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Components installed with Service Observability

Several types of components are installed with activation of the Service Observability plugin, including tables and user roles.

Roles installed

Role title \[name\]DescriptionContains roles
Operator/Operations manager \[snc\_sow\_svcobs.manager\]Triages incidents in the SOW. Views basic health metrics for a service and more detailed service metrics from related entities.- sn\_sow\_srm.srm\_responder - connection\_admin - evt\_mgmt\_connector\_instance\_write
Service Observability admin \[sn\_sow\_svcobs.admin\]Configures data sources and adds data mappings. Customizes dashboard templates.- sn\_sow\_srm.srm\_admin - connection\_admin - evt\_mgmt\_connector\_instance\_write - sn\_sow\_itsm\_admin.sow\_admin\_user

Store applications installed

The following are installed when you install Service Observability.

Store application \[plugin\]Description
Service Observability UI\[sn\_service\_obs\_ui\]The Overview and Observability tabs in the Service Details page of the SOW.
Service Reliability ManagementService Reliability Management and Service Observability display service performance metrics together to give a holistic view into service health.
Platform AnalyticsEnables customizing the dashboards.

Tables installed

TableDescription
Dashboard fragments \[sn\_sow\_svcobs\_dashboard\_fragments\]Contains the definitions of dashboards in JSON format.
Service to data mapping configuration map \[sn\_sow\_svcobs\_svc\_to\_config\_map\]Associates data mapping configurations with a registered service using the CMDB Group Contains Configuration Item \[cmdb\_group\_contains\_ci\] table.
Data mapping configurations \[sn\_sow\_svcobs\_mapping\_config\]Defines a data mapping configuration for a service.
Data mapping configuration rules \[sn\_sow\_svcobs\_mapping\_config\_rules\]Defines a single tag-based mapping rule.
Observability data source \[sn\_sow\_svcobs\_data\_source\]Defines a third-party observability vendor data source \(an `http_connections`\) that can be used to get telemetry for services.
Service Observability entity records \[sn\_sow\_svcobs\_entity\_records\]Records configuration items and unknown monitored objects for entities that appear in dashboards.
Service Observability PA Dashboardssn\_sow\_svcobs\_pa\_dashboardsContains reference information for customized dashboards.

Parent Topic:Service Observability reference