# How-To Guides

Pick the scenario that matches your job-to-be-done and follow the playbook. Each guide links to deeper concepts and tutorials when you want more background.

## Operational Response
- [Triage Production Errors](find-errors-in-logs.md)
- [Build a Service Health Snapshot](monitor-application-health.md)
- [Design Streaming Alerts](build-streaming-alerts.md)

## Traffic & Ingress
- [Analyze Web Traffic](analyze-web-traffic.md)
- [Investigate Syslog Sources](parse-syslog-files.md)
- [Choose a Multiline Strategy](handle-multiline-stacktraces.md)

## Data Preparation & Hygiene
- [Sanitize Logs Before Sharing](extract-and-mask-sensitive-data.md)
- [Pseudonymize Identifiers for Analytics](pseudonymize-identifiers-for-analytics.md)
- [Prepare CSV Exports for Analytics](process-csv-data.md)
- [Flatten Nested JSON for Analysis](fan-out-nested-structures.md)

## Performance & Aggregation
- [Process Archives at Scale](batch-process-archives.md)
- [Roll Up Logs with Span Windows](span-aggregation-cookbook.md)

## Advanced Techniques
- [Power-User Techniques](power-user-techniques.md) - Discover overlooked features like pattern normalization, deterministic sampling, JWT parsing, and multi-level fan-out

## Integration & Workflow
- [Integrate Kelora with External Tools](integrate-external-tools.md)
