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title: "Configure Application Observability | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Configure Application Observability settings including metrics generation, RED mapping, and display options."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Configure Application Observability

Application Observability configuration is managed through the knowledge graph configuration page at **Observability > Configuration**.

After building the knowledge graph, the following configuration tabs are available:

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| Tab                       | Description                                                                             |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Connect knowledge graph   | Manage which datasets (Applications, Kubernetes, Hosts, cloud providers) are connected. |
| Traces metrics generation | Configure how span metrics are generated from traces.                                   |
| KPI display options       | Customize which KPIs are displayed on service dashboards.                               |
| Logs                      | Configure log correlation settings.                                                     |
| Traces                    | Configure trace correlation settings.                                                   |
| Profiles                  | Configure profile correlation settings.                                                 |
| Display                   | Customize visual display settings.                                                      |
| RED mapping               | Configure custom RED metrics mapping for non-standard metric names.                     |

## Access configuration

1. Navigate to **Observability > Configuration** in the Grafana menu.
2. Select the tab for the setting you want to modify.

## Configuration documentation

For detailed documentation on each configuration option, refer to the knowledge graph configuration docs:

- [Connect knowledge graph](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/get-started/manage-datasets/)
- [Configure the knowledge graph](/docs/grafana-cloud/knowledge-graph/configure/)

## Next steps

- Review your [services catalog](/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/monitor-applications/application-observability-kg/services/) to verify that configuration changes take effect.
- Check [instrumentation quality](/docs/grafana-cloud/observe-and-act/monitor-applications/application-observability-kg/services/instrumentation-quality/) to identify services that may need configuration adjustments.