diff --git a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml
index 742012f16c..5fff900ac6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ data:
     extensions:
     processors:
       batch: {}
+    # Transforming span names for easier identification. See: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/issues/1676
+    transform:
+      error_mode: ignore
+      trace_statements:
+        - context: span
+          conditions:
+            - IsString(attributes["http.url"])
+          statements:
+            - merge_maps(attributes, URL(attributes["http.url"]), "upsert")
+            # This pattern should correctly capture the first one or two segments of a URL and assign them to the short_url named group.
+            - merge_maps(attributes, ExtractPatterns(attributes["url.path"], "^(?P<short_url>\\/[^\\/]+(\\/[^\\/]+)?)"), "upsert")
+            - set(name, attributes["short_url"])
       resource:
         attributes:
           - key: deployment.environment
@@ -70,6 +82,7 @@ data:
           - spanmetrics
           processors:
           - batch
+          - transform
           - resource
           receivers:
           - otlp
diff --git a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config-extras.yaml b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config-extras.yaml
index 530d47ad15..275146f136 100644
--- a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config-extras.yaml
+++ b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config-extras.yaml
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ service:
   pipelines:
     traces:
       receivers: [otlp]
-      processors: [batch]
+      processors: [batch,transform, resource]
       exporters: [spanmetrics, otlp/elastic]
     metrics:
       receivers: [otlp, spanmetrics]
-      processors: [batch]
+      processors: [batch, resource]
       exporters: [otlp/elastic]
     logs:
       receivers: [otlp]
-      processors: [batch]
+      processors: [batch, resource]
       exporters: [otlp/elastic]
diff --git a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config.yaml b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config.yaml
index 63ec2b97bd..2118a3cf9b 100644
--- a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config.yaml
+++ b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ receivers:
   otlp:
     protocols:
       grpc:
+        endpoint: ${env:OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOST}:${env:OTEL_COLLECTOR_PORT_GRPC}
       http:
+        endpoint: ${env:OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOST}:${env:OTEL_COLLECTOR_PORT_HTTP}
         cors:
           allowed_origins:
             - "http://*"
@@ -13,6 +15,23 @@ exporters:
 
 processors:
   batch:
+  # Transforming span names for easier identification. See: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/issues/1676
+  transform:
+    error_mode: ignore
+    trace_statements:
+      - context: span
+        conditions:
+          - IsString(attributes["http.url"])
+        statements:
+          - merge_maps(attributes, URL(attributes["http.url"]), "upsert")
+          # This pattern should correctly capture the first one or two segments of a URL and assign them to the short_url named group.
+          - merge_maps(attributes, ExtractPatterns(attributes["url.path"], "^(?P<short_url>\\/[^\\/]+(\\/[^\\/]+)?)"), "upsert")
+          - set(name, attributes["short_url"])
+  resource:
+    attributes:
+      - key: deployment.environment
+        value: "opentelemetry-demo"
+        action: upsert
 
 connectors:
   spanmetrics: