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title: Error Tracking for Logs
description: Learn about Error Tracking for Log Management.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Log Management > Error Tracking for Logs
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# Error Tracking for Logs

## Overview{% #overview %}

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It is critical for your system's health to consistently monitor the errors collected by Datadog. When there are many individual error events, it becomes hard to prioritize errors for troubleshooting.

Error Tracking simplifies debugging by grouping thousands of similar errors into a single issue. An issue is an aggregation of error data that provides insights such as

- How many users have been impacted
- When the error first occurred
- Which commit probably caused the error

Error Tracking enables you to:

- Track, triage, and debug fatal errors
- Group similar errors into issues, so that you can more easily identify important errors and reduce noise
- Set monitors on error tracking events, such as high error volume or new issues
- Follow issues over time to know when they first started, if they are still ongoing, and how often they occur

Take a tour of key Error Tracking features in the [Error Tracking Explorer](https://docs.datadoghq.com/error_tracking/explorer) documentation. To view the Error Tracking Explorer for Logs in Datadog, navigate to [**Error Tracking**](https://app.datadoghq.com/error-tracking).

## Setup{% #setup %}

Error Tracking for Logs processes properly configured error logs with stack traces.

- [Browser and Mobile](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/error_tracking/browser_and_mobile)
- [Backend](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/error_tracking/backend)

## Further Reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Make sense of application issues with Datadog Error Tracking](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/error-tracking/)
- [Track and triage errors in your logs with Datadog Error Tracking](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/error-tracking-logs/)
- [Learn about the Error Tracking Explorer](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/error_tracking/explorer)
- [Create an Error Tracking monitor](https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors/types/error_tracking/)