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title: "Where are you today? | Grafana Labs"
description: "Self-assessment to identify your current observability level"
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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).

## Quick self-assessment

Consider the following questions. There’s no wrong answer, just a starting point.

| Question                                                                 | If Yes → You Have  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| Can you see CPU, memory, and disk metrics for your infrastructure?       | Level 1 foundation |
| Can you view logs from your applications and infrastructure?             | Level 1 foundation |
| Do you know which **service** is causing problems when something breaks? | Level 2 capability |
| Can you see RED metrics (Rate, Errors, Duration) for each service?       | Level 2 capability |
| Can you trace a **specific request** across multiple services?           | Level 3 capability |
| Can you see **why** a specific request was slow (code-level)?            | Level 3 capability |
| Do you have **custom metrics** for application-specific logic?           | Level 4 capability |

## Where to focus

| Your current state                                  | Recommended focus                      |
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| “We’re just getting started”                        | **Level 1**: Infrastructure visibility |
| “We have metrics but can’t pinpoint service issues” | **Level 2**: Service visibility        |
| “We know which service, but not why it’s slow”      | **Level 3**: Transaction insights      |
| “We need application-specific observability”        | **Level 4**: Custom instrumentation    |

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**The following modules will tour each level. Identify the level that matches where you are, and the next level up.**