> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.apica.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.apica.io/observe/log-management-overview/severity-metrics.md). # Severity Metrics Helps to measure the log's severity levels. A log level, often known as a log severity, is a piece of data that indicates the importance of a particular log message. Included the new tab called **Severity Metrics** under the search page, on click of the tab will get the list of all severity levels of the logs for the selected time range, grouped by severity level.

The metrics charts help to measure the number of log severity that occurred for the time range selected and will have a total number of log levels. The graph legends help to filter out the particular severity level Search by the severity on click of the stacked bar chart.