# Key requests in ingested traces

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/key-requests-in-ingested-traces/44916>\
**Category:** OpenTelemetry\
**Tags:** distributed-traces-classic, services-classic, opentelemetry\
**Created:** [April 1, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/key-requests-in-ingested-traces/44916 "2024-04-01T10:58:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Theodore\_x86](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/theodore_x86/32/17620_2.png) [@Theodore\_x86](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Theodore_x86)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/key-requests-in-ingested-traces/44916/1 "2024-04-01T10:58:48Z")

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Hello.

We are ingecting traces through OpenTelemtry and we want to have some key requests for showing metrics in a Dashboard.

I see that service page is different when service is monitored through OTEL and “key request” does not exist as an option.

Am I missing something?

BR

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**Author:** ![PacoPorro](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/pacoporro/32/36087_2.png) [@PacoPorro](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/PacoPorro)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/key-requests-in-ingested-traces/44916/2 "2024-04-01T11:40:46Z")

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You should check unified services.&nbsp;

> **[Unified services](https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/observe/application-observability/services-classic/service-detection/service-detection-v1/service-types/unified-service)**
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> Define services on observability signals ingested via Trace ingest APIs.

With&nbsp; **unified services** &nbsp;the&nbsp; **Key Requests** &nbsp;are no longer necessary. Instead, the newly introduced metrics automatically split by endpoint, similar to the current behavior of key requests.

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**Author:** ![Theodore\_x86](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/theodore_x86/32/17620_2.png) [@Theodore\_x86](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Theodore_x86)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/key-requests-in-ingested-traces/44916/3 "2024-04-03T10:17:11Z")

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Thanks Paco!