# Trace\_id or trace.id when ingest client indentifiers into elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trace-id-or-trace-id-when-ingest-client-indentifiers-into-elasticsearch/314482>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** server\
**Created:** [September 15, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trace-id-or-trace-id-when-ingest-client-indentifiers-into-elasticsearch/314482 "2022-09-15T08:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![focus\_zheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/focus_zheng/32/110912_2.png) [@focus\_zheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/focus_zheng)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trace-id-or-trace-id-when-ingest-client-indentifiers-into-elasticsearch/314482/1 "2022-09-15T08:18:03Z")

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when correllating appliction logs in the tracing flow,which field is required?  
even though I can see a "trace\_id" in the picture

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/2/1238b08eb51de050f95085809b5f7806221c621d.png)

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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 6, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trace-id-or-trace-id-when-ingest-client-indentifiers-into-elasticsearch/314482/2 "2022-10-06T04:18:59Z")

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