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Tracing Fields
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Tracing Fields
editDistributed tracing makes it possible to analyze performance throughout a microservice architecture all in one view. This is accomplished by tracing all of the requests - from the initial web request in the front-end service - to queries made through multiple back-end services.
Tracing Field Details
edit| Field | Description | Level |
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trace.id |
Unique identifier of the trace. A trace groups multiple events like transactions that belong together. For example, a user request handled by multiple inter-connected services. type: keyword example: |
extended |
transaction.id |
Unique identifier of the transaction. A transaction is the highest level of work measured within a service, such as a request to a server. type: keyword example: |
extended |