--- description: Use the Service Graph and Service Graph view keywords: - grafana - tempo - guide - tracing labels: products: - cloud - enterprise - oss menuTitle: Service Graph and Service Graph view title: Service Graph and Service Graph view weight: 500 refs: explore-trace-integration: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/explore/trace-integration/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/explore/trace-integration/ variable-syntax: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax/ exemplars: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/fundamentals/exemplars/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/fundamentals/exemplars/ explore: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/explore/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/explore/ provisioning-data-sources: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/administration/provisioning/#data-sources - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/administration/provisioning/#data-sources configure-grafana-feature-toggles: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#feature_toggles - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#feature_toggles build-dashboards: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/dashboards/build-dashboards/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/dashboards/build-dashboards/ data-source-management: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/administration/data-source-management/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/administration/data-source-management/ node-graph: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/panels-visualizations/visualizations/node-graph/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/panels-visualizations/visualizations/node-graph/ --- # Service Graph and Service Graph view The Service Graph is a visual representation of the relationships between services. Each node on the graph represents a service such as an API or database. You use the Service Graph to detect performance issues; track increases in error, fault, or throttle rates in services; and investigate root causes by viewing corresponding traces. {{< figure src="/media/docs/grafana/data-sources/tempo/query-editor/tempo-ds-query-node-graph.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" max-width="500px" alt="Screenshot of a Node Graph" >}} ## Display the Service Graph 1. [Configure Grafana Alloy](https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/<TEMPO_VERSION>/configuration/grafana-alloy/) or [Tempo or GET](https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/<TEMPO_VERSION>/metrics-generator/service_graphs/#tempo) to generate Service Graph data. 1. Link a Prometheus data source in the Tempo data source's [Service Graph](../configure-tempo-data-source#configure-service-graph) settings. 1. Navigate to [Explore](ref:explore). 1. Select the Tempo data source. 1. Select the **Service Graph** query type. 1. Run the query. 1. _(Optional)_ Filter by service name. For details, refer to [Node Graph panel](ref:node-graph). Each circle in the graph represents a service. To open a context menu with additional links for quick navigation to other relevant information, click a service. Numbers inside the circles indicate the average time per request and requests per second. Each circle's color represents the percentage of requests in each state: | Color | State | | ---------- | ------------------- | | **Green** | Success | | **Red** | Fault | | **Yellow** | Errors | | **Purple** | Throttled responses | ## Open the Service Graph view Service graph view displays a table of request rate, error rate, and duration metrics (RED) calculated from your incoming spans. It also includes a node graph view built from your spans. {{< figure src="/media/docs/grafana/data-sources/tempo/query-editor/tempo-ds-query-service-graph.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" max-width="500px" alt="Screenshot of the Service Graph view" >}} For details, refer to the [Service Graph view documentation](/docs/tempo/<TEMPO_VERSION>/metrics-generator/service-graph-view/). To open the Service Graph view: 1. Link a Prometheus data source in the Tempo data source settings. 1. Navigate to [Explore](ref:explore). 1. Select the Tempo data source. 1. Select the **Service Graph** query type. 1. Run the query. 1. _(Optional)_ Filter your results. {{< admonition type="note" >}} Grafana uses the `traces_spanmetrics_calls_total` metric to display the name, rate, and error rate columns, and `traces_spanmetrics_latency_bucket` to display the duration column. These metrics must exist in your Prometheus data source. {{< /admonition >}} To open a query in Prometheus with the span name of that row automatically set in the query, click a row in the **rate**, **error rate**, or **duration** columns.  To open a query in Tempo with the span name of that row automatically set in the query, click a row in the **links** column.