# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=144

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## [APM - No system metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-no-system-metrics/189016)

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**Author:** [@RichardH](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RichardH)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-no-system-metrics/189016 "2019-07-07T02:48:30Z")

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Hello, I found a previous topic that said the system metrics in APM are not currently available Is there any change to this? - I am just trying to confirm if me not getting metrics is a configuration issue or not. T…

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## [Ruby: APM not sending any data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-apm-not-sending-any-data/189028)

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**Author:** [@rzlprnft](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rzlprnft)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-apm-not-sending-any-data/189028 "2019-07-06T11:01:45Z")

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Hi everyone, we already integrated APM in 3 projects with a total of 6 environments, all Rails. However, we have another project (fairly old) in Sinatra with a lot of Sidekiq Workers that we like to monitor. I followe…

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## [How to use Elasticsearch APM for website monitoring?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-elasticsearch-apm-for-website-monitoring/188705)

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**Author:** [@pksinghal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pksinghal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-elasticsearch-apm-for-website-monitoring/188705 "2019-07-05T16:36:18Z")

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I want to monitor the latency of web page starting from hitting the URL from browser till page load. We are using react & node for front end and microservices for backend. So I study elasticsearch APM and RUM. But how I …

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## [Problem on Infrastructure and Metricbeats](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-on-infrastructure-and-metricbeats/188864)

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**Author:** [@antonopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antonopo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-on-infrastructure-and-metricbeats/188864 "2019-07-05T14:49:57Z")

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Hi, I have problem on the Infrastructure tab on Kibana. I cannot see any data of the metrics of my hosts. In the past i could see all the metrics for all the hosts there. After upgrading ELK 7.1 to 7.2 and all the metr…

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## [Reduce the number of elasticsearch indicies that my Django app creates with elastic-apm for Python](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-the-number-of-elasticsearch-indicies-that-my-django-app-creates-with-elastic-apm-for-python/189024)

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**Author:** [@Jonasks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonasks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-the-number-of-elasticsearch-indicies-that-my-django-app-creates-with-elastic-apm-for-python/189024 "2019-07-05T07:45:02Z")

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I'd like to reduce the amount of indicies that the APM built in to our Django creates, or setting a custom index pattern. I haven't been able to find any setting to do that, and I've not been successful to send the logs …

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## [Source of default apm dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/source-of-default-apm-dashboards/187674)

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**Author:** [@karlpokus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karlpokus)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/source-of-default-apm-dashboards/187674 "2019-07-04T08:23:03Z")

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Can I get the source for the default kibana apm dashboards? There's no right clicking anywhere.

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## [Nodejs GraphQL Field Resolvers](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodejs-graphql-field-resolvers/188424)

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**Author:** [@dvisz-inf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dvisz-inf)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodejs-graphql-field-resolvers/188424 "2019-07-02T22:04:22Z")

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Does the node agent's graphql instrumentation support creating spans for each field resolver, or only for the complete operation? Thanks!

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## [Infrastructure dashboard legends not clear](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/infrastructure-dashboard-legends-not-clear/187924)

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**Author:** [@syedsfayaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syedsfayaz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/infrastructure-dashboard-legends-not-clear/187924 "2019-07-02T21:54:50Z")

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Hi Can you please explain what this graph is showing exactly. The legends are not clear to me to what actually they mean. I am referring to the hover over values shown. What does these colors indicate.

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## [Detach java agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detach-java-agent/186305)

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**Author:** [@sandokandias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandokandias)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detach-java-agent/186305 "2019-07-02T13:46:19Z")

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Kibana version: 7.1.1 Elasticsearch version: 7.1.1 APM Server version: 7.1.1 APM Agent language and version: Java - 1.7.0 Browser version: n/a Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.…

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## [Is it possible to record the transaction with sample rate as well, but not all of them?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-record-the-transaction-with-sample-rate-as-well-but-not-all-of-them/183800)

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**Author:** [@kenshin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kenshin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-record-the-transaction-with-sample-rate-as-well-but-not-all-of-them/183800 "2019-07-02T02:46:17Z")

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Hi there, We are trying to use Elastic APM for performance monitoring and tracing. The official document said, By default, the agent will sample every transaction (e.g. request to your service). To reduce overhead and…

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## [Save setting Groupby servers by custom field in infrastructure Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/save-setting-groupby-servers-by-custom-field-in-infrastructure-dashboard/187686)

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**Author:** [@syedsfayaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syedsfayaz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/save-setting-groupby-servers-by-custom-field-in-infrastructure-dashboard/187686 "2019-07-01T15:43:26Z")

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Hi I am able to categorize the servers based on the Group by : "version". But every time I load kibana or any new user logs in, they need to explicitly go and add that filter. Is there a way this filter can be saved…

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## [Not seeing APM data on elasticsearch/Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-seeing-apm-data-on-elasticsearch-kibana/187911)

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**Author:** [@Juan\_Stiza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Juan_Stiza)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-seeing-apm-data-on-elasticsearch-kibana/187911 "2019-07-01T12:30:50Z")

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Kibana version: 6.6.1 Elasticsearch version: 6.6.1 APM Server version: 6.6.1 APM Agent language and version: Node v2.11.6 Browser version: Chrome v75.0.3770.100 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb…

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## [Grok pattern / content management](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-pattern-content-management/188162)

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**Author:** [@anon15412260](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon15412260)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-pattern-content-management/188162 "2019-06-30T01:46:59Z")

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Is there any ability in the platform today to build out grok patterns within the UI and distribute them to filebeats agents or push these into updated logstash pipelines? If not, could this be a feature request? Would be…

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## [Showing APM queue size](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/showing-apm-queue-size/187820)

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**Author:** [@vicmarbev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vicmarbev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/showing-apm-queue-size/187820 "2019-06-28T17:48:15Z")

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Hi, I've been having problems with the queue being full, and I know that I can set the queue size manually, but: How can I see the number of events currently in the queue? Can I check it through the API?

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## [How to drop spans with duration below 5ms](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-drop-spans-with-duration-below-5ms/186617)

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**Author:** [@Askia\_Mohamed\_Kadri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Askia_Mohamed_Kadri)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-drop-spans-with-duration-below-5ms/186617 "2019-06-28T09:32:11Z")

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Kibana version: 6.8 Elasticsearch version: 6.8 APM Server version: 6.8 APM Agent language and version: JavaAgent 1.7 Browser version: Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and ver…

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## [Highly Custom Distributed Tracing?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highly-custom-distributed-tracing/187206)

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**Author:** [@Braden\_Rockwell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Braden_Rockwell)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highly-custom-distributed-tracing/187206 "2019-06-28T09:12:20Z")

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So I would love to get distributed tracing working for our application but there is a case here when we do not use the standard infrastructure and move to a websocket. Essentially there are cases when we go \`API --\> Web…

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## [APM Index Template with numeric\_detection](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-template-with-numeric-detection/187579)

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**Author:** [@yozel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yozel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-template-with-numeric-detection/187579 "2019-06-28T01:57:57Z")

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I'm trying to use my template labels as integer/float data and aggregate them in some dashboards but all labels have the type of string since Elastic APM sends them as a string. Is there a way to create APM index templat…

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## [APM Transaction doesn't show up for Image GET requests](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-doesnt-show-up-for-image-get-requests/187399)

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**Author:** [@EZprogramming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EZprogramming)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-doesnt-show-up-for-image-get-requests/187399 "2019-06-27T15:25:45Z")

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Deployment version in Elastic Cloud: v7.1.1 Kibana version: v7.1.1 Elasticsearch version: v7.1.1 APM Server version: v7.1.1 APM Agent language and version: Could find it Browser version: Google Chrome: Version…

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## [Custom field (tag, label, whatever...) available in transaction and subsequent spans (without defining them)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-field-tag-label-whatever-available-in-transaction-and-subsequent-spans-without-defining-them/185775)

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**Author:** [@J\_Weeda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/J_Weeda)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-field-tag-label-whatever-available-in-transaction-and-subsequent-spans-without-defining-them/185775 "2019-06-27T13:30:17Z")

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Kibana version: 7.0.0 Elasticsearch version: 7.0.0 APM Server version: 7.0.0 APM Agent language and version: agent.name js-base agent.version 4.0.2 Elasticstack hosted on Elastic Cloud. We are trying to add a cust…

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## [How to instrument java server side to trace out the method calls used when an api call takes place?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-instrument-java-server-side-to-trace-out-the-method-calls-used-when-an-api-call-takes-place/187271)

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**Author:** [@farisk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/farisk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-instrument-java-server-side-to-trace-out-the-method-calls-used-when-an-api-call-takes-place/187271 "2019-06-27T05:56:21Z")

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I want to know how to use the java agent in instrumenting a tom cat server to trace out all the method names invoked while calling an API. I don't want the database operation stack , i want all the method names of the A…

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## [APM Configuration Help Needed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-configuration-help-needed/187650)

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**Author:** [@nagr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nagr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-configuration-help-needed/187650 "2019-06-27T04:55:26Z")

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Hi All, I have followed the step below for APM configuration, Download the APM Server Windows zip file from the Download page. Extract the contents of the zip file into C:\\Program Files . Rename the apm-server-7.1.0…

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## [Monitoring JBoss Fuse using APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-jboss-fuse-using-apm/185758)

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**Author:** [@vivek14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vivek14)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-jboss-fuse-using-apm/185758 "2019-06-27T02:29:21Z")

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If you are asking about a problem you are experiencing, please use the following template, as it will help us help you. If you have a different problem, please delete all of this text :slight\_smile: Kibana version: 6.5.…

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## [Transactions not showing Python APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transactions-not-showing-python-apm/187471)

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**Author:** [@srpecnik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/srpecnik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transactions-not-showing-python-apm/187471 "2019-06-26T14:44:56Z")

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Hi, I've recently installed and configured the elastic apm server, and am now configuring instrumentation for our python application. We are not using flask or django, but I am under the impression that we should be ab…

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## [Not able to distribute trace using rum agent and java agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-distribute-trace-using-rum-agent-and-java-agent/187580)

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**Author:** [@farisk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/farisk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-distribute-trace-using-rum-agent-and-java-agent/187580 "2019-06-26T14:17:31Z")

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I want to use distribute tracing to link together the front end tracing and the backed java application to create a distributed tracing. i am using rum-js by injecting it to the page as well as java agent in the tomcat …

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## [Are env labels supported in Elastic APM Agent?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-env-labels-supported-in-elastic-apm-agent/187556)

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**Author:** [@NeoX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NeoX)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-env-labels-supported-in-elastic-apm-agent/187556 "2019-06-26T13:24:39Z")

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I want to be able to filter APM transactions by environment (env) in Kibana. This is available as an ECS field as shown here. Is this supported in Elastic APM Agent yet? I can't seem to find anything to do with labels…

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## [APM dont capture exception from @ExceptionHandler](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-dont-capture-exception-from-exceptionhandler/187530)

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**Author:** [@tapokshot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tapokshot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-dont-capture-exception-from-exceptionhandler/187530 "2019-06-26T10:24:39Z")

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Hello Kibana 6.8.0 APM Agent Java 1.7.0 Spring boot 1.5.7.RELEASE apm agent don't capture exception from spring boot @ExceptionHandler. His have this feature or i should use manually capture exception via ElasticApm…

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## [Chrome Distributed Trace Issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-distributed-trace-issue/186892)

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**Author:** [@digitalron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/digitalron)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-distributed-trace-issue/186892 "2019-06-26T07:33:49Z")

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I'd like to refer to a previous issue I raised in Distributed Trace doesn't seem to work in Chrome above version 71.x The problem as defined in that thread is that Chrome doesn't seem to allow distributed traces to prop…

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## [Full trace with custom integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-trace-with-custom-integration/185996)

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**Author:** [@N.Lassimonne](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/N.Lassimonne)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-trace-with-custom-integration/185996 "2019-06-25T23:11:49Z")

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Hello, I am using nodeJS APM agent with a custom integration, for monitoring incomming UDP data in my application. I am currently splitting my application, with 2 services in charge of different treatment. I was wonder…

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## [Is there any way to add APM services to Kibana dashboards?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-add-apm-services-to-kibana-dashboards/186940)

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**Author:** [@EZprogramming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EZprogramming)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-add-apm-services-to-kibana-dashboards/186940 "2019-06-25T17:28:30Z")

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Hi everyone, I want to add the graphs (transactions, metrics, cpu, memory) for each service in the above picture to Kibana without actually building new visualizations. Is that possible? Do I have to do this configurat…

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## [Upload my logs from node to ElasticSearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upload-my-logs-from-node-to-elasticsearch/187003)

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**Author:** [@Shahar-Y](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shahar-Y)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upload-my-logs-from-node-to-elasticsearch/187003 "2019-06-24T17:55:58Z")

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Hi, I'm new to ElasticSearch. I want my application to upload its logs while it's running - to my ElasticSearch server. My application is using node (typescript), and I can't understand how to upload a JSON log I creat…

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