# Distributed Tracing, OpenTracing and Elastic APM

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-opentracing-and-elastic-apm/203280>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 11, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-opentracing-and-elastic-apm/203280 "2019-10-11T18:36:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![anjana1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@anjana1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjana1)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-opentracing-and-elastic-apm/203280/1 "2019-10-11T18:36:51Z")

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Hi  
I am trying to use open tracing API in my application to trace events. Can Kibana visualize the events captured by the open API spans ? I was able to trace my application using the native elastic API , but I want to make it work with open tracing API. is it possible to still see the events in Kibana with open tracing spans?

I have used the ElasticApmTracer but when I try to use the below line  
span = tracer.buildSpan(eventName).startActive(false).span();

The above code gives me java.lang.AbstractMethodError: co.elastic.apm.opentracing.ApmSpanBuilder.startActive(Z)Lio/opentracing/Scope;

Pls assist

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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:** [November 8, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-opentracing-and-elastic-apm/203280/2 "2019-11-08T18:37:16Z")

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