Correlation in Grafana

Correlation in Grafana An architecture diagram generated by Archify. Metrics dashboard · Response-time spike · Grafana Metrics dashboard Response-time spike Exemplar · TraceID: abc123 · Grafana Exemplar TraceID: abc123 Tempo · Trace detail · Grafana Tempo Trace detail Loki · Related logs · Grafana Loki Related logs click exemplar open trace logs link back to metric Grafana Legend Frontend Backend Database

The links

  • • The exemplar on the Prometheus metric carries the TraceID (abc123) that opens the trace in Tempo
  • • The traceId field written to logs via MDC takes you from Tempo to the related logs in Loki
  • • From the logs you return to the metric, closing the investigation loop