# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=8

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## [How do I configure the expect timeout from synthetic config](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-the-expect-timeout-from-synthetic-config/376931)

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**Author:** [@xyngfei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyngfei)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-the-expect-timeout-from-synthetic-config/376931 "2025-04-09T01:28:55Z")

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In the playwright config, I can set the expect timeout as below:- const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = { timeout: 120\_000, expect: { timeout: 15\_000, }, }, Question: Is there any JourneyConfig that allows set…

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## [Kafka / Spring Boot 3.4 & Java APM Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-spring-boot-3-4-java-apm-agent/376552)

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**Author:** [@VVK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VVK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-spring-boot-3-4-java-apm-agent/376552 "2025-04-07T19:05:48Z")

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Self managed in K8S environment. Kibana version: 8.16.5 Elasticsearch version: 8.16.5 APM Server version: 8.16.2 APM Agent language and version: Java 1.52.1 Browser version: Chrome Fresh install or upgraded fr…

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## [Need help on creating a table of data in a dashboard using logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-on-creating-a-table-of-data-in-a-dashboard-using-logs/376038)

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**Author:** [@Karthi746](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthi746)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-on-creating-a-table-of-data-in-a-dashboard-using-logs/376038 "2025-04-04T13:27:18Z")

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Hi, I currently have an azure managed elastic cloud which contains logs from various sources. I have been developing a dashboard with all the data available in the logs. I currently need help in creating a table visuali…

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## [Platinum license](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/platinum-license/376596)

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**Author:** [@s0mbra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s0mbra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/platinum-license/376596 "2025-04-03T17:10:20Z")

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Hi everyone! I am attempting to purchase a platinum license, but first, I need to know what features are available. Does the license allow for connecting multiple nodes in the cluster, or just one node? If not what are…

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## [Seperate the apm indecies per service](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seperate-the-apm-indecies-per-service/376746)

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**Author:** [@questionpls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/questionpls)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seperate-the-apm-indecies-per-service/376746 "2025-04-03T13:46:59Z")

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Kibana version: v 8.17.3 Elasticsearch version: APM Server version: apm-server/stable,now 8.17.3 amd64 APM Agent language and version: 1.52.2 I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask but I prompted chatgpt…

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## [Remove Specific Fields from APM Data Before Indexing in Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-specific-fields-from-apm-data-before-indexing-in-elasticsearch/376614)

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**Author:** [@Raushan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raushan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-specific-fields-from-apm-data-before-indexing-in-elasticsearch/376614 "2025-04-03T11:25:01Z")

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Kibana version: 8.12.2 Elasticsearch version: 8.12.2 APM Server version: 8.12.2 APM Agent language and version: Otel collector-contrib:0.109.0 Browser version: N/A Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, d…

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## [Java agent occupies message attributes in SQS](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent-occupies-message-attributes-in-sqs/376718)

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**Author:** [@kschroiff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kschroiff)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent-occupies-message-attributes-in-sqs/376718 "2025-04-03T03:21:11Z")

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I just started with an Elastic APM PoC. We are using 10 out of the max 10 message attributes for SQS messages. The java instrumentation adds some more to the list - which results in an exception. software.amazon.awssd…

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## [Span details not visible in APM traces waterfall](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/span-details-not-visible-in-apm-traces-waterfall/376667)

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**Author:** [@meghananagaraja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meghananagaraja)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/span-details-not-visible-in-apm-traces-waterfall/376667 "2025-04-02T12:07:02Z")

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Dear All, I am manually instrumenting my apps using open telemetry. Also adding logs into trace attributes. Kind of integrating logs with traces. I send traces to APM server. When I am at trace waterfall view I see on…

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## [Metricbeat Pods Stopping Metrics Intermittently – Connection Issues](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-pods-stopping-metrics-intermittently-connection-issues/376665)

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**Author:** [@calvin01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/calvin01)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-pods-stopping-metrics-intermittently-connection-issues/376665 "2025-04-02T06:36:48Z")

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Hi Team, We're facing an intermittent issue with our Metricbeat pods. For the past 30 days, our Metricbeat pods have been running smoothly, sending metrics to Elasticsearch, and displaying them on Kibana’s Stack Monitor…

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## [\[Elasticsearch + APM Server Binary + Distributed Tracing\] Latency Distribution: No data to display, and no traces are shown](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-apm-server-binary-distributed-tracing-latency-distribution-no-data-to-display-and-no-traces-are-shown/370225)

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**Author:** [@shihab.sunny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shihab.sunny)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-apm-server-binary-distributed-tracing-latency-distribution-no-data-to-display-and-no-traces-are-shown/370225 "2025-03-29T20:56:03Z")

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Hello everyone, I have been trying to set up tracing for a java maven spring boot (3.1.2) application using the self managed APM server binary and elastic APM javaagent. Although, I have received necessary trace and spa…

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## [Unable to create Synthetics and Uptime monitor status rules](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-synthetics-and-uptime-monitor-status-rules/376511)

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**Author:** [@kotha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kotha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-synthetics-and-uptime-monitor-status-rules/376511 "2025-03-28T04:41:29Z")

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When trying to create a Kibana Rule for Synthetics, getting the following error: Unauthorized by "uptime" to create "xpack.synthetics.alerts.monitorStatus" rule The user is able to create other rule type like Metric th…

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## [UI and superuser queries](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ui-and-superuser-queries/376450)

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**Author:** [@irs055](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irs055)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ui-and-superuser-queries/376450 "2025-03-27T06:37:45Z")

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We have two queries . Query 1: Kibana Dashboard Users Unable to Export Study Details Issue: We have a Kibana setup where superusers (e.g., the elastic user) can successfully download/export dashboard results. However,…

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## [APM with agent key or APM with fleet?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-with-agent-key-or-apm-with-fleet/376435)

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**Author:** [@Jeffrey\_Martin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jeffrey_Martin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-with-agent-key-or-apm-with-fleet/376435 "2025-03-26T17:06:07Z")

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I'm trying to understand the two setup variations of APM. I understand their to be two ways to control things via fleet. Being "enrolled" in fleet via an enrollment token enables more full control of an agent on a host…

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## [Environment variables not working in lightweight monitor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variables-not-working-in-lightweight-monitor/374513)

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**Author:** [@masapr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/masapr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/environment-variables-not-working-in-lightweight-monitor/374513 "2025-03-26T14:40:51Z")

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My lightweight monitor runs in a docker container, where I configured an environment variable TEST\_VARIABLE. I tried several ways to use this variable, but they all don't work. Particularly the example \[in the documenta…

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## [Kibana API to Query Dashboard or Visualisation Metadata](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-api-to-query-dashboard-or-visualisation-metadata/376326)

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**Author:** [@console\_fulcrum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/console_fulcrum)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-api-to-query-dashboard-or-visualisation-metadata/376326 "2025-03-25T13:55:59Z")

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ELK Stack Version 8.17.2 Problem - Too many unused dashboards, visualisations - that need to be identified and removed (criteria - 0 views in 90 days, last updated \< 1 year) For a given Kibana API Query - /api/dashbo…

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## [Create custom kibana dashboard with synthetics monitor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-kibana-dashboard-with-synthetics-monitor/376360)

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**Author:** [@man\_dev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/man_dev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-kibana-dashboard-with-synthetics-monitor/376360 "2025-03-25T11:22:45Z")

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Hello, I want to made custom kibana dashboard that display synthetic monitor browser page for my website. I want to make it like a CCTV monitor that can display all of my website. I have a problem with configuration in…

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## [Jenkins.agent fields are missing from Otel jenkins logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jenkins-agent-fields-are-missing-from-otel-jenkins-logs/376190)

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**Author:** [@jack180](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jack180)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jenkins-agent-fields-are-missing-from-otel-jenkins-logs/376190 "2025-03-25T06:49:08Z")

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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: 8.16…

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## [APM Server reported 400: decode error: data read error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-reported-400-decode-error-data-read-error/375767)

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**Author:** [@arT1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arT1)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-reported-400-decode-error-data-read-error/375767 "2025-03-25T02:24:12Z")

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Kibana version: v8.13.3 Elasticsearch version: v8.13.3 APM Server version: v8.13.3 APM Agent language and version: elastic-apm-agent-1.52.1.jar Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.…

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## [No transaction.type = request records, when application with agent works in docker](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-transaction-type-request-records-when-application-with-agent-works-in-docker/376315)

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**Author:** [@Roman\_Shamrai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roman_Shamrai)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-transaction-type-request-records-when-application-with-agent-works-in-docker/376315 "2025-03-24T15:19:45Z")

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\*\*Kibana version: 8.16.4 \*\*: Elasticsearch version: 8.16.4: \*\*APM Server version: 8.16.4 - deployed through policy on fleet-server v1.6.0 \*\*: APM Agent language and version: python 6.23.0: Browser version: Firefox 13…

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## [Get the latest data for each day](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-the-latest-data-for-each-day/376221)

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**Author:** [@Eloise\_Wilkinson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eloise_Wilkinson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-the-latest-data-for-each-day/376221 "2025-03-21T16:30:56Z")

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Hi, The goal I am trying to achieve is to display the latest status of my data per day. So for example, I want to have the latest data for the latest timestamp on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc. I tried to achieve this …

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## [Http.response.status\_code\>=500 filter is not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-response-status-code-500-filter-is-not-working/376213)

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**Author:** [@Tural\_Mirzayev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tural_Mirzayev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-response-status-code-500-filter-is-not-working/376213 "2025-03-21T07:42:30Z")

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Hello everyone. I have problem with alert rule in elastic apm. I want to create "Failed transaction rate threshold" rule and filter only 500 errors using http.response.status\_code\>=500 filter. This filetr is work when i…

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## [How to Configure APM in Elastic Cloud to Store Per-Service Indices (Instead of Default Data Streams)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-in-elastic-cloud-to-store-per-service-indices-instead-of-default-data-streams/376230)

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**Author:** [@husoops1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/husoops1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-in-elastic-cloud-to-store-per-service-indices-instead-of-default-data-streams/376230 "2025-03-21T13:46:49Z")

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Kibana version: 8.11.1 (Elastic Cloud) Elasticsearch version: 8.11.1 (Elastic Cloud) APM Server version: Managed by Elastic Cloud (8.11.1) APM Agent language and version: Multiple services using Elastic APM agents…

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## [Question: extent of bytecode instrumentation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-extent-of-bytecode-instrumentation/375639)

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**Author:** [@ExLeonem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ExLeonem)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-extent-of-bytecode-instrumentation/375639 "2025-03-19T14:04:55Z")

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Hello everyone, the company I'm working in is using kibana for a couple of years now. Over the past year we had issues with monitoring the health of our application ( tracking errors and performance). Because of that I…

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## [Error when adding items to observability ai assistant knowledge base](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-adding-items-to-observability-ai-assistant-knowledge-base/374715)

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**Author:** [@flalar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flalar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-adding-items-to-observability-ai-assistant-knowledge-base/374715 "2025-03-19T09:05:18Z")

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We recently upgraded from 8.14.3 to 8.17.2 to make full use of the \*\*AI Assistant, but we're running into an issue again. :weary: When trying to add items to the knowledge base via the Knowledge Base settings page, we g…

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## [Elastic APM Attacher and .NET 6.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-attacher-and-net-6-0/376098)

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**Author:** [@aardvark4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aardvark4)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-attacher-and-net-6-0/376098 "2025-03-18T21:32:24Z")

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Kibana version: 8.17.2 Elasticsearch version: 8.17.2 APM Server version: 8.17.2 APM Agent language and version: dotnet, but not sure the version (added by the attacher) Browser version: Chrome 134.0.6998.89 Ori…

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## [Jav APM Agent Self Attach cli jar is not working inside the container](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jav-apm-agent-self-attach-cli-jar-is-not-working-inside-the-container/376040)

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**Author:** [@Bhanu\_Praveen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhanu_Praveen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jav-apm-agent-self-attach-cli-jar-is-not-working-inside-the-container/376040 "2025-03-18T13:13:06Z")

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Hello, My application is running inside a docker container. If i use jvm args for apm agent attached like below, working fine javaagent:/opt/elastic-apm-agent.jar -Delastic.apm.service\_name=myApp -Delastic.apm.server\_u…

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## [How to visualize trace timeline with otel traces](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-trace-timeline-with-otel-traces/375998)

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**Author:** [@meghananagaraja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meghananagaraja)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-trace-timeline-with-otel-traces/375998 "2025-03-17T10:54:25Z")

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Dear All, I used Otel for traces on my applications. My pipeline is app -\> otel collector-\> kafka -\> process by pyspark -\> ES index. Now how do i visualize trace timeline. i have added my index to data view but still a…

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## [Elastic Agent otel mode - kafka exporter](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-otel-mode-kafka-exporter/375973)

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**Author:** [@logmanp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/logmanp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-otel-mode-kafka-exporter/375973 "2025-03-16T18:24:08Z")

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Hi all, Ive got some concern about OpenTelemetry integration or so called "otel" mode for Elastic Agent. According to github page: elastic-agent/internal/pkg/otel/README.md at main · elastic/elastic-agent · GitHub the…

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## [Not able to add self managed k8s cluster name in metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-add-self-managed-k8s-cluster-name-in-metrics/375844)

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**Author:** [@Hilarudeen\_Allaudeen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hilarudeen_Allaudeen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-add-self-managed-k8s-cluster-name-in-metrics/375844 "2025-03-15T17:03:24Z")

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I have followed the instruction given in following link to setup elastic agent. I'm able to get metrics in ELK, however i could not get cluster name Dashboard. The document is not helping to find a way to add cluster n…

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## [FastAPI display "No data to display" in Kibana #903](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fastapi-display-no-data-to-display-in-kibana-903/375687)

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**Author:** [@shijingyu323](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shijingyu323)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fastapi-display-no-data-to-display-in-kibana-903/375687 "2025-03-11T08:38:19Z")

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Kibana version:8.2.0 Elasticsearch version:8.2.0 APM Server version:8.2.0 APM Agent language and version: fastapi 0.83.0 After integrating the FastAPI service with APM, Kibana shows "No data to display." While CPU an…

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