# Analyzing metrics with the Performance Insights dashboard
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The Performance Insights dashboard contains database performance information to help you analyze and troubleshoot performance issues. On the main dashboard page, you can view information about the database load (DB load). You can "slice" DB load by dimensions such as wait states or query. 

**Topics**
+ [Overview of the Performance Insights dashboard](performance-insights-dashboard-overview.md)
+ [Opening the Performance Insights dashboard](performance-insights-dashboard-opening.md)
+ [Analyzing database load by wait states](performance-insights-analyzing-db-load.md)
+ [Overview of the Top queries tab](performance-insights-top-queries.md)
+ [Zooming in on the database load chart](performance-insights-zoom-db-load.md)