diff --git a/_observing-your-data/trace/index.md b/_observing-your-data/trace/index.md index 35a2ee3292..c966eb7312 100644 --- a/_observing-your-data/trace/index.md +++ b/_observing-your-data/trace/index.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- layout: default -title: Trace analytics +title: Trace Analytics nav_order: 40 has_children: true has_toc: false @@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ redirect_from: - /observability-plugin/trace/index/ --- -# Trace analytics +# Trace Analytics -Trace analytics provides a way to ingest and visualize [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) data in OpenSearch. This data can help you find and fix performance problems in distributed applications. +Trace Analytics provides a way to ingest and visualize [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) data in OpenSearch. This data can help you find and fix performance problems in distributed applications. A single operation, such as a user choosing a button, can trigger an extended series of events. The frontend might call a backend service, which calls another service, which queries a database, processes the data, and sends it to the original service, which sends a confirmation to the frontend. -Trace analytics can help you visualize this flow of events and identify performance problems, as shown in the following image. +Trace Analytics can help you visualize this flow of events and identify performance problems, as shown in the following image. ![Detailed trace view]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/images/ta-trace.png) -## Trace analytics with Jaeger data +## Trace Analytics with Jaeger data -The trace analytics functionality in the OpenSearch Observability plugin supports Jaeger trace data. If you use OpenSearch as the backend for Jaeger trace data, you can use the built-in trace analytics capabilities. +Trace Analytics supports Jaeger trace data in the OpenSearch Observability plugin. If you use OpenSearch as the backend for Jaeger trace data, you can use the built-in Trace Analytics capabilities. -To set up your environment to perform trace analytics, see [Analyze Jaeger trace data]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/observability-plugin/trace/trace-analytics-jaeger/). +To set up your environment to use Trace Analytics, see [Analyze Jaeger trace data]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/observability-plugin/trace/trace-analytics-jaeger/).