# What is role of .apm index in kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-role-of-apm-index-in-kibana/272106>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-role-of-apm-index-in-kibana/272106 "2021-05-04T18:47:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sandeep\_Raju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sandeep\_Raju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandeep_Raju)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-role-of-apm-index-in-kibana/272106/1 "2021-05-04T18:47:33Z")

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Hi,

I see .apm index in my kibana indices list.  
What is .apm and what is its role?

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-role-of-apm-index-in-kibana/272106/2 "2021-05-04T20:29:39Z")

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You can learn more about APM here: [Application Performance Monitoring (APM) with Elasticsearch | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/apm)

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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:** [June 1, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-role-of-apm-index-in-kibana/272106/3 "2021-06-01T20:30:36Z")

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