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Docs: Document new exporter for usage insights (#38593)

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## Configuration
The following procedure assumes that you have installed Loki. Refer to [Install Loki](/docs/loki/latest/installation/).
To export your logs, enable the usage insights feature and [configure]({{< relref "../../administration/configuration.md" >}}) an export location in the configuration file:
```ini
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enabled = true
# Storage type
storage = loki
```
The options for storage type are `loki` and `logger` (added in Grafana Enterprise 8.2).
If the storage type is set to `loki` you'll need to also configure Grafana
to export to a Loki ingestion server. To do this, you'll need Loki installed.
Refer to [Install Loki](/docs/loki/latest/installation/) for instructions
on how to install Loki.
```ini
[usage_insights.export.storage.loki]
# Set the communication protocol to use with Loki (can be grpc or http)
type = grpc
@@ -68,9 +75,12 @@ url = localhost:9095
tls = true
```
Using `logger` will print usage insights to your [Grafana server log]({{< relref "../../administration/configuration.md#log" >}}).
There is no option for configuring the `logger` storage type.
## Visualize Loki usage insights in Grafana
Now that your logs are exported into Loki, you can build Grafana dashboards to understand your Grafana instance usage.
If you export logs into Loki, you can build Grafana dashboards to understand your Grafana instance usage.
1. Add Loki as a data source. Refer to [Grafana fundamentals tutorial](/tutorials/grafana-fundamentals/#6).
1. Import one of the following dashboards: