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title: Data Collection
description: >-
  Metrics, configurations, and capabilities collected by Data Streams
  Monitoring's Kafka Monitoring when cluster monitoring is enabled.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Data Streams Monitoring > Kafka Monitoring > Data Collection
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# Data Collection

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Data Streams Monitoring (DSM)'s [Kafka Monitoring](https://docs.datadoghq.com/data_streams/kafka.md) uses the [Kafka Consumer integration](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/kafka-consumer.md?tab=containerized) to collect cluster health data. In addition to the integration's default collection, enabling cluster monitoring collects extra data and unlocks the actions described on this page.

## Metrics{% #metrics %}

To collect the **DSM-only** [Kafka Consumer integration metrics](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/kafka-consumer.md?tab=containerized#metrics), set `enable_cluster_monitoring: true`. See [Kafka Monitoring Setup](https://docs.datadoghq.com/data_streams/kafka/setup.md) for how to configure the check.

## Configurations and schemas{% #configurations-and-schemas %}

- Broker configurations
- Topic configurations
- Schemas from a schema registry

## Capabilities{% #capabilities %}

Enabling cluster monitoring unlocks the ability to [read live messages on topics](https://docs.datadoghq.com/data_streams/kafka.md#inspect-topic-schemas-and-messages) on demand. See [Enable message inspection](https://docs.datadoghq.com/data_streams/kafka/setup.md#enable-message-inspection) for the additional setup steps.