See surrounding logs

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  • Published Jul 02, 2025

See the surrounding logs for every log record to better understand the context for the data.

  1. First, find a relevant log line in the result table and open its details.
  2. Then select Show surrounding logs.

The surrounding logs are shown for the context provided by the log record:

  • If trace_id parameter is present, you will see other records with the same trace ID. For more information about automated correlation, see Connecting log data to traces.
  • Otherwise you can see surrounding logs for the same topology entity, e.g host.
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