Hello Earl,
I understand that your question has been addressed via support case 00990542.
At this stage we'll be using APM SQL Server to pull data from CA APM to Grafana:
Steps to integrate CA APMSQL with Grafana
PoetryFan may be able to share some input about plans to integrate CA APM SmartStor with Kafka?
I would also suggest you post this in the for Product Management's review & assessment.
Thanks,
Aryne