# Source: https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/trace_collection/custom_instrumentation/elixir.md

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title: Custom Instrumentation for Elixir
description: Manually instrument your Elixir applications to send custom traces to Datadog.
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  Custom Instrumentation for Elixir
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# Custom Instrumentation for Elixir

Datadog supports custom instrumentation for Elixir applications when you use the [OpenTelemetry SDK](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/instrumentation/).

## Further Reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Connect your Logs and Traces together](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/other_telemetry/connect_logs_and_traces)
- [Explore your services, resources, and traces](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/glossary/)