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Upload a JSON trace file
You can upload a JSON file that contains a single trace and visualize it. If the file has multiple traces, Grafana visualizes the first trace.
To upload a trace file:
- Select Explore in Grafana.
- Select Import trace in the right corner.
- Upload your JSON trace file.
Download a trace or service graph
To download a trace or Service Graph through the Inspector panel:
- Open the inspector.
- Navigate to the Data tab.
- Click Download traces or Download Service Graph.
Trace JSON example
JSON
{
"batches": [
{
"resource": {
"attributes": [
{ "key": "service.name", "value": { "stringValue": "db" } },
{ "key": "job", "value": { "stringValue": "tns/db" } },
{ "key": "opencensus.exporterversion", "value": { "stringValue": "Jaeger-Go-2.22.1" } },
{ "key": "host.name", "value": { "stringValue": "63d16772b4a2" } },
{ "key": "ip", "value": { "stringValue": "0.0.0.0" } },
{ "key": "client-uuid", "value": { "stringValue": "39fb01637a579639" } }
]
},
"instrumentationLibrarySpans": [
{
"instrumentationLibrary": {},
"spans": [
{
"traceId": "AAAAAAAAAABguiq7RPE+rg==",
"spanId": "cmteMBAvwNA=",
"parentSpanId": "OY8PIaPbma4=",
"name": "HTTP GET - root",
"kind": "SPAN_KIND_SERVER",
"startTimeUnixNano": "1627471657255809000",
"endTimeUnixNano": "1627471657256268000",
"attributes": [
{ "key": "http.status_code", "value": { "intValue": "200" } },
{ "key": "http.method", "value": { "stringValue": "GET" } },
{ "key": "http.url", "value": { "stringValue": "/" } },
{ "key": "component", "value": { "stringValue": "net/http" } }
],
"status": {}
}
]
}
]
}
]
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