# Questions about transaction **URL:** \ **Category:** APM\ **Tags:** java\ **Created:** [December 26, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-transaction/213069 "2019-12-26T11:07:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HadarPeeran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hadarpeeran/32/46926_2.png) [@HadarPeeran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HadarPeeran)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-transaction/213069/1 "2019-12-26T11:07:14Z")
**Kibana version** : 7.5 **Elasticsearch version** : 7.5 **APM Server version** : 7.5 **APM Agent language and version** : Java 1.x, Jboss 7.2 **standalone.bat.conf:** > set JAVA\_OPTS=%JAVA\_OPTS% -javaagent:C:/APM-Agent/elastic-apm-agent-1.12.0.jar > set JAVA\_OPTS=%JAVA\_OPTS% -Delastic.apm.service\_name=idit-manual-agent-standalone > set JAVA\_OPTS=%JAVA\_OPTS% -Delastic.apm.application\_packages=com.idit > set JAVA\_OPTS=%JAVA\_OPTS% -Delastic.apm.server\_urls=[http://xxxxx.com:8200](http://xxxxx.com:8200) **Browser version** : chrome **I have questions regarding transactions** : 1. 'View Full Trace' button is disabled, although I configured `application_packages=com.idit`, `com.idit` is our root package ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/f/0fb8cece022b0da0e54a57d48fe8f4b8575285bf.png) 2. Is there option to group transactions by one of url parameters? please see `url.full`, is it possible to display the transaction grouped by `subActionName` for example? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/f/af74080e8c7f4dd8715a83f5a0e50ac572f76870.png) thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Eyal\_Koren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eyal_koren/32/36830_2.png) [@Eyal\_Koren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eyal_Koren)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-transaction/213069/2 "2019-12-29T07:25:07Z")
> [@HadarPeeran](#): > > 'View Full Trace' button is disabled, although I configured `application_packages=com.idit` , > `com.idit` is our root package This button is only relevant for [distributed traces](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/traces.html#distributed-tracing), which are only relevant if you trace multiple services, and only when you drill down to a specific trace. You can see more details in [our span timeline documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/spans.html). > [@HadarPeeran](#): > > Is there option to group transactions by one of url parameters? please see `url.full` , is it possible to display the transaction grouped by `subActionName` for example? Since this is part of the query string, I believe the best approach would be to override the transaction name assigned by the agent. You can do that in as `ServletFilter` you add, or within your sevlet code, or anywhere else during the transaction handling. Learn how to [add our API jar](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/public-api.html#public-api) as a dependency, then all you need to do is [get the current transaction](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/public-api.html#api-current-transaction) and [set its name](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/public-api.html#api-set-name). ---
**Author:** ![HadarPeeran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hadarpeeran/32/46926_2.png) [@HadarPeeran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HadarPeeran)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-transaction/213069/3 "2019-12-29T08:22:30Z")
@Eyal_Koren thanks! so for monolithic application, how I can see the stack trace? according to [config-application-packages](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/config-stacktrace.html#config-application-packages) I should see our code from Kibana ... ---
**Author:** ![Eyal\_Koren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eyal_koren/32/36830_2.png) [@Eyal\_Koren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eyal_Koren)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-transaction/213069/4 "2019-12-29T08:45:09Z")
Stack trace is part of the details of a span. Please see the same span timeline documentation above. I suggest you go over this entire documentation, as well as [the Java agent documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/index.html) to get a better idea of terminology, what we support and all the existing configuration options. ---
**Author:** ![HadarPeeran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hadarpeeran/32/46926_2.png) [@HadarPeeran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HadarPeeran)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-transaction/213069/5 "2019-12-31T21:12:14Z")
@Eyal_Koren thanks, now stack trace is displayed. Can you please explain a bit more on the set `transaction name`? I see that there is an option to override the name of the current transaction by calling `ElasticApm.currentTransaction().setName()`, but from which method I should do this setting? as I understand I should override/implement a specific method is called by APM-Agent and set name there, which method it is? Currently, all our online actions are displayed under below transaction so it's meaningless, ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/e/aea782a959850bef805d645eabf900e9032ef52d.png) as I wrote I look for an option to set the `Transaction name` by attributes from `Transaction Metadata` so that each transaction will be displayed separately ---
**Author:** ![Eyal\_Koren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eyal_koren/32/36830_2.png) [@Eyal\_Koren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eyal_Koren)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-transaction/213069/6 "2020-01-01T06:17:01Z")
You can call `ElasticApm.currentTransaction()` from any method on the thread that handles the request. You can do that from within your JSP code, or any method called as a result of the JSP execution. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-transaction/213069/7 "2020-01-22T02:17:06Z")
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