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Application Observability service map

The service map uses the Tempo Metrics-generator and the Node Graph panel to display a graph of related services.

Nodes represent services, for example, an API or database. Edges represent relationships between services.

Nodes

Select a node to view details about the service:

• Service name
• Average response time
• Average request rate

Right-click a node to view a context menu of options to:

• Navigate to the service inventory list and show the service
• Navigate to the service overview
• View the traces for the service in Explore

The node color represents the percentage of requests in each state:

Edges

Select an edge to view details about the service relationship:

• Source and target service names
• Average response time
• Average request rate
• View the traces in Explore