Welcome to Insights Arbitrator  
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Overview 
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Insights Arbitrator (Correlation) is a powerful log analytics platform
that allows multiple data sources and log formats to be consumed,
extracted, analyzed, and correlated, for complete event, alarm, and systems
monitoring.


This guide describes how to use and administer the Arbitrator platform.
You can use this guide for help with importing assets, importing
scripts, configuring new correlation rules, searching logs, assigning
scripts to assets to create probes, and for overall performance management of the systems monitored.

.. note:: 

   This guide is aimed at system administrators
   and users responsible for configuring and monitoring the Correlation
   platform. Users should have a working knowledge of operating systems,
   software applications, and network elements. 



The Arbitrator platform design allows it to be used in multiple workflows.
While you won't need to follow any particular linear flow, some elements must 
be configured in a specific order. Those will
be pointed out in each section. 

This guide covers the following: 

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* Main interface - allows you to visualize the 
  monitored systems and to manage alerts for these systems. The views 
  within this workspace are constantly updating with newly gathered data.

* System Configuration - admin users only, this is the workspace used to install and set up the platform. 


Conventions Used in this Guide
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Insights topics may display a badge to indicate that functionality is only available to administrator users.

* :bdg-info-line:`admin-users-only`