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Click Cockpit in the Observability section of the console side menu. The Cockpit overview page displays.
Click the Data sources tab.
Click + Create custom data source.
Enter a name for the data source.
Choose the data type you want to create in the data source.
Select the region for your data source.
Tip
We recommend that you create your data sources in the same regions as the alert manager if you want to receive alerts for them.
Drag the slider to adjust the retention period for your data source:
Drag the slider to the right to increase your retention period, or
Drag the slider to the left to decrease the retention period.
Important
Reducing the retention period of a data source will permanently delete all observability data in that data source beyond the selected timeframe. This deletion is irreversible and takes effect a few minutes after the retention period is reduced, even if the retention period is later increased.