# APM - Trace samples ordering

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918
**Category:** APM
**Tags:** ui
**Created:** [August 25, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918 "2022-08-25T12:07:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Miloslav\_Adamec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/miloslav_adamec/32/110070_2.png) [@Miloslav\_Adamec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Miloslav_Adamec)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918/1 "2022-08-25T12:07:34Z")

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**Kibana version** :  
v8.3.3  
**Elasticsearch version** :  
v8.3.3  
**APM Server version** :  
v8.3.3  
**APM Agent language and version** :

**Browser version** :  
Chrome 104.0.5112.101  
**Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version**:  
Cloud  
**Fresh install or upgraded from other version?**  
Fresh  
**Is there anything special in your setup?** For example, are you using the Logstash or Kafka outputs? Are you using a load balancer in front of the APM Servers? Have you changed index pattern, generated custom templates, changed agent configuration etc.

**Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screenshots (if relevant)**:  
Dear support,

I'd like to ask, how are transaction samples order in trace sample preview and if this order can be somehow changed to timeline. Seems randomly ordered:

![chrome_qmW7v2FZ06](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/3/9346a4350cb1c7b46bd0f138da6cb4900f8dc095.gif)

**Steps to reproduce** :

1. Open transaction with more samples
2. Clik next repeatedly (as shown on the picture)

**Errors in browser console (if relevant)**:  
None  
**Provide logs and/or server output (if relevant)**:

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### Author: ![Miloslav\_Adamec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/miloslav_adamec/32/110070_2.png) [@Miloslav\_Adamec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Miloslav_Adamec)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918/2 "2022-08-30T14:43:56Z")

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Any update please?

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### Author: ![Miloslav\_Adamec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/miloslav_adamec/32/110070_2.png) [@Miloslav\_Adamec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Miloslav_Adamec)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918/3 "2022-09-06T13:00:11Z")

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Any update please?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918/4 "2022-09-27T09:00:41Z")

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### Author: ![sqren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sqren/32/26110_2.png) [@sqren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sqren)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918/5 "2022-10-25T16:41:44Z")

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Hi Miloslav

Apologies for the late reply.  
This has been implemented in [[APM] Sort trace samples by sqren · Pull Request #140589 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/140589) and is planned to be released in 8.5