed_sql_params
        • get_field
        • get_item
        • get_jmespath
        • get_regex_all
        • index_of_item
        • make_array
        • make_fields
        • match_regex
        • object
        • object_agg
        • object_keys
        • object_null
        • parse_csv
        • parse_ip
        • parse_json
        • parse_url
        • path_exists
        • pick_fields
        • pivot_array
        • slice_array
        • split
        • tokenize
        • unpivot_array
      • OPAL Special Functions
        • case
        • group_by
        • m
        • metric
        • options
        • primary_key
        • pk
        • valid_for
        • window
      • OPAL String Functions
        • array_to_string
        • contains
        • decode_base64
        • decode_uri
        • decode_uri_component
        • detect_browser
        • editdistance
        • encode_base64
        • encode_uri
        • encode_uri_component
        • format_time
        • get_regex
        • get_regex_all
        • int64_to_ipv4
        • ipv4_address_in_network
        • left
        • like
        • lower
        • lpad
        • ltrim
        • match_regex
        • parse_csv
        • parse_kvs
        • parse_timestamp
        • pivot_array
        • position
        • replace
        • replace_regex
        • right
        • rpad
        • rtrim
        • search
        • split
        • split_part
        • starts_with
        • string
        • string_agg
        • string_agg_distinct
        • string_concat
        • string_null
        • substring
        • tokenize
        • tokenize_part
        • trim
        • unpivot_array
        • upper
        • variant_type_name
      • OPAL Time Functions
        • abs
        • avg
        • bin_end_time
        • bin_start_time
        • deriv
        • duration
        • duration_hr
        • duration_min
        • duration_ms
        • duration_null
        • duration_sec
        • format_time
        • from_milliseconds
        • timestamp_ms
        • from_nanoseconds
        • timestamp_ns
        • from_seconds
        • timestamp_s
        • median
        • median_exact
        • now
        • parse_isotime
        • parse_timestamp
        • percentile
        • percentile_cont
        • percentile_disc
        • query_end_time
        • query_start_time
        • rate
        • row_end_time
        • row_timestamp
        • stddev
        • sum
        • timestamp_null
        • valid_for
      • OPAL Window Functions
        • any
        • any_not_null
        • avg
        • count
        • count_distinct
        • count_distinct_exact
        • dense_rank
        • deriv
        • first
        • first_not_null
        • lag
        • lag_not_null
        • last
        • last_not_null
        • lead
        • lead_not_null
        • max
        • median
        • median_exact
        • min
        • object_agg
        • percentile
        • percentile_cont
        • percentile_disc
        • rank
        • rate
        • row_number
        • stddev
        • sum
      • OPAL Deprecated Function Aliases
        • array_pivot
        • array_unpivot
        • countdistinct
        • countdistinctexact
        • decodebase64
        • denserank
        • encodebase64
        • endswith
        • groupby
        • ifnull
        • isnull
        • makeobject
        • match_regex_all
        • medianexact
        • milliseconds
        • nanoseconds
        • orderby
        • parsehex
        • parseip
        • parseisotime
        • parsejson
        • parsekvs
        • parseurl
        • percentilecont
        • percentiledisc
        • primarykey
        • queryendtime
        • querystarttime
        • regex_match
        • regex_replace
        • row_endtime
        • rownumber
        • seconds
        • startswith
        • strcat
        • validfor

Managing an Observe Instance

  • Understanding the Usage Dashboard
  • Credit Manager

Reference

  • Single Sign On (SSO) Configurations for Observe
    • Configuring Azure Active Directory Single Sign On (SSO)
    • Google Workspace SAML and Single Sign On (SSO) Configuration
    • Configuring Okta for SAML and Single Sign On (SSO)
    • Configuring OneLogin for Single Sign On (SSO)
  • Observe Glossary
  • Helpful Hints
  • FAQ
  • Units of Measure

Release Notes

  • Observe Release Notes and Updates
    • 2023 Release Notes
      • March 3, 2023 Release Notes
      • March 10, 2023 Release Notes
      • March 17, 2023 Release Notes
      • February 3, 2023 Release Notes
      • January 4, 2023 Release Notes
      • January 11, 2023 Release Notes
      • January 20, 2023 Release Notes
      • January 27, 2023 Release Notes
    • 2022 release notes
      • December 1, 2022 release notes
      • December 7, 2022 release notes
      • December 14, 2022 release notes
      • December 20, 2022 release notes
      • November 2, 2022 release notes
      • November 9, 2022 release notes
      • November 16, 2022 release notes
      • October 5, 2022 release notes
      • October 12, 2022 release notes
      • October 20, 2022 release notes
      • October 26, 2022 release notes
      • September 1, 2022 release notes
      • September 7, 2022 release notes
      • September 14, 2022 release notes
      • September 22, 2022 release notes
      • September 28, 2022 release notes
      • August 3, 2022 release notes
      • August 10, 2022 release notes
      • August 17, 2022 release notes
      • August 24, 2022 release notes
      • July 13, 2022 release notes
      • July 20, 2022 release notes
      • July 27, 2022 release notes
      • June 2, 2022 release notes
      • June 15, 2022 release notes
      • May 11, 2022 release notes
      • May 18, 2022 release notes
      • May 25, 2022 release notes
      • April 6, 2022 release notes
      • April 20, 2022 release notes
      • April 27, 2022 release notes
      • March 2, 2022 release notes
      • March 9, 2022 release notes
      • March 16, 2022 release notes
      • February 2, 2022 release notes
      • February 9, 2022 release notes
      • February 17, 2022 release notes
      • January 5, 2022 release notes
      • January 12, 2022 release notes
      • January 19, 2022 release notes
    • 2021 release notes
      • December 1, 2021 release notes
      • December 8, 2021 release notes
      • December 15, 2021 release notes

API Reference

  • Exporting Query Results in CSV or JSON Format

Navigating the workspace¶

Before you begin ingesting data and creating dashboards, take a few minutes to become familiar with Observe user interface.

Overview of the Observe Workspace¶

Observe provides a workspace as a starting place to begin ingesting data and building your observability dashboards. When you navigate the menu on the left, choosing an icon allows you to perform different functions to work with your data.

Observe custom home page

Figure 1 - Observe Workspace

Note

The Workspace Settings options now appear in a separate section called Settings with a new icon.

The left navigation bar displays the following options:

  • Instance Name - hovering over this icon displays your instance name.

  • Home - links to frequently used Datasets, Worksheets, etc.

  • Apps - displays apps installed on your Observe instance and provides a link to additional apps. When you log into Observe, the Apps page displays by default.

  • Explore – view available datasets, worksheets, metrics, and resources.

  • Search – find datasets or other information.

  • Favorites – links to frequently accessed datasets, dashboards, or other available parameters.

  • Notifications – review system messages.

  • Other – access alerts, monitors, and data streams.

  • Settings - access your Workspace settings and Account information as well as your Usage Dashboard.

  • Help – links to documentation, videos, and contact support.

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