Analyze logs usage
Chronosphere Observability Platform provides usage data and utility scores for your
log data. Usage analysis gives you insight into patterns, which are frequent
combinations of specific service and message fields in your log data. The
Logs Usage page displays the volume of data each pattern consumes, and where and
how often each pattern gets queried. The more a pattern is queried, included in
assets like dashboards, and referenced by unique users, the higher its utility score.
Utility scores are relative, and aren’t mapped to any scale. For example, a utility score of 18 is more than twice that of a utility score of 8, but isn’t scored against a maximum. Lower utility scores indicate patterns that are candidates for reducing, augmenting, or routing log data to lower costs.
View log patterns
View log patterns in the Logs Usage page to analyze which patterns have greater utility, and those patterns you can potentially eliminate.
To view log patterns:
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In the navigation menu, click Go to Admin and then select Analyzers > Logs Usage.
The Logs Usage page displays all patterns found in your log data.
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Click any pattern to view more detailed information, such as the number of queries that reference the pattern across Logs Explorer and in dashboards.
On the Pattern Details page, expand the Executions column to see which users have executed a query containing this pattern.
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To view the underlying query for the pattern in Logs Explorer, hold the pointer over any pattern, and then click View in Logs Explorer.