About the Glossary

Dash0 is built on a consistent and unified OpenTelemetry concept that ensures a seamless and intuitive experience across all its features.

Below is a summary of the key concepts that form the foundation of the platform.

Access Control

Dash0's flexible access control system balances security with usability, letting you manage permissions so your team can collaborate effectively while maintaining appropriate boundaries. More here...

Adaptive Sampling

Adaptive Sampling intelligently samples telemetry data during queries to maintain fast performance when exploring large datasets. All data is stored—sampling only affects how queries are executed, not what is kept. More here...

Auth Tokens

Auth Tokens authenticate and authorize users and services when accessing Dash0's APIs. They can be created, viewed, and deleted from your organization's manage area. More here...

Command Menu

Dash0 is built with engineers in mind, and the Command Menu lets you navigate quickly using the keyboard. Open it with the prompt icon or the shortcut Cmd/Ctrl+K. More here...

Cost Control

Control over the cost of your observability is essential. Dash0 gives you real-time visibility into telemetry data usage so you can turn your data into valuable insights at the right price point. More here...

Dash0 API

Dash0 exposes various public APIs that allow you to configure the platform programmatically and query your telemetry data for seamless integration into your workflows. More here...

Datasets

Datasets provide a structure to separate unrelated observability data while keeping organizational data—such as users, notification settings, and billing—shared across the organization. More here...

Deeplink URLs

Deeplink URLs allow you to construct direct links into specific Dash0 views with pre-applied filters, making it easy to share precise observability context with your team. More here...

Derived Attributes

Dash0 automatically enriches your telemetry data by extracting structured information from user agent strings and other sources, providing deeper insights without additional instrumentation. More here...

Endpoints

Dash0's public-facing endpoints handle reading, configuring, and ingesting data. You can find your organization's endpoint reference in your settings, complete with cURL snippets for connectivity verification. More here...

Filtering

Dash0 is designed to be the central observability system spanning multiple teams and systems. Flexible filtering lets you quickly access relevant information using context-aware attribute filters. More here...

Infrastructure as Code

Manage Dash0 assets like dashboards, views, check rules, and synthetic checks as version-controlled configuration files using the Dash0 Operator for Kubernetes, Dash0 Terraform Provider, or Dash0 CLI. More here...

Operation Names

Operation Names provide a structured way to categorize and analyze application behaviors across APIs and services. Dash0 automatically assigns meaningful operation names to spans and derived metrics based on OpenTelemetry semantic conventions. More here...

Organizations

Dash0 is designed with multi-client and multi-tenancy capabilities for data separation and access control. Organizations serve as the top-level entity that groups users, datasets, and billing together. More here...

RED Metrics

Monitor service health using Requests, Errors, and Duration for request-driven services. Dash0 automatically calculates RED metrics from your OpenTelemetry traces for immediate visibility into request rates, error rates, and latency distributions. More here...

Resource Equality

Dash0's mechanism for identifying when different telemetry sources describe the same observed system, enabling automatic correlation of fragmented observability data. More here...

Resource Fragmentation

Resource fragmentation occurs when observability data for a single system is split across multiple resources due to inconsistent attributes across telemetry sources. Dash0 solves this automatically with resource equality rules. More here...

Semantic Conventions

Semantic conventions provide consistent attribute naming across your telemetry dataset. Dash0 extends the OpenTelemetry standard with additional derived attributes that enhance filtering, grouping, and visualization. More here...

Semantic Convention Upgrades

Dash0's OpenTelemetry schema migrations automatically update attribute names and locations to align with evolving semantic conventions, for consistent telemetry data without code changes. More here...

Synthetic Metrics

Dash0 provides synthetic metrics to help users analyze logs, spans, and related telemetry data dynamically without requiring predefined metric aggregations, enabling on-the-fly insights from your raw data. More here...

Teams

Teams allow you to organize users within your Dash0 organization into groups, enabling scoped access and collaboration across different parts of your observability data. More here...

Time Picker

The Time Picker allows you to quickly select the time range you want to focus on, and is a consistent control available across all Dash0 views for navigating your telemetry data. More here...

Views

Views are saved queries that filter and group telemetry data across logs, traces, metrics, and other signal types, making frequently used queries accessible with a single click. More here...