# Analyzing entities in Amazon Detective An entity is a single object extracted from the source data. Examples include a specific IP address, Amazon EC2 instance, or AWS account. For a list of entity types, see [Types of entities in the behavior graph data structure](graph-data-structure-overview.md#entity-types). An Amazon Detective entity profile is a single page that provides detailed information about the entity and its activity. You might use an entity profile to get supporting details for an investigation into a finding or as part of a general hunt for suspicious activity. **Topics** + [Using entity profiles](using-entity-profiles.md) + [Viewing and interacting with Detective profile panels](profile-panels.md) + [Navigating directly to an entity profile or finding overview](navigate-to-profile.md) + [Pivoting from a profile panel to another console](profile-panel-console-links.md) + [Exploring activity details on a profile panel](profile-panel-drilldown.md) + [Managing the scope time](scope-time-managing.md) + [Viewing details for associated findings in Detective](entity-finding-list.md) + [Viewing details for high-volume entities in Detective](high-volume-entities.md)