# USE Method
## Metadata
**Status**:: #x
**Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting
**Created**:: [[2026-07-03]]
## Synopsis
USE is an acronym for a methodology to categorize observability metrics.
- Utilization
- Saturation
- Error
## References
- [[Brendan Gregg - Thinking Methodically About Performance - ACM Queue (Highlights)#^895d12]]