# Elastic Observability **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=157 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 158 --- ## [Differences between Discover and Logs?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/differences-between-discover-and-logs/161184)
**Author:** [@phr0gz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phr0gz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/differences-between-discover-and-logs/161184 "2019-01-07T16:15:11Z")
Hello, The live stream feature seems really nice! But I'm a little bit confused about this functionality: It looks like the same as the "Discover" view...isn't it? We are already using the Elastic stack as a "big" far… --- ## [Validation of APM-approach across transactions and spans](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-of-apm-approach-across-transactions-and-spans/162805)
**Author:** [@jhoninck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jhoninck)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-of-apm-approach-across-transactions-and-spans/162805 "2019-01-07T14:27:40Z")
Would like to validate my approach for APM. We have a web-server application. Inside that application we can identify the message being send to a JMS queue. It is possible to identify: A. the application sending the … --- ## [Dynamic Sampling Rates](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-sampling-rates/163083)
**Author:** [@digitalron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/digitalron)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-sampling-rates/163083 "2019-01-07T14:05:19Z")
Hello again! We are wondering if Elastic APM has a way to enable dynamic sampling, meaning having the ability to change sampling rates on the fly without needing to restart services and agents. One of the use case for … --- ## [APM service name](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-service-name/162978)
**Author:** [@yasin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yasin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-service-name/162978 "2019-01-07T12:51:15Z")
Dear Elastic team, We have managed to get the APM data but we have another problem. We want name the services so we can have a view from which env it is. Is that possible Attached screenshot to be more clear. --- ## [APM Java agent websphere startup issues](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-websphere-startup-issues/162975)
**Author:** [@Sebastian\_Mildgrim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sebastian_Mildgrim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-websphere-startup-issues/162975 "2019-01-06T07:58:22Z")
APM Java agent websphere startup failure I have the same issue as the above thread. I know WebSphere isn't officially supported only WebSphere Liberty but if this issue is something I could work around that would be gre… --- ## [Java APM Agent does not send spans for database queries and error.\* document](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-does-not-send-spans-for-database-queries-and-error-document/162602)
**Author:** [@Victor\_C](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Victor_C)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 6:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-does-not-send-spans-for-database-queries-and-error-document/162602 "2019-01-06T06:51:03Z")
The Java APM Agent does not send spans for database queries and error.\* document, but it sends the HTTP request correctly. I only see one warning in the log but it seems not related to the issue. \[qtp1190035432-17\] WAR… --- ## [Logs UI disable "failed to find message" line](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-ui-disable-failed-to-find-message-line/162958)
**Author:** [@Eilyre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eilyre)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-ui-disable-failed-to-find-message-line/162958 "2019-01-04T13:06:55Z")
Hello! Loving the new Logs UI functionality. Makes checking the logs of distributed systems much quicker and more pleasant to use. While it works well, there's one pet peeve I have - when a document does not have the "… --- ## [Elastic APM GeoIP Pipeline](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-geoip-pipeline/162622)
**Author:** [@digitalron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/digitalron)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-geoip-pipeline/162622 "2019-01-04T13:06:08Z")
Hi, we want to enrich our Elastic-APM RUM data with GeoIP information and are wondering what the best place is to put it into: Elasticsearch Ingest Pipeline Logstash (but it means having to route from Elastic-APM to Lo… --- ## [APM is not showing anything in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-is-not-showing-anything-in-kibana/162901)
**Author:** [@dhananjay88](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhananjay88)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-is-not-showing-anything-in-kibana/162901 "2019-01-04T10:50:48Z")
I have two nodes installed with elastic 6.5.4 and kibana 6.5.4 on one node. I have made a cluster and it is working fine. I have installed APM 6.5.4 to check alerting in Kibana but whenever I click on APM it shows that A… --- ## [Beta release for .NET APM Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-release-for-net-apm-agent/162789)
**Author:** [@Sam21](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam21)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-release-for-net-apm-agent/162789 "2019-01-04T10:19:45Z")
Hi Team, We have already implemented Elastic APM for couple of our applications & rest of the applications are build on .NET. So would like to know what is an rough ETA to expect the beta or GA version of .NET agent. T… --- ## [Java APM has no spans](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-has-no-spans/162610)
**Author:** [@mrk1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mrk1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-has-no-spans/162610 "2019-01-03T12:14:49Z")
hi i have setup JavaAPM in my kibana ui , i am not able to see any transactions error : "No spans available for this transaction. " i do get response times and request per minute . --- ## [Debugging information for JAVA agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debugging-information-for-java-agent/160925)
**Author:** [@jhoninck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jhoninck)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debugging-information-for-java-agent/160925 "2019-01-03T10:32:04Z")
Doing my best to create some custom code to use as a tracer and add into APM. It is the intention to create a transaction and append from different locations spans to it using context. Have started APM/Elastic/kibana sta… --- ## [Logs UI beta, how it works !?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-ui-beta-how-it-works/157430)
**Author:** [@dimuskin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dimuskin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-ui-beta-how-it-works/157430 "2019-01-03T10:22:02Z")
Hello, I finally upgraded to ES 6.5 and was pleasantly surprised by the innovations. Really liked the feature Logs UI (watching logs in real time), but unfortunately I did not find a description of her work. Documenta… --- ## [Java Apm agent for multiple tomcats](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-for-multiple-tomcats/162551)
**Author:** [@Chandan1144](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chandan1144)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-for-multiple-tomcats/162551 "2019-01-03T09:12:53Z")
How to configure multiple tomcats running on same machine to Apm server ? With single tomcat I m able to start APMUI. How to achieve for multiple tomcats --- ## [APM JAVA AGENT Rancher](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-rancher/162671)
**Author:** [@yasin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yasin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-rancher/162671 "2019-01-03T07:23:52Z")
Dear All, We want to use the APM feature but we are a bit stuck with configuring it. We are using Rancher with docker containers. I've managed to install the APM server using the available image but how do i need to in… --- ## [Transaction.duration.us](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transaction-duration-us/162332)
**Author:** [@TrumanDu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TrumanDu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transaction-duration-us/162332 "2019-01-03T01:00:39Z")
transaction.duration.us Total duration of this transaction, in microseconds. my data is but apm ui How should I understand? --- ## [APM python agent stoped showing boto3 spans](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-python-agent-stoped-showing-boto3-spans/157559)
**Author:** [@Ahmad\_Al-Masry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ahmad_Al-Masry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-python-agent-stoped-showing-boto3-spans/157559 "2019-01-02T08:29:05Z")
Hi; We are using elastic cloud and we were using 6.4.3 and apm agent 3.0.3, then, the boto3 instrumentation went so well, but after we upgraded to 6.5.0 and apm agent 4.0.1 the distributed tracing went well but the boto… --- ## [Any plans to support JVM Heap and GC stats using the Java APM agent?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-support-jvm-heap-and-gc-stats-using-the-java-apm-agent/160787)
**Author:** [@Jeremy\_Freedman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jeremy_Freedman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-plans-to-support-jvm-heap-and-gc-stats-using-the-java-apm-agent/160787 "2019-01-01T09:25:27Z")
Hi, I was wondering if there are any plans to support monitoring the size of each generation in java's heap and the cpu time spent in gc using the Java APM agent? I've used other APM products in the past that monitor t… --- ## [Java Agent JMX metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent-jmx-metrics/162533)
**Author:** [@prv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent-jmx-metrics/162533 "2019-01-01T06:57:01Z")
I configured java apm agent with -javaagent flag. In the logs I can see that the connection is made to elastic search. However I don't see any metrics sent to elastic search other than the initial connection. Also, ca… --- ## [Custom Events](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712)
**Author:** [@fim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fim)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-events/158712 "2018-12-31T12:05:12Z")
In APM is there a feature available for custom events similar how New Relic provide it? Custom event collection is enabled by default in Java agent version 3.13.0 or higher. To send custom events, simply call the relev… --- ## [Java Agent reports Non-business queries for DB](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent-reports-non-business-queries-for-db/162058)
**Author:** [@caohui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/caohui)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent-reports-non-business-queries-for-db/162058 "2018-12-26T04:13:23Z")
--- ## [How to explore transaction history for every request?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-explore-transaction-history-for-every-request/161495)
**Author:** [@shinebayar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shinebayar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-explore-transaction-history-for-every-request/161495 "2018-12-24T08:57:22Z")
Hi, I'm new to elastic search stack. We're trying to improve performance of our nodejs application with APM. As you see on the picture we're using graphql. Means every request goes to /graphql path on server. Let's g… --- ## [APM Java agent: capture startup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-capture-startup/161134)
**Author:** [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-capture-startup/161134 "2018-12-21T17:20:20Z")
Hello, We have several web applications based on Spring 4.x(without spring boot) that have a large amount on startup code(init-methods on spring beans and ApplicationListener). Is there a way to have a transaction over … --- ## [When support number type tags?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-support-number-type-tags/161848)
**Author:** [@toughrogrammer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/toughrogrammer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-support-number-type-tags/161848 "2018-12-21T15:20:48Z")
I want to get average of specific tags. But it looks like all tags beging string. --- ## [Apm server as kubernetes daemonset?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-as-kubernetes-daemonset/161307)
**Author:** [@ethrbunny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ethrbunny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-as-kubernetes-daemonset/161307 "2018-12-21T11:45:07Z")
I want to start deploying pods with elastic apm monitoring. To this end I need to (?) get the apm server deployed as a daemonset so it will be available on every k8 node. So far no luck from a test java app. I checked t… --- ## [Multiple fields instead of message](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-fields-instead-of-message/161301)
**Author:** [@phr0gz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phr0gz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-fields-instead-of-message/161301 "2018-12-21T09:47:54Z")
Hello, is there any plan to add multiple fields instead of @message/message ? Because in my case to avoid redundant fields we drop the message field when the message is parsed. --- ## [How to check what caused APM error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-what-caused-apm-error/161617)
**Author:** [@mhd.mam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mhd.mam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-what-caused-apm-error/161617 "2018-12-20T09:23:02Z")
I'm getting this error on my server, I need to know how to know what's the root cause? logging error fe074d03-eae5-4f7b-adcc-de3514859480 with Elastic APM of course with different id every time. I How I can get the fu… --- ## [Backing off for 0 seconds](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backing-off-for-0-seconds/161412)
**Author:** [@Ram\_Ibaset](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram_Ibaset)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backing-off-for-0-seconds/161412 "2018-12-19T22:51:41Z")
I am getting the following error - My configuration is as follows: Spring Java based Application running on Tomcat Server 9. ELK stack 6.5.3 (running dockerized) Running the application from eclipse with the followin… --- ## [Unable to Load Kibana objects (Failed to parse)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-load-kibana-objects-failed-to-parse/161520)
**Author:** [@jcalonso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jcalonso)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-load-kibana-objects-failed-to-parse/161520 "2018-12-19T17:10:17Z")
Hello, I'm trying to setup APN from Kibana. I have the APN server communicating with Elastic and My app sending metrics. In the last step "Load Kibana Objects" I get the following error: Unable to add 1 of 16 kibana obj… --- ## [Strip Headers/Environment Variables from payloads](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strip-headers-environment-variables-from-payloads/161421)
**Author:** [@krainboltgreene](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krainboltgreene)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strip-headers-environment-variables-from-payloads/161421 "2018-12-19T07:46:49Z")
Currently we're seeing that the Ruby APM agent inserting environment variables and headers. Is there any way to strip this information? [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=156) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=158)