Observe Entity Explorer allows discovery of dependencies between Observe objects (datasets, worksheets, dashboards, monitors, stages, parameters).
NOTE: This tool uses the Observe GraphQL API, which is not [yet] a publicly documented API. Therefore this tool, or any application that you develop that is derived from it may stop working without notice in the future. If you have specific API needs that are not covered by our currently documented API found at https://developer.observeinc.com/, please contact us for more information.
Observe Entity Explorer can run on Windows, Mac or Linux. Compiled are in Releases.
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Install .NET 8.0 SDK
- Download Microsoft Downloads web site with all instructions, or:
- Direct x64 installer
- Direct arm64 (M1/M2) installer
- OR
- Homebrew brew install dotnet
- Download Microsoft Downloads web site with all instructions, or:
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Download Releases\
observe-entity-explorer.osx-x64.<version>.zip
for Intel orobserve-entity-explorer.osx-arm64.<version>.zip
for M1/M2 machines, but do not extract the archive yet. -
Remove the quarantine attribute that will otherwise stop the application from running this command in your terminal:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine observe-entity-explorer.osx*.zip
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Extract the archive:
unzip observe-entity-explorer.osx*.zip
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Run the application from the extracted folder:
dotnet ./observe-entity-explorer.dll
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Download Releases\
observe-entity-explorer.win-x64.<version>.zip
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Extract the archive using File Explorer or:
Expand-Archive observe-entity-explorer.win*.zip
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Run the application from the extracted folder:
.\observe-entity-explorer.exe
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Download Releases\
observe-entity-explorer.linux-x64.<version>.zip
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Extract the archive:
unzip observe-entity-explorer.linux*.zip
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Run the application from the extracted folder:
./observe-entity-explorer
You can also run it from source.
First, install .NET 8.0 SDK from Microsoft Downloads web site.
Then clone, build and run:
# Clone repo to local folder
git clone https://github.com/observeinc/entity-explorer entity-explorer
# Change to local folder
cd entity-explorer
# For Win and Linux, build the project into single self-contained binary. Choose the right runtime
dotnet publish observe-entity-explorer.csproj --self-contained --runtime <linux-x64|win-x64> -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o bin/publish/entity-explorer
# For OSX, build the project into multiple files to be ran by dotnet command later. Choose the right runtime
dotnet publish observe-entity-explorer.csproj --self-contained --runtime <osx-x64|osx-arm64> -p:PublishSingleFile=false -o bin/publish/entity-explorer
# Run the application from where it was published to
bin/publish/entity-explorer/observe-entity-explorer &
When application starts, it opens a web interface at http://localhost:50110. Open that web site in your web browser:
./observe-entity-explorer
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
Now listening on: http://localhost:50110
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
Hosting environment: Production
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
Content root path: C:\observe\observe-entity-explorer-releases\2023.10.18.0\observe-entity-explorer.win.2023.10.18.0
Authenticate options:
- Account
- Full URL of the environment
https://#####.observeinc.com
- Just customer ID of the environment
#####
. Production URLobserveinc.com
is assumed - Host name
#####.observeinc.com
without https://
- Full URL of the environment
- Username
- Typically it is your email
- Password
- Specify your password
- Token
- Specify your API token if you have one issued to you
- OR
- Specify token taken from the GraphQL Bearer authentication in your browser devtools
- Delegate (must be > Reader)
- Log into Observe UI to approve your sign-in
- Return to this UI to complete sign-in
To connect with delegation, you must have > Reader role. If you have it:
- Specify account and username
- Click "Connect with Observe UI" button
- Click on "Go to Observe to approve login request link"
- In new browser window, authenticate into Observe
- Confirm your sign-in request on "Accounts Settings" page
- Back in Observe Entity Explorer, click "Check for Completion and Connect" button to finish signing in
Your connections are saved. You can switch between them any time.
You can open new tab with different connection ID.
Summary screen shows basic statistics about types of entities in your Observe environment and links to the Dataset List Dashboard List for getting more details.
You can also see the entire tree of relationships of all objects in All Relationships button.
Select Dataset screen shows all datasets grouped by type (DataStream, Event, Resource, Log, Metric, etc).
Column | Description |
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Details | Open the Dataset Detail page |
View | Open object page in Observe |
Edit | Open object page in Observe in edit mode |
Type | Type of object (Event , Resource , Interval ) |
Origin | What created this object (System , App , Terraform , User , DataStream ) |
ID | Object ID |
Name | Object Name |
Description | Description label, if present |
Parts | Fields, primary and foreign keys, related keys |
Uses | What this object uses as data inputs and data links |
Used By | What uses this object (Data , Dashboard , Monitor ) |
Created | Who and when created this object |
Updated | Who and when updates this object last |
Transform 1h | credits_transform in last 1 hour |
Transform 1d | credits_transform in last 1 day |
Transform 1w | credits_transform in last 1 week |
Query 1h | credits_adhoc_query in last 1 hour |
Query 1d | credits_adhoc_query in last 1 day |
Query 1w | credits_adhoc_query in last 1 week |
Accel Conf. | Configured staleness target of the dataset |
Accel Eff. | The target staleness of this dataset when taking downstream datasets |
Accel Actl. | Staleness of the dataset (averaged over some moving window) |
Accel Range | Actual accelerated range of the dataset |
Select Dashboard screen shows all dashboards.
Column | Description |
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Details | Links to the Dashboard Detail page |
View | Open object page in Observe |
Edit | Open object page in Observe in edit mode |
Origin | What created this object (System , App , Terraform , User , DataStream ) |
ID | Object ID |
Name | Object Name |
Sections | Number of sections in dashboard |
Widgets | Number of widgets in dashboard |
Stages | Number of stages in dashboard |
Parameters | Number of parameters in dashboard |
Uses | What this object uses as data inputs and data links |
Created | Who and when created this object |
Updated | Who and when updates this object last |
Select Monitor screen shows all monitors.
Column | Description |
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Details | Links to the Monitor Detail page |
Notif | Open notification list page in Observe |
Edit | Open object page in Observe in edit mode |
Type | Type of the monitor (Count , Promote , Threshold , Facet , Log ) |
Origin | What created this object (System , App , Terraform , User , DataStream ) |
ID | Object ID |
Name | Object Name |
Comm. | Comment if it exists |
Enabled | Is the monitor enabled |
Actions | Number of actions in monitor |
Stages | Number of stages in monitor |
Uses | What this object uses as data inputs and data links |
Created | Who and when created this object |
Updated | Who and when updates this object last |
Transform 1h | credits_monitor in last 1 hour |
Transform 1d | credits_monitor in last 1 day |
Transform 1w | credits_monitor in last 1 week |
Accel Conf. | Configured staleness target of the dataset |
Accel Eff. | The target staleness of this dataset when taking downstream datasets |
Accel Actl. | Staleness of the dataset (averaged over some moving window) |
Accel Range | Actual accelerated range of the dataset |
Summary information about the dataset.
Section | Description |
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Observe | Open object page in Observe |
Name | Object name and ID |
Description | Dataset description |
Type | Type of dataset |
Icon | Icon of the object |
Origin | What created this object (System , App , Terraform , User , DataStream ) |
Created | Who and when created this object |
Updated | Who and when updates this object last |
Credits | credits_transform and credits_adhoc_query for 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week |
Query Credits | credits_adhoc_query for each user for 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week |
Important Fields | From/To/Label designated fields |
Fields | Table of fields and their datatypes |
Related Key | List of related keys |
Foreign Key | List of foreign keys |
Dataset acceleration settings.
List of all datasets feeding data into this dataset.
List of all datasets using data from this dataset.
Visual diagram showing relationship between datasets and dashboards related to this dataset.
Information about each stage in the dataset.
Section | Description |
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Details | Link to the Stage in the subsequent List |
Type | Type of the stage (table , graph etc) |
Name | Name of the stage |
ID | ID of the stage |
Uses | Objects providing data and links to this stage |
Used By | Objects this stage is providing data and links to |
This table is followed by the repeated sections for each stage, containing:
Section | Description |
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Name | Object name and ID |
Inputs | Objects providing data and links to this stage |
Used By | Objects this stage is providing data and links to |
OPAL | The OPAL pipeline for this stage |
You can click "Show/Hide input and output tables" to remove details and just focus on OPAL code.
Visual diagram showing relationship between inputs and stages of this dataset.
List of all dashboards using this dataset.
List of all monitors using this dataset.
Summary information about the dashboard.
Section | Description |
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Observe | Open object page in Observe |
Name | Object name and ID |
Source | What created this object (System , App , Terraform , User , DataStream ) |
Components | Number of various components in dashboard |
Created | Who and when created this object |
Updated | Who and when updates this object last |
List of all datasets feeding data into this dashboard.
Visual diagram showing relationship between datasets related to this dashboard.
Information about each parameter in the dashboard.
Section | Description |
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Name | Display name of parameter |
ID | ID of parameter |
Type | Type of parameter (resource-input , single-select , text , numeric , input ) |
Data Type | Data Type of parameter () |
Source Type | What kind of object is providing data to this parameter (Dataset , Stage or empty for text entry) |
Source Object | Link to the object that is used as input |
Source Column | The name of the column in the dataset or stage that is being used as value in the drop-down |
Default Value | Default value, if specified |
Allow Empty | Is empty value allowed |
Information about each stage in the dashboard.
Section | Description |
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Details | Link to the stage in the subsequent list |
Type | Type of the stage (table , graph etc) |
Name | Name of the stage |
ID | ID of the stage |
Uses | Objects providing data and links to this stage |
Used By | Objects this stage is providing data and links to |
Params | Which parameters are being used by the stage |
This table is followed by the repeated sections for each stage, containing:
Section | Description |
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Name | Object name and ID |
Inputs | Objects providing data and links to this stage |
Used By | Objects this stage is providing data and links to |
OPAL | The OPAL pipeline for this stage |
You can click "Show/Hide input and output tables" to remove details and just focus on OPAL code.
You can click "Show/Hide dashboard widget image preview" to remove images and just focus on OPAL code.
Visual diagram showing relationship between inputs and stages of this dashboard.
Summary information about the monitor.
Section | Description |
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Observe | Open object page in Observe |
Name | Object name and ID |
Comment | Comment if present |
Type | Type of the monitor |
Source | What created this object (System , App , Terraform , User , DataStream ) |
Components | Number of various components in dashboard |
Enabled | Is this monitor enabled |
Template | Is this monitor template |
Created | Who and when created this object |
Updated | Who and when updates this object last |
Settings | Monitor settings |
Notifications | Monitor notification settings |
Info | Monitor detail information |
Monitor acceleration settings similar to those of Dataset
List of all datasets providing data to this monitor.
List of all datasets supporting this monitor.
Visual diagram showing relationship between datasets related to this monitor.
Information about each stage in the monitor.
Logs are in /logs
subfolder below where your application is installed with new files created every day:
logs\Observe.EntityExplorer.Console.2023-10-18.log
logs\Observe.EntityExplorer.Main.2023-10-18.log
logs\Observe.EntityExplorer.ObserveConnection.2023-10-18.log