Querying Traces

After CTS is enabled, CTS starts recording operations on cloud resources. The CTS console stores the last seven days of operation records.

This section describes how to query the last seven days of operation records on the CTS console.

Log in to the management console.
Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
Click Service List. Under Management & Governance, click Cloud Trace Service.
In the navigation pane on the left, click Trace List.
Specify filter criteria to search for the required traces. The following four filter criteria are available:
- Trace Source, Resource Type, and Search By
  Select filters from the drop-down list.
  
  When you select Trace name for Search By, you need to select a specific trace name.
  
  When you select Resource ID for Search By, you also need to select or enter a specific resource ID.
  
  When you select Resource name for Search By, you also need to select or enter a specific resource name.
- Operator: Select a specific operator (a user other than the tenant).
- Trace Status: Select All trace statuses, Normal, Warning, or Incident.
- Start Date and End Date: You can specify a time range to query traces.
Locate the required trace and click on the left of the trace to view details.
Click View Trace in the Operation column. In the displayed dialog box, the trace structure details are displayed.