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# Reports and Queries

This section provides information about creating reports in the Ascent Observability Platform.

Reporting features in Ascent support numerous visualization requirements when required to periodically search and aggregate what is happening in a particular log set.

### Designing Queries

For a quick video on the approach for designing queries and reports, click on the video below:

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The goal is to enable insights by querying telemetry data.

**Key actions include:**

* Understand the query language used
* Create baseline queries for system health
* Optimize queries for performance and cost
* Validate query results

**Links to related docs include:**

* [Data explorer overview](https://docs.apica.io/data-management/overview-1)
* [Query builder](https://docs.apica.io/data-management/overview-1/query-builder)
* [Widget](https://docs.apica.io/data-management/overview-1/widget)