--- title: ‘Observability’ Is Not Observability When It Comes to... description: Observability should focus on enriching and observing data to understand business KPIs, rather than just collecting and sorting data sets. The limitations of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/observability-is-not-observability-when-it-comes-to-business-kpis-8btpas7gg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ‘Observability’ Is Not Observability When It Comes to Business KPIs | daily.dev og:description: Observability should focus on enriching and observing data to understand business KPIs, rather than just collecting and sorting data sets. The limitations of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/observability-is-not-observability-when-it-comes-to-business-kpis-8btpas7gg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8BTpas7GG.png og:image:alt: ‘Observability’ Is Not Observability When It Comes to Business KPIs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ‘Observability’ Is Not Observability When It Comes to Business KPIs **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Observability should focus on enriching and observing data to understand business KPIs, rather than just collecting and sorting data sets. The limitations of the APM approach and the promise of a more proactive approach to observability are discussed. The goal of true observability is to focus on leading indicators of core business metrics and to understand the user experience. The current state of observability falls short in connecting technical failures to business failures, but the future of observability lies in understanding the state of user experiences. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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