For a walkthrough on how to use Ansible to install the Ops Agent, configurea third-party application, and install a sample dashboard, see theInstall the Ops Agent to troubleshoot third-party applications video.

The Cloud MonitoringMetrics Management page provides informationthat can help you control the amount you spend on billable metricswithout affecting observability. TheMetrics Management page reports thefollowing information:

• Ingestion volumes for both byte- and sample-based billing, across metric domains and for individual metrics.
• Data about labels and cardinality of metrics.
• Number of reads for each metric.
• Use of metrics in alerting policies and custom dashboards.
• Rate of metric-write errors.

You can also use theMetrics Management page toexclude unneeded metrics,eliminating the cost of ingesting them.For more information about theMetrics Management page, seeView and manage metric usage.