The components required for tracing the PAS for OpenEdge agent are PAS for OpenEdge agent, OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collector, and Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tool.

The following diagram depicts OTel tracing for the PAS for OpenEdge agent:

  • PAS for OpenEdge agent—A process that runs your ABL application in your PAS for OpenEdge instance. When the PAS for OpenEdge agent is enabled for tracing, it sends trace data to the configured OTel Collector using the OTLP protocol.

  • OTel Collector—An application that processes trace data and sends it to the APM tool. When the OTel Collector is configured on a system, it can handle multiple processes that generate trace data on the same system.

  • APM tool—Visualizes trace data, allowing you to analyze what your application is doing and where it is spending time. You can use any APM tool that supports the OTel standards, such as Elastic APM, Dynatrace, or NewRelic.