# Elastic APM - Plotting traceID start and end timestamps

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-plotting-traceid-start-and-end-timestamps/338703>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\
**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-plotting-traceid-start-and-end-timestamps/338703 "2023-07-18T16:53:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-plotting-traceid-start-and-end-timestamps/338703/6 "2023-07-18T21:48:29Z")

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[No Runtime Field](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/runtime-mapping-fields.html)

You can add them to a Data View in Kibana -\> Stack Management - Data View -\> The APM Data View -\> Add Field

Search this forum and me and you will see some of my posts

here is one that has some examples etc

> [@Return (emit) @timestamp date value in runtime field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-emit-timestamp-date-value-in-runtime-field/311001/6):
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> That is exactly what I showed you... confused... you have to name it as a new field.. You add a new field...this is in the Index Pattern if you which will work for visualizations. BUT if you actually want to do searches / aggregation etc.. etc.. you need to add it to the mapping PUT my-index-000001/ { "mappings": { "runtime": { "date\_month\_MMM": { "type": "keyword", "script": { "source": "emit(doc['@timestamp'].val…

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