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= Using metrics with dashboards and alerts
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The Network Observability Operator uses the `flowlogs-pipeline` component to generate metrics from flow logs. Use these metrics to set custom alerts and view dashboards for network activity analysis.

include::modules/network-observability-viewing-dashboards.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-predefined-metrics.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-metrics-names.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-includelist-example.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-custom-metrics.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-configuring-custom-metrics.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-configuring-custom-metrics-examples.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-creating-metrics-network-events.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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.Additional resources
* xref:../../observability/network_observability/json-flows-format-reference.adoc#network-observability-flows-format_json_reference[Network Flows format reference]

include::modules/network-observability-flowmetrics-charts.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-flowmetrics-charts-examples.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-tcp-flag-syn-flood.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../observability/network_observability/observing-network-traffic.adoc#network-observability-filtering-ebpf-rule_nw-observe-network-traffic[Filtering eBPF flow data using a global rule]
* link:https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/monitoring_stack_for_red_hat_openshift/latest/html/managing_alerts/managing-alerts-as-a-developer#creating-alerting-rules-for-user-defined-projects_managing-alerts-as-a-developer[Creating alerting rules for user-defined projects]
* xref:../../support/troubleshooting/investigating-monitoring-issues.adoc#determining-why-prometheus-is-consuming-disk-space_investigating-monitoring-issues[Troubleshooting high cardinality metrics- Determining why Prometheus is consuming a lot of disk space]
