Add Traces panel to dashboard

To add a Traces panel to a dashboard, complete the following steps:

  1. While viewing a dashboard, click Add > Visualization on the top toolbar.

  2. Search for and select the same traces data source you selected for the traces table.

    An empty panel is added to your dashboard.

  3. From the Visualization drop-down list located in the upper-right of the page, select Traces.

  4. In the query editor, click the TraceQL query type tab.

  5. Enter ${traceId} in the TraceQL query field to create a dashboard variable.

    This variable is used as the template query.

  6. Under the Panel options, enter a Title for your trace panel.

  7. Save the changes to the dashboard.

  8. Click Back to dashboard.

In the next milestone, you’ll arrange the order of the panels in the dashboard and test it.

More to explore (optional)

At this point in your journey, you can explore the following paths:

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