# Flow

- [Flow Overview](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/overview.md): Ingest, Store, Data Transformation and Connect data on-demand
- [Replay](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/replay.md): Resends previously ingested unmapped logs to a chosen destination.
- [Pipeline Management](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/pipeline-management.md): Managing common operations with the pipeline can be found under this section
- [Configuring Pipelines](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/pipeline-management/data-flow-pipelines-new.md)
- [Visualize Pipelines](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/pipeline-management/data-flow-pipelines.md): The pipeline is a series of processes or stages through which data flow systematically and efficiently. It helps to visualize the flow between nodes, rules, and filters applied for the data flow.
- [Pipeline Overview Dashboard](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/pipeline-management/data-flow-pipeline-dashboard.md)
- [Forwarding Data](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/pipeline-management/mapping-applications.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Ingest](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/opentelemetry-ingest.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Logs / Traces](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/opentelemetry-ingest/opentelemetry-logs-traces.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Metrics](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/opentelemetry-ingest/opentelemetry-metrics.md): Apica Flow supports OpenTelemetry metrics in telemetry pipelines for both receiving from OpenTelemetry compatible metrics sources and forwarding to OpenTelemetry Compatible Metric destinations.
- [Transforming Metrics through Code Rules](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/opentelemetry-ingest/opentelemetry-metrics/transforming-metrics-through-code-rules.md)
- [Vault](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/vault.md): The Vault system provides a centralized and secure location for managing sensitive configuration data required by applications and infrastructure. Instead of scattering secrets like API keys, database
- [Certificates](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/vault/certificates.md)
- [Variables](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/vault/variables.md)
- [Lookups](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/vault/lookups.md)
- [Rules](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules.md)
- [AGGREGATE](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/aggregate.md): Perform statistical operations on telemetry data.
- [FILTER](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/filter.md)
- [EXTRACT](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/extract.md): Creating and using EXTRACT Rules in Apica Ascent
- [SIEM](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/siem-and-tag.md)
- [REWRITE](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/rewrite.md)
- [CODE](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/code.md): New rule type is introduced with the latest release, where user can add the JavaScript code to enhance the logs.
- [FORWARD](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/forward.md)
- [Rename Attributes](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/forward/rename-attributes.md): This feature allows the user to rename the log attributes before forwarding it to any destination.
- [STREAM](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/rules/stream.md): Cloned logs for isolated auditing and pipeline operation.
- [Functions](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions.md)
- [ascent.encode](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.encode.md): Encoding methods for data in Ascent
- [ascent.decode](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.decode.md): Decoding methods for data in Ascent
- [ascent.persist](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.persist.md)
- [Ascent.variables](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.variables.md)
- [ascent.crypto](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.crypto.md): Encryption and Decryption methods for Ascent
- [Ascent.mask](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.mask.md)
- [Ascent.net](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.net.md)
- [Ascent.text](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.text.md)
- [Ascent.time](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.time.md)
- [Ascent.lookups](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/functions/ascent.lookups.md)
- [Forwarding to Monitoring Tools](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools.md)
- [Splunk Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding.md)
- [Apica Forwarder Proxy Source Extension](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension.md)
- [Standalone Instance](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension/standalone-instance.md)
- [List of Indexer Instances](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension/list-of-indexer-instances.md)
- [Indexer Cluster (Discovery)](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension/indexer-discovery.md)
- [Upload Confs](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/apica-uf-proxy-app-extension/upload-confs.md)
- [Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) Forwarder](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/splunk-http-event-collector-hec-forwarder.md)
- [Metric Indexes](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/splunk-http-event-collector-hec-forwarder/metric-indexes.md)
- [Non Metric Indexes](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/splunk-http-event-collector-hec-forwarder/non-metric-indexes.md)
- [Splunk Syslog Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/splunk-forwarding/syslog-forwarding.md)
- [Datadog Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/datadog-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to DataDog from Apica
- [New Relic Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/new-relic-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to New Relic from Apica
- [Dynatrace Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/dynatrace-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to Dynatrace from Apica.
- [Elasticsearch Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/elasticsearch-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to Elasticsearch from Apica.
- [Coralogix Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/coralogix-forwarding.md)
- [Azure Log Analytics Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-monitoring-tools/azure-log-analytics-forwarding.md): This page explains how to forward logs to Azure Log Analytics from Apica Ascent
- [List of Forwarders](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders.md): Apica provides multiple targets to connect with your desired destination to collect, optimize, store, route, and replay your observability data – whenever, wherever you need it.
- [Arc Sight](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/arc-sight.md)
- [AWS Kinesis](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/aws-kinesis.md): AWS Kinesis is the AWS managed service for doing real time stream processing
- [Azure Blob Storage](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/azure-blob-storage.md)
- [Azure Eventhub](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/azure-eventhub.md): Azure Eventhub is the Azure managed service for real-time stream processing
- [Google Pub/Sub](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/google-pub-sub.md): Google Pub/Sub is the GCP managed service for real-time stream processing
- [IBM Turbonomic (via Prometheus)](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/ibm-turbonomic-via-prometheus.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Logs](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/logs.md)
- [OpenTelemetry Metrics](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/metrics.md): Forward OTEL-compatible metrics to OTEL destinations
- [OpenTelemetry Traces](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/traces.md)
- [RSA New Witness](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/rsa-new-witness.md)
- [S3 Compatible](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/list-of-forwarders/s3-compatible.md): E.g. AWS S3, GCP Cloud Storage, OCI Buckets, DigitalOcean Spaces etc.
- [Real-Time Stream Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/real-time-stream-forwarding.md)
- [Security Monitor Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/security-monitor-forwarding.md)
- [Object Store Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/object-store-forwarding.md)
- [Forwarding to Data Warehouse](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-data-warehouse.md)
- [GCP Bigquery](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/forwarding-to-data-warehouse/gcp-bigquery.md)
- [Customized Forwarders](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/customized-forwarders.md)
- [JS Code Forwarding](https://docs.apica.io/~/revisions/umz18Ah0JHgRc4vRJUd1/flow/customized-forwarders/js-code-forwarding.md): The JS Code forwarder is a robust batch processing tool designed to efficiently handle and forward batches of events.


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