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Log data is the most fundamental information unit in our XOps world. It provides a record of every important event. Modern log analysis tools help centralize these logs across all our systems. Log analytics helps engineers understand system behavior, enabling them to search for and pinpoint problems. These tools offer dashboarding capabilities and high-level metrics for system health. Additionally, they can alert us when problems arise.

Datadog dashboards and notebooks can be powerful tools for troubleshooting, enabling you to analyze telemetry from across your stack with visualizations customized by service owners, data analysts, and engineers. Many organizations also rely on dashboards and notebooks for key business processes, such as generating reports, creating postmortems, and managing SLOs. This makes it important to keep track of any unintended changes that may result from others accessing your content.