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title: About GitHub Insights
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intro: '{% data variables.product.prodname_insights %} provides metrics and analytical reports to help engineering teams understand and improve their software delivery process.'
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redirect_from:
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- /github/installing-and-configuring-github-insights/about-github-insights
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- /insights/installing-and-configuring-github-insights/about-github-insights
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versions:
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ghes: '*'
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---
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## About {% data variables.product.prodname_insights %}
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{% data variables.product.prodname_insights %} is a standalone application that provides analytic reports based on data from {% data variables.product.product_location %} to help you understand and improve your software delivery process. You can use these metrics to remove bottlenecks in process, improve collaboration, and deliver projects faster, with higher quality.
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{% data variables.product.prodname_insights %} is hosted on a machine and interfaces with {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}. For more information, see "[System overview for {% data variables.product.prodname_insights %}](/insights/installing-and-configuring-github-insights/system-overview-for-github-insights)."
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Anyone with access to {% data variables.product.prodname_insights %} can view and interact with metrics, using team and repository filters to contextualize data. For more information, see "[Exploring your usage of {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}](/insights/exploring-your-usage-of-github-enterprise)."
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People with admin permissions to {% data variables.product.prodname_insights %} can choose which metrics are displayed and which organizations, repositories, and people are included in those metrics. They can also add context to metrics by managing events. For more information, see "[About data in {% data variables.product.prodname_insights %} ](/insights/installing-and-configuring-github-insights/about-data-in-github-insights)."
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## Contacting support
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You can receive support for {% data variables.product.prodname_insights %} from {% data variables.contact.github_support %}. For more information, see {% ifversion fpt %}"[Submitting a ticket](/github/working-with-github-support/submitting-a-ticket)."{% else %}"[Reaching {% data variables.contact.github_support %}](/enterprise/{{ currentVersion }}/admin/enterprise-support/reaching-github-support)."{% endif %}
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## Further reading
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- "[Installing {% data variables.product.prodname_insights %}](/insights/installing-and-configuring-github-insights/installing-github-insights)"
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- "[Configuring {% data variables.product.prodname_insights %}](/insights/installing-and-configuring-github-insights/configuring-github-insights)"
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