Edge Delta Trace Explorer

Traces in the Edge Delta web application.

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Overview

Tracing is vital in distributed systems as it enables in-depth analysis and troubleshooting by providing detailed views of requests across various services.

See how to interpret traces.

Trace Explorer

Click Traces to open the Traces Explorer.

You can filter by multiple default dimensions including the Service.

Filter by Duration

You can also filter traces and their child spand by the duration to focus on, for example, traces with an abnormally high latency. This is useful when investigating 5xx status codes for example.

Save Query

When you have configured a detailed set of filters for a particular use case you can save it for later use. Click Save Query to add it to the Saved tab.

Trace Details

Click a trace in the table to view its details. This can be useful for debugging network or service-related issues within a distributed system.

You can select each span to see its details:

View Logs

You can view logs associated with a particular span. Click Logs:

Click a log to view it, and click View in context to view it in the Log Explorer in a new window.

You can select an attribute in the Details pane to add it to the search string, or exclude it from results. In addition you can copy the attribute to the clipboard to create a custom facet from it. See Add a Facet.