Data observability is crucial for businesses to make insightful decisions and achieve success. It helps detect issues early, minimize downtime, improve data engineering productivity, maintain data quality, and optimize the data pipeline. Key features of a good data observability solution include real-time data pipeline monitoring, pipeline visualization and analysis, and customization of capabilities. Automated testing and validation, data lineage tracking, and integrations are additional features to consider when choosing a platform. Acceldata offers a comprehensive solution for data observability, providing real-time insights to support data-driven decision-making.