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title: "Link from RED metrics and duration distribution | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Learn how to link from RED metrics and duration distribution to traces and logs"
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# Link from RED metrics and duration distribution

In Application Observability, you can view RED metrics and duration distribution data on the [service overview page](/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-applications/application-observability/manual/service/#service-health). On this page, you can click on a specific data point and navigate to the traces or logs associated with that data point.

## Link to traces from RED metrics

You can select a data point on the Rate, Errors, or Duration panels and click the link to navigate to traces for that data point. On the Traces tab, the data includes traces from 4 minutes before and 4 minutes after the selected data point so that you gain a useful understanding of the traces behind those graphs.

If you link to traces from the Errors panel, the system sets the Status filter for error traces.

## Link to logs from RED metrics

You can select a data point on the Rate, Errors, or Duration panels and click the link to navigate to logs for that data point. On the Logs tab, the data includes logs from 1 minute before and 1 minute after the selected data point so that you can view the proper logs associated with those graphs.

## Link to traces from duration distribution

You can select a data point on the duration distribution histogram and click the link to navigate to traces for that data point. On the Traces tab, the data includes traces from 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after the selected data point so that you can view the proper traces associated with the request duration.