Datasets
Datasets provide a structure to separate unrelated observability data while keeping organizational data like users, notification settings, and billing information.
What are datasets?
Datasets are used in Dash0 to separate observability information within one organization. Data that should be correlated must live in one dataset, while totally unrelated data can live in different datasets (e.g., prod—and pre-prod environments).
The most common use cases for datasets are…
- Environments, i.e., datasets called
productionandtest. - Auditing logging.
- Local development and experiments.
Managing datasets
Users can create multiple datasets in the "manage" area of your Dash0 environment.
By default, Dash0 comes with three datasets:
- Default:
This is your dataset that is automatically created and that contains your observability information. - OTelDemo:
Contains data from the OpenTelemetry Demo environment. It enables you to try Dash0 when you have not sent data to Dash0 yet. - Dash0 Insights:
This dataset is created automatically by Dash0 and will contain certain information about your Dash0 environment. (e.g., audit logs).
Sending Data to a specific Dataset
When sending telemetry to Dash0, use the Dash0-Dataset header to select the dataset. This is supported for almost all Dash0 ingestion endpoints. You can find usage instructions within Dash0's onboarding screens and the integrations hub.
Last updated: January 12, 2025