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Application Observability service map

The service map uses the Tempo Metrics-generator and the Node Graph panel to display a graph of related services.

Nodes represent services, for example, an API or database. Edges represent relationships between services.

Application Observability - Service map

Nodes

Select a node to view details about the service:

  • Service name
  • Average response time
  • Average request rate

Right-click a node to view a context menu of options to:

  • Navigate to the service inventory list and show the service
  • Navigate to the service overview
  • View the traces for the service in Explore

The node color represents the percentage of requests in each state:

ColorState
GreenSuccess
RedError

Edges

Select an edge to view details about the service relationship:

  • Source and target service names
  • Average response time
  • Average request rate
  • View the traces in Explore