Documentation Grafana Cloud Understand your data Use signals together

Use signals together

The real power of telemetry comes from using signals together. Correlate metrics, logs, traces, and profiles to troubleshoot issues faster.

Before you begin

To get the most from signal correlation, you need:

• Data ingestion from at least two telemetry signals (metrics, logs, traces, or profiles)
• Consistent labels and attributes configured across your signals (such as service, environment, namespace)
• Basic familiarity with the Grafana Drilldown apps or Grafana Explore

If you haven’t set up correlation yet, refer to Configure signal correlation.

Learning path

1. Understand the concepts: Observability concepts and Why correlation matters
2. Set up correlation: Configure signal correlation
3. Master navigation: Navigate between signals
4. Solve problems: Troubleshoot signal correlation

In this section

• Observability concepts
  Foundational observability concepts for effective signal correlation.
• Why correlation matters
  Understand how correlating telemetry signals accelerates troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Configure signal correlation
  Configure shared labels and attributes, trace context, and linking between telemetry signals.
• Navigate between signals
  Learn how to move between metrics, logs, traces, and profiles in Grafana.
• Troubleshoot signal correlation
  Solutions for common signal correlation problems.