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// * service_mesh/v2x/ossm-observability.adoc

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[id="ossm-access-grafana_{context}"]
= Accessing the Grafana console

Grafana is an analytics tool you can use to view, query, and analyze your service mesh metrics. In this example, `istio-system` is the {SMProductShortName} control plane namespace. To access Grafana, do the following:

.Procedure

. Log in to the {product-title} web console.

. Click the *Project* menu and select the project where you installed the {SMProductShortName} control plane, for example *istio-system*.

. Click *Routes*.

. Click the link in the *Location* column for the *Grafana* row.

. Log in to the Grafana console with your {product-title} credentials.
