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[[transform-troubleshooting]]
=== Troubleshooting {transforms}
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<titleabbrev>Troubleshooting</titleabbrev>
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Use the information in this section to troubleshoot common problems.

For issues that you cannot fix yourself … we’re here to help.
If you are an existing Elastic customer with a support contract, please create
a ticket in the
https://support.elastic.co/customers/s/login/[Elastic Support portal].
Or post in the https://discuss.elastic.co/[Elastic forum].

If you encounter problems with your {transforms}, you can gather more
information from the following files and APIs:

* Lightweight audit messages are stored in `.data-frame-notifications-*`. Search
by your `transform_id`.
* The
{ref}/get-transform-stats.html[get {transform} statistics API] 
provides information about the {transform} status and failures.
* If the {transform} exists as a task, you can use the
{ref}/tasks.html[task management API] to gather task information. For example:
`GET _tasks?actions=data_frame/transforms*&detailed`. Typically, the task exists
when the {transform} is in a started or failed state.
* The {es} logs from the node that was running the {transform} might
also contain useful information. You can identify the node from the notification
messages. Alternatively, if the task still exists, you can get that information
from the get {transform} statistics API. For more information, see
{ref}/logging.html[Logging configuration].