# Examples for Elastic Span compression
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/examples-for-elastic-span-compression/364186
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** kql-kibana-query-language
**Created:** [August 1, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/examples-for-elastic-span-compression/364186 "2024-08-01T06:17:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@navya\_k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/navya_k)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/examples-for-elastic-span-compression/364186/1 "2024-08-01T06:17:29Z")
Hello Team,
Need help on span compression.currently we are using 8.13 and would like to understand span compression as it reduce overhead on cluster.
As part of eligibility I read exit spans are eligible.
In elastic how can we identify exit spans ?
What are the example for span compression..how can we see it in UI ?
Could u please get some example for better understanding of this feature.
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### Author:  [@navya\_k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/navya_k)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/examples-for-elastic-span-compression/364186/2 "2024-08-11T21:04:11Z")
Someone please help here to understand the process
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### Author:  [@Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Salgado-Elastic)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/examples-for-elastic-span-compression/364186/3 "2024-08-12T01:48:24Z")
Have you started from here?
> **[Span compression | Elastic Observability \[8.15\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/observability/current/apm-span-compression.html)**