Why does my Datadog APM Query show data in the APM section, but not for the dashboards section?

Question

I am running a Datadog APM query, and I am able to see my traces in the APM section. However, when I try the same query parameters (env and service) in the query definition of the dashboards section, I am getting no data.

I have a java application that is instrumented using OpenTelemetry, and I have a local OTel collector setup on port 4317, and I'm using a Datadog agent with DD_OTLP_CONFIG_RECEIVER_PROTOCOLS_GRPC_ENDPOINT set to point to port 4317. Both the OTel collector and the datadog agent are setup as docker containers.

I am able to see the data in the APM section, just not in the dashboard section.

Inclose

Did you ever get an answer to this? I am trying to do the same thing. – Cusped

Answer 1

Currently, there isn’t a direct method to accomplish this through user control. However, it’s possible to do so by modifying the graph data via JSON. Here’s how you can do it:

Press the edit button on your graph.

Go to the Graph your data section and select the Json tab.

Replace trace-search with * in the indexes.

trace-search

Hit the save button.

Please note that if you make any modifications on the dashboard using the Edit option, you’ll need to repeat these steps.

Wortman

Nice, this really worked! (My dashboard was showing nothing when searching spans from last month, but now it's showing everything after the aforementioned json modification) – Prospectus