New in Grafana 7.0: Trace viewer and integrations with Jaeger and Zipkin

Grafana 7.0 introduces significant enhancements aimed at improving observability in distributed microservice architectures by integrating trace viewers and data sources from Jaeger and Zipkin. These additions address the challenges associated with understanding complex systems and tracing the origin of errors, offering users a familiar and efficient UI. The trace viewer in Grafana allows detailed examination of traces, enabling users to zoom into specific regions and access span details such as tags or logs. The integration also supports basic querying by trace ID and allows internal linking with Loki derived fields, facilitating the correlation of data from various sources. As part of its ongoing development, Grafana plans to expand support for more data sources and integrations, ultimately striving to deliver a fully integrated observability experience that simplifies problem-solving while maintaining flexibility in data source selection.