Explore distributed traces in Grafana Cloud

In this milestone, you explore your distributed traces in Grafana Cloud to confirm that Beyla is successfully sending telemetry data.

To explore the traces, complete the following steps:

1. In Grafana Cloud, click Explore in the left navigation menu.

   The Explore view opens.

2. From the data source dropdown list at the top left, select your Traces data source.

   The data source is usually named grafana-cloud-traces.

3. In the Query type field, ensure TraceQL is selected.

4. In the query editor, enter the following query:

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   This query retrieves all recent traces.

5. Click Run query.

   A list of recent traces appears.

6. Click a Trace ID in the results list to open the trace view.

   A waterfall visualization appears, showing the timeline of spans within that trace.

This visualization confirms that your application is fully instrumented and data is flowing correctly to Grafana Cloud.

In the next milestone, you complete your path.