Monitor and validate results
After reviewing and applying recommendations, or using other customization options, you can now verify that your setup is delivering the results you expect.
Use the Overview dashboard for a quick, visual summary of how your applied rules are reducing time series volume.
- Navigate to Adaptive Telemetry > Adaptive Metrics.
- From the Overview tab, select the segment you want to review (for example, alerting, frontend, backend) from the Segment dropdown.
- Use the time range picker to include when you first applied rules, and the period after the changes.
- Check the graph to confirm that there was a reduction after applying the rules.
- Click Explore to view more detail on the underlying metric or query.
Estimate potential savings
To estimate the potential savings from applying all pending recommendations, query the grafanacloud_instance_recommendations_estimated_savings_series metric from the grafanacloud-usage data source.
This metric represents the expected change in active series if you apply all pending recommendations. In other words, it answers “what change do we expect if you press Apply all recommendations?”
Key points about this metric:
- It includes all recommendation types: Add, Keep, Update, and Remove.
- The value represents the net change in active series, combining all recommendation types.
- The value can be negative if the recommendations include removing rules or modifying rules to drop fewer labels that would result in an increase in total active series.
To view the estimated savings:
sum(grafanacloud_instance_recommendations_estimated_savings_series)Alternatively, you can see the total impact by clicking Apply all recommendations in the UI. The confirmation dialog box displays the expected series change before you confirm.
