# Group service names into application group

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-service-names-into-application-group/250127>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** nodejs, rum, server\
**Created:** [September 28, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-service-names-into-application-group/250127 "2020-09-28T05:20:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bryce\_Fernandes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bryce_fernandes/32/71166_2.png) [@Bryce\_Fernandes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bryce_Fernandes)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-service-names-into-application-group/250127/1 "2020-09-28T05:20:12Z")

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Hi,

I have configured apm for nodejs and angular and its working fine. The segregation is based on service name, however my application is combination of both and wanted to know if we can  
group into one at top level and then have both services at the below level.  
eg. Bank-analytics -\> nodejs, angular.

 ![Screenshot 2020-09-28 103251](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/b/db4ce6bdb2a7435882e50d97c9cc9fee91a940d7.png)

Thanks and regards,  
Bryce Fernandes.

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**Author:** ![Hamidreza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hamidreza/32/21369_2.png) [@Hamidreza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hamidreza)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-service-names-into-application-group/250127/2 "2020-09-29T07:43:03Z")

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Hi @Bryce_Fernandes,

Thanks for reaching out.

It seems that the feature you're describing is distributed tracing, which allows you to see the full trace that might include multiple services. Both the nodejs agent and the RUM agent have support for this feature. Please see [this guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/get-started/current/distributed-tracing.html) and [the RUM agent docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/rum-js/current/distributed-tracing-guide.html) to get started.

Once the distributed tracing is configured properly, you can see the traces in the "Traces" tab.

Hope this is helpful,  
Hamid

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**Author:** ![Bryce\_Fernandes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bryce_fernandes/32/71166_2.png) [@Bryce\_Fernandes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bryce_Fernandes)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-service-names-into-application-group/250127/3 "2020-10-01T09:01:45Z")

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Hi sir @Hamidreza,

Thanks for the guidance. I was looking for something similar. Will try configuring the same. Thanks for the help.🙂

Regards,  
Bryce Fernandes.

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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:** [October 22, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-service-names-into-application-group/250127/4 "2020-10-22T05:01:46Z")

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