diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/constants.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/constants.test.ts
index 63c1da116bcb2..bf444b6f8507e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/constants.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/constants.test.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ describe('Transaction v2', () => {
       result: 'transaction result',
       sampled: true,
       type: 'transaction type'
+    },
+    kubernetes: {
+      pod: {
+        uid: 'pod1234567890abcdef'
+      }
+    },
+    container: {
+      id: 'container1234567890abcdef'
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/ActionMenu.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/ActionMenu.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index beb2764aadab6..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/ActionMenu.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-
-import {
-  EuiButton,
-  EuiContextMenuItem,
-  EuiContextMenuPanel,
-  EuiPopover
-} from '@elastic/eui';
-import React from 'react';
-import { KibanaLink } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/url';
-import { Transaction } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction';
-import { DiscoverTransactionButton } from '../../../shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverTransactionButton';
-
-function getInfraMetricsQuery(transaction: Transaction) {
-  const plus5 = new Date(transaction['@timestamp']);
-  const minus5 = new Date(transaction['@timestamp']);
-
-  plus5.setMinutes(plus5.getMinutes() + 5);
-  minus5.setMinutes(minus5.getMinutes() - 5);
-
-  return {
-    from: minus5.getTime(),
-    to: plus5.getTime()
-  };
-}
-
-function ActionMenuButton({ onClick }: { onClick: () => void }) {
-  return (
-    <EuiButton iconType="arrowDown" iconSide="right" onClick={onClick}>
-      Actions
-    </EuiButton>
-  );
-}
-
-interface ActionMenuProps {
-  readonly transaction: Transaction;
-}
-
-interface ActionMenuState {
-  readonly isOpen: boolean;
-}
-
-export class ActionMenu extends React.Component<
-  ActionMenuProps,
-  ActionMenuState
-> {
-  public state = {
-    isOpen: false
-  };
-
-  public toggle = () => {
-    this.setState(state => ({ isOpen: !state.isOpen }));
-  };
-
-  public close = () => {
-    this.setState({ isOpen: false });
-  };
-
-  public getInfraActions(transaction: Transaction) {
-    const { system } = transaction.context;
-
-    if (!system || !system.hostname) {
-      return [];
-    }
-
-    return [
-      <EuiContextMenuItem icon="infraApp" key="infra-host-metrics">
-        <KibanaLink
-          pathname="/app/infra"
-          hash={`/link-to/host-detail/${system.hostname}`}
-          query={getInfraMetricsQuery(transaction)}
-        >
-          <span>View host metrics (beta)</span>
-        </KibanaLink>
-      </EuiContextMenuItem>,
-      <EuiContextMenuItem icon="infraApp" key="infra-host-logs">
-        <KibanaLink
-          pathname="/app/infra"
-          hash={`/link-to/host-logs/${system.hostname}`}
-          query={{ time: new Date(transaction['@timestamp']).getTime() }}
-        >
-          <span>View host logs (beta)</span>
-        </KibanaLink>
-      </EuiContextMenuItem>
-    ];
-  }
-
-  public render() {
-    const { transaction } = this.props;
-
-    const items = [
-      <EuiContextMenuItem icon="discoverApp" key="discover-transaction">
-        <DiscoverTransactionButton transaction={transaction}>
-          View sample document
-        </DiscoverTransactionButton>
-      </EuiContextMenuItem>,
-      ...this.getInfraActions(transaction)
-    ];
-
-    return (
-      <EuiPopover
-        id="transactionActionMenu"
-        button={<ActionMenuButton onClick={this.toggle} />}
-        isOpen={this.state.isOpen}
-        closePopover={this.close}
-        anchorPosition="downRight"
-        panelPaddingSize="none"
-      >
-        <EuiContextMenuPanel items={items} title="Actions" />
-      </EuiPopover>
-    );
-  }
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/TransactionFlyout/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/TransactionFlyout/index.tsx
index 751e37ac24d60..adcc210eec9d9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/TransactionFlyout/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/TransactionFlyout/index.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  EuiButtonEmpty,
   EuiCallOut,
   EuiFlexGroup,
   EuiFlexItem,
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 import React from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { DiscoverTransactionButton } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverTransactionButton';
+import { TransactionActionMenu } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/TransactionActionMenu';
 import { IUrlParams } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/public/store/urlParams';
 import { APM_AGENT_DROPPED_SPANS_DOCS } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/documentation/agents';
 import { Transaction } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction';
@@ -115,11 +114,10 @@ export function TransactionFlyout({
             </EuiFlexItem>
 
             <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-              <DiscoverTransactionButton transaction={transactionDoc}>
-                <EuiButtonEmpty iconType="discoverApp">
-                  View transaction in Discover
-                </EuiButtonEmpty>
-              </DiscoverTransactionButton>
+              <TransactionActionMenu
+                transaction={transactionDoc}
+                location={location}
+              />
             </EuiFlexItem>
           </EuiFlexGroup>
         </EuiFlyoutHeader>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/index.tsx
index 44683bfc67f0b..db1ae49461795 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/Transaction/index.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import {
   EuiButton,
-  EuiButtonEmpty,
   EuiFlexGroup,
   EuiFlexItem,
   EuiPanel,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 import React from 'react';
 import { Transaction as ITransaction } from '../../../../../typings/es_schemas/Transaction';
 import { IUrlParams } from '../../../../store/urlParams';
-import { DiscoverTransactionButton } from '../../../shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverTransactionButton';
+import { TransactionActionMenu } from '../../../shared/TransactionActionMenu/TransactionActionMenu';
 import { TransactionLink } from '../../../shared/TransactionLink';
 import { StickyTransactionProperties } from './StickyTransactionProperties';
 import { TransactionPropertiesTable } from './TransactionPropertiesTable';
@@ -95,11 +94,10 @@ export const Transaction: React.SFC<Props> = ({
         <EuiFlexItem>
           <EuiFlexGroup justifyContent="flexEnd">
             <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-              <DiscoverTransactionButton transaction={transaction}>
-                <EuiButtonEmpty iconType="discoverApp">
-                  View transaction in Discover
-                </EuiButtonEmpty>
-              </DiscoverTransactionButton>
+              <TransactionActionMenu
+                transaction={transaction}
+                location={location}
+              />
             </EuiFlexItem>
             <MaybeViewTraceLink
               transaction={transaction}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverButton.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverButton.tsx
index 5d48d7e87b9a8..e21c16c04e0ba 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverButton.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverButton.tsx
@@ -6,43 +6,28 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { StringMap } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/common';
-import {
-  getAPMIndexPattern,
-  ISavedObject
-} from '../../../services/rest/savedObjects';
 import { KibanaLink } from '../../../utils/url';
+import { QueryWithIndexPattern } from './QueryWithIndexPattern';
 
 interface Props {
   query: StringMap;
 }
 
-interface State {
-  indexPattern?: ISavedObject;
-}
-
-export class DiscoverButton extends React.Component<Props, State> {
-  public state: State = {};
-  public async componentDidMount() {
-    const indexPattern = await getAPMIndexPattern();
-    this.setState({ indexPattern });
-  }
-
+export class DiscoverButton extends React.Component<Props> {
   public render() {
     const { query, children, ...rest } = this.props;
-    const id = this.state.indexPattern && this.state.indexPattern.id;
-
-    if (!query._a.index) {
-      query._a.index = id;
-    }
-
     return (
-      <KibanaLink
-        pathname={'/app/kibana'}
-        hash={'/discover'}
-        query={query}
-        children={children}
-        {...rest}
-      />
+      <QueryWithIndexPattern query={query}>
+        {queryWithIndexPattern => (
+          <KibanaLink
+            pathname={'/app/kibana'}
+            hash={'/discover'}
+            query={queryWithIndexPattern}
+            children={children}
+            {...rest}
+          />
+        )}
+      </QueryWithIndexPattern>
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverTransactionButton.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverTransactionButton.tsx
index f115eb933db72..b1ff4e2085d5e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverTransactionButton.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/DiscoverTransactionButton.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import {
   TRACE_ID,
   TRANSACTION_ID
 } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/common/constants';
+import { StringMap } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/common';
 import { Transaction } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction';
 import { DiscoverButton } from './DiscoverButton';
 
-function getDiscoverQuery(transaction: Transaction) {
+export function getDiscoverQuery(transaction: Transaction): StringMap {
   const transactionId = transaction.transaction.id;
   const traceId =
     transaction.version === 'v2' ? transaction.trace.id : undefined;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/QueryWithIndexPattern.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/QueryWithIndexPattern.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b7e4c79338f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/QueryWithIndexPattern.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import React, { ReactElement } from 'react';
+import { StringMap } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/common';
+import {
+  getAPMIndexPattern,
+  ISavedObject
+} from '../../../services/rest/savedObjects';
+
+export function getQueryWithIndexPattern(
+  query: StringMap = {},
+  indexPattern?: ISavedObject
+) {
+  if ((query._a && query._a.index) || !indexPattern) {
+    return query;
+  }
+
+  const id = indexPattern && indexPattern.id;
+
+  return {
+    ...query,
+    _a: {
+      ...query._a,
+      index: id
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+interface Props {
+  query?: StringMap;
+  children: (query: StringMap) => ReactElement<any>;
+}
+
+interface State {
+  indexPattern?: ISavedObject;
+}
+
+export class QueryWithIndexPattern extends React.Component<Props, State> {
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    getAPMIndexPattern().then(indexPattern => {
+      this.setState({ indexPattern });
+    });
+    this.state = {};
+  }
+  public render() {
+    const { children, query } = this.props;
+    const { indexPattern } = this.state;
+    const renderWithQuery = children;
+    return renderWithQuery(getQueryWithIndexPattern(query, indexPattern));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/DiscoverTransactionButton.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/DiscoverTransactionButton.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c5b71b002f541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/DiscoverTransactionButton.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import 'jest-styled-components';
+import React from 'react';
+import { Transaction } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction';
+import {
+  DiscoverTransactionButton,
+  getDiscoverQuery
+} from '../DiscoverTransactionButton';
+import mockTransaction from './mockTransaction.json';
+
+describe('DiscoverTransactionButton component', () => {
+  it('should render with data', () => {
+    const transaction: Transaction = mockTransaction;
+
+    expect(
+      shallow(<DiscoverTransactionButton transaction={transaction} />)
+    ).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getDiscoverQuery', () => {
+  it('should return the correct query params object', () => {
+    const transaction: Transaction = mockTransaction;
+    const result = getDiscoverQuery(transaction);
+    expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/__snapshots__/DiscoverTransactionButton.test.tsx.snap b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/__snapshots__/DiscoverTransactionButton.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9ce5ec9e376a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/__snapshots__/DiscoverTransactionButton.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`DiscoverTransactionButton component should render with data 1`] = `
+<DiscoverButton
+  query={
+    Object {
+      "_a": Object {
+        "interval": "auto",
+        "query": Object {
+          "language": "lucene",
+          "query": "processor.event:\\"transaction\\" AND transaction.id:\\"8b60bd32ecc6e150\\" AND trace.id:\\"8b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c\\"",
+        },
+      },
+    }
+  }
+/>
+`;
+
+exports[`getDiscoverQuery should return the correct query params object 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "_a": Object {
+    "interval": "auto",
+    "query": Object {
+      "language": "lucene",
+      "query": "processor.event:\\"transaction\\" AND transaction.id:\\"8b60bd32ecc6e150\\" AND trace.id:\\"8b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c\\"",
+    },
+  },
+}
+`;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/mockTransaction.json b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/mockTransaction.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e70eab1b9e80c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/DiscoverButtons/__test__/mockTransaction.json
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+{
+  "agent": {
+    "hostname": "227453131a17",
+    "type": "apm-server",
+    "version": "7.0.0"
+  },
+  "processor": {
+    "name": "transaction",
+    "event": "transaction"
+  },
+  "trace": {
+    "id": "8b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c"
+  },
+  "@timestamp": "2018-12-18T00:14:30.952Z",
+  "host": {
+    "name": "227453131a17"
+  },
+  "context": {
+    "request": {
+      "headers": {
+        "Accept": "*/*",
+        "User-Agent": "Python/3.7 aiohttp/3.3.2",
+        "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate"
+      },
+      "method": "GET",
+      "http_version": "1.1",
+      "socket": {
+        "remote_address": "172.18.0.12"
+      },
+      "url": {
+        "protocol": "http",
+        "hostname": "172.18.0.7",
+        "port": "3000",
+        "full": "http://172.18.0.7:3000/api/products/3/customers",
+        "pathname": "/api/products/3/customers"
+      }
+    },
+    "process": {
+      "pid": 1,
+      "title": "opbeans-go",
+      "argv": [
+        "/opbeans-go",
+        "-listen=:3000",
+        "-frontend=/opbeans-frontend",
+        "-db=postgres:",
+        "-cache=redis://redis:6379"
+      ],
+      "ppid": 0
+    },
+    "system": {
+      "hostname": "8acb9c1a71f3",
+      "ip": "172.18.0.7",
+      "platform": "linux",
+      "architecture": "amd64"
+    },
+    "response": {
+      "headers": {
+        "X-Frame-Options": "SAMEORIGIN",
+        "Server": "gunicorn/19.9.0",
+        "Vary": "Cookie",
+        "Content-Length": "31646",
+        "Date": "Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:14:45 GMT",
+        "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+      },
+      "status_code": 200
+    },
+    "service": {
+      "agent": {
+        "name": "go",
+        "version": "1.1.1"
+      },
+      "framework": {
+        "name": "gin",
+        "version": "v1.4.0-dev"
+      },
+      "name": "opbeans-go",
+      "runtime": {
+        "name": "gc",
+        "version": "go1.10.6"
+      },
+      "language": {
+        "name": "go",
+        "version": "go1.10.6"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "transaction": {
+    "result": "HTTP 2xx",
+    "duration": {
+      "us": 14586403
+    },
+    "name": "GET /api/products/:id/customers",
+    "span_count": {
+      "dropped": {
+        "total": 0
+      },
+      "started": 1
+    },
+    "id": "8b60bd32ecc6e150",
+    "type": "request",
+    "sampled": true
+  },
+  "kubernetes": {
+    "pod": {
+      "uid": "pod123456abcdef"
+    }
+  },
+  "container": {
+    "id": "container123456abcdef"
+  },
+  "timestamp": {
+    "us": 1545092070952472
+  },
+  "version": "v2"
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/TransactionActionMenu.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/TransactionActionMenu.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a737e5311fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/TransactionActionMenu.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import {
+  EuiButtonEmpty,
+  EuiContextMenuItem,
+  EuiContextMenuPanel,
+  EuiFlexGroup,
+  EuiFlexItem,
+  EuiIcon,
+  EuiLink,
+  EuiPopover
+} from '@elastic/eui';
+import { get } from 'lodash';
+import React from 'react';
+import { getKibanaHref } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/url';
+import { Transaction } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction';
+import { getDiscoverQuery } from '../DiscoverButtons/DiscoverTransactionButton';
+import { QueryWithIndexPattern } from '../DiscoverButtons/QueryWithIndexPattern';
+
+function getInfraMetricsQuery(transaction: Transaction) {
+  const plus5 = new Date(transaction['@timestamp']);
+  const minus5 = new Date(transaction['@timestamp']);
+
+  plus5.setMinutes(plus5.getMinutes() + 5);
+  minus5.setMinutes(minus5.getMinutes() - 5);
+
+  return {
+    from: minus5.getTime(),
+    to: plus5.getTime()
+  };
+}
+
+function ActionMenuButton({ onClick }: { onClick: () => void }) {
+  return (
+    <EuiButtonEmpty iconType="arrowDown" iconSide="right" onClick={onClick}>
+      Actions
+    </EuiButtonEmpty>
+  );
+}
+
+interface Props {
+  readonly transaction: Transaction;
+  readonly location: Location;
+}
+
+interface State {
+  readonly isOpen: boolean;
+}
+
+export class TransactionActionMenu extends React.Component<Props, State> {
+  public state: State = {
+    isOpen: false
+  };
+
+  public toggle = () => {
+    this.setState(state => ({ isOpen: !state.isOpen }));
+  };
+
+  public close = () => {
+    this.setState({ isOpen: false });
+  };
+
+  public getInfraActions(transaction: Transaction) {
+    const hostName = get(transaction, 'context.system.hostname');
+    const podId = get(transaction, 'kubernetes.pod.uid');
+    const containerId = get(transaction, 'container.id');
+    const pathname = '/app/infra';
+    const time = new Date(transaction['@timestamp']).getTime();
+    const infraMetricsQuery = getInfraMetricsQuery(transaction);
+
+    return [
+      {
+        icon: 'loggingApp',
+        label: 'Show pod logs',
+        target: podId,
+        hash: `/link-to/pod-logs/${podId}`,
+        query: { time }
+      },
+
+      {
+        icon: 'loggingApp',
+        label: 'Show container logs',
+        target: containerId,
+        hash: `/link-to/container-logs/${containerId}`,
+        query: { time }
+      },
+
+      {
+        icon: 'loggingApp',
+        label: 'Show host logs',
+        target: hostName,
+        hash: `/link-to/host-logs/${hostName}`,
+        query: { time }
+      },
+
+      {
+        icon: 'infraApp',
+        label: 'Show pod metrics',
+        target: podId,
+        hash: `/link-to/pod-detail/${podId}`,
+        query: infraMetricsQuery
+      },
+
+      {
+        icon: 'infraApp',
+        label: 'Show container metrics',
+        target: containerId,
+        hash: `/link-to/container-detail/${containerId}`,
+        query: infraMetricsQuery
+      },
+
+      {
+        icon: 'infraApp',
+        label: 'Show host metrics',
+        target: hostName,
+        hash: `/link-to/host-detail/${hostName}`,
+        query: infraMetricsQuery
+      }
+    ]
+      .filter(({ target }) => Boolean(target))
+      .map(({ icon, label, hash, query }, index) => {
+        const href = getKibanaHref({
+          location,
+          pathname,
+          hash,
+          query
+        });
+
+        return (
+          <EuiContextMenuItem icon={icon} href={href} key={index}>
+            <EuiFlexGroup gutterSize="s">
+              <EuiFlexItem>
+                <EuiLink>{label}</EuiLink>
+              </EuiFlexItem>
+              <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+                <EuiIcon type="popout" />
+              </EuiFlexItem>
+            </EuiFlexGroup>
+          </EuiContextMenuItem>
+        );
+      });
+  }
+
+  public render() {
+    const { transaction, location } = this.props;
+    return (
+      <QueryWithIndexPattern query={getDiscoverQuery(transaction)}>
+        {query => {
+          const discoverTransactionHref = getKibanaHref({
+            location,
+            pathname: '/app/kibana',
+            hash: '/discover',
+            query
+          });
+
+          const items = [
+            ...this.getInfraActions(transaction),
+            <EuiContextMenuItem
+              icon="discoverApp"
+              href={discoverTransactionHref}
+              key="discover-transaction"
+            >
+              <EuiFlexGroup gutterSize="s">
+                <EuiFlexItem>
+                  <EuiLink>View sample document</EuiLink>
+                </EuiFlexItem>
+                <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+                  <EuiIcon type="popout" />
+                </EuiFlexItem>
+              </EuiFlexGroup>
+            </EuiContextMenuItem>
+          ];
+
+          return (
+            <EuiPopover
+              id="transactionActionMenu"
+              button={<ActionMenuButton onClick={this.toggle} />}
+              isOpen={this.state.isOpen}
+              closePopover={this.close}
+              anchorPosition="downRight"
+              panelPaddingSize="none"
+            >
+              <EuiContextMenuPanel items={items} title="Actions" />
+            </EuiPopover>
+          );
+        }}
+      </QueryWithIndexPattern>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ac819eec90437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import 'jest-styled-components';
+import React from 'react';
+import { Transaction } from 'x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction';
+import { TransactionActionMenu } from '../TransactionActionMenu';
+import transactionActionMenuProps from './transactionActionMenuProps.json';
+
+describe('TransactionActionMenu component', () => {
+  it('should render with data', () => {
+    const transaction: Transaction = transactionActionMenuProps.transaction;
+    const location: Location = transactionActionMenuProps.location;
+
+    expect(
+      shallow(
+        <TransactionActionMenu transaction={transaction} location={location} />
+      ).shallow()
+    ).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/__snapshots__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx.snap b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/__snapshots__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ca865f4a0c94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/__snapshots__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`TransactionActionMenu component should render with data 1`] = `
+<EuiPopover
+  anchorPosition="downRight"
+  button={
+    <ActionMenuButton
+      onClick={[Function]}
+    />
+  }
+  closePopover={[Function]}
+  hasArrow={true}
+  id="transactionActionMenu"
+  isOpen={false}
+  ownFocus={false}
+  panelPaddingSize="none"
+>
+  <EuiContextMenuPanel
+    hasFocus={true}
+    items={
+      Array [
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          href="/app/infra#/link-to/pod-logs/pod123456abcdef?time=1545092070952&_g=(time:(from:now-24h,mode:quick,to:now))&_a="
+          icon="loggingApp"
+          layoutAlign="center"
+          toolTipPosition="right"
+        >
+          <EuiFlexGroup
+            alignItems="stretch"
+            component="div"
+            direction="row"
+            gutterSize="s"
+            justifyContent="flexStart"
+            responsive={true}
+            wrap={false}
+          >
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={true}
+            >
+              <EuiLink
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+              >
+                Show pod logs
+              </EuiLink>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={false}
+            >
+              <EuiIcon
+                size="m"
+                type="popout"
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>,
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          href="/app/infra#/link-to/container-logs/container123456abcdef?time=1545092070952&_g=(time:(from:now-24h,mode:quick,to:now))&_a="
+          icon="loggingApp"
+          layoutAlign="center"
+          toolTipPosition="right"
+        >
+          <EuiFlexGroup
+            alignItems="stretch"
+            component="div"
+            direction="row"
+            gutterSize="s"
+            justifyContent="flexStart"
+            responsive={true}
+            wrap={false}
+          >
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={true}
+            >
+              <EuiLink
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+              >
+                Show container logs
+              </EuiLink>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={false}
+            >
+              <EuiIcon
+                size="m"
+                type="popout"
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>,
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          href="/app/infra#/link-to/host-logs/8acb9c1a71f3?time=1545092070952&_g=(time:(from:now-24h,mode:quick,to:now))&_a="
+          icon="loggingApp"
+          layoutAlign="center"
+          toolTipPosition="right"
+        >
+          <EuiFlexGroup
+            alignItems="stretch"
+            component="div"
+            direction="row"
+            gutterSize="s"
+            justifyContent="flexStart"
+            responsive={true}
+            wrap={false}
+          >
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={true}
+            >
+              <EuiLink
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+              >
+                Show host logs
+              </EuiLink>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={false}
+            >
+              <EuiIcon
+                size="m"
+                type="popout"
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>,
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          href="/app/infra#/link-to/pod-detail/pod123456abcdef?from=1545091770952&to=1545092370952&_g=(time:(from:now-24h,mode:quick,to:now))&_a="
+          icon="infraApp"
+          layoutAlign="center"
+          toolTipPosition="right"
+        >
+          <EuiFlexGroup
+            alignItems="stretch"
+            component="div"
+            direction="row"
+            gutterSize="s"
+            justifyContent="flexStart"
+            responsive={true}
+            wrap={false}
+          >
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={true}
+            >
+              <EuiLink
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+              >
+                Show pod metrics
+              </EuiLink>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={false}
+            >
+              <EuiIcon
+                size="m"
+                type="popout"
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>,
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          href="/app/infra#/link-to/container-detail/container123456abcdef?from=1545091770952&to=1545092370952&_g=(time:(from:now-24h,mode:quick,to:now))&_a="
+          icon="infraApp"
+          layoutAlign="center"
+          toolTipPosition="right"
+        >
+          <EuiFlexGroup
+            alignItems="stretch"
+            component="div"
+            direction="row"
+            gutterSize="s"
+            justifyContent="flexStart"
+            responsive={true}
+            wrap={false}
+          >
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={true}
+            >
+              <EuiLink
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+              >
+                Show container metrics
+              </EuiLink>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={false}
+            >
+              <EuiIcon
+                size="m"
+                type="popout"
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>,
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          href="/app/infra#/link-to/host-detail/8acb9c1a71f3?from=1545091770952&to=1545092370952&_g=(time:(from:now-24h,mode:quick,to:now))&_a="
+          icon="infraApp"
+          layoutAlign="center"
+          toolTipPosition="right"
+        >
+          <EuiFlexGroup
+            alignItems="stretch"
+            component="div"
+            direction="row"
+            gutterSize="s"
+            justifyContent="flexStart"
+            responsive={true}
+            wrap={false}
+          >
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={true}
+            >
+              <EuiLink
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+              >
+                Show host metrics
+              </EuiLink>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={false}
+            >
+              <EuiIcon
+                size="m"
+                type="popout"
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>,
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          href="/app/kibana#/discover?_a=(interval:auto,query:(language:lucene,query:'processor.event:\\"transaction\\" AND transaction.id:\\"8b60bd32ecc6e150\\" AND trace.id:\\"8b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c\\"'))&_g=(time:(from:now-24h,mode:quick,to:now))"
+          icon="discoverApp"
+          layoutAlign="center"
+          toolTipPosition="right"
+        >
+          <EuiFlexGroup
+            alignItems="stretch"
+            component="div"
+            direction="row"
+            gutterSize="s"
+            justifyContent="flexStart"
+            responsive={true}
+            wrap={false}
+          >
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={true}
+            >
+              <EuiLink
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+              >
+                View sample document
+              </EuiLink>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem
+              component="div"
+              grow={false}
+            >
+              <EuiIcon
+                size="m"
+                type="popout"
+              />
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>,
+      ]
+    }
+    title="Actions"
+  />
+</EuiPopover>
+`;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/transactionActionMenuProps.json b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/transactionActionMenuProps.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f299a3bc93340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/transactionActionMenuProps.json
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+{
+  "transaction": {
+    "agent": {
+      "hostname": "227453131a17",
+      "type": "apm-server",
+      "version": "7.0.0"
+    },
+    "processor": {
+      "name": "transaction",
+      "event": "transaction"
+    },
+    "trace": {
+      "id": "8b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c"
+    },
+    "@timestamp": "2018-12-18T00:14:30.952Z",
+    "host": {
+      "name": "227453131a17"
+    },
+    "context": {
+      "request": {
+        "headers": {
+          "Accept": "*/*",
+          "User-Agent": "Python/3.7 aiohttp/3.3.2",
+          "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate"
+        },
+        "method": "GET",
+        "http_version": "1.1",
+        "socket": {
+          "remote_address": "172.18.0.12"
+        },
+        "url": {
+          "protocol": "http",
+          "hostname": "172.18.0.7",
+          "port": "3000",
+          "full": "http://172.18.0.7:3000/api/products/3/customers",
+          "pathname": "/api/products/3/customers"
+        }
+      },
+      "process": {
+        "pid": 1,
+        "title": "opbeans-go",
+        "argv": [
+          "/opbeans-go",
+          "-listen=:3000",
+          "-frontend=/opbeans-frontend",
+          "-db=postgres:",
+          "-cache=redis://redis:6379"
+        ],
+        "ppid": 0
+      },
+      "system": {
+        "hostname": "8acb9c1a71f3",
+        "ip": "172.18.0.7",
+        "platform": "linux",
+        "architecture": "amd64"
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "headers": {
+          "X-Frame-Options": "SAMEORIGIN",
+          "Server": "gunicorn/19.9.0",
+          "Vary": "Cookie",
+          "Content-Length": "31646",
+          "Date": "Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:14:45 GMT",
+          "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+        },
+        "status_code": 200
+      },
+      "service": {
+        "agent": {
+          "name": "go",
+          "version": "1.1.1"
+        },
+        "framework": {
+          "name": "gin",
+          "version": "v1.4.0-dev"
+        },
+        "name": "opbeans-go",
+        "runtime": {
+          "name": "gc",
+          "version": "go1.10.6"
+        },
+        "language": {
+          "name": "go",
+          "version": "go1.10.6"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "transaction": {
+      "result": "HTTP 2xx",
+      "duration": {
+        "us": 14586403
+      },
+      "name": "GET /api/products/:id/customers",
+      "span_count": {
+        "dropped": {
+          "total": 0
+        },
+        "started": 1
+      },
+      "id": "8b60bd32ecc6e150",
+      "type": "request",
+      "sampled": true
+    },
+    "kubernetes": {
+      "pod": {
+        "uid": "pod123456abcdef"
+      }
+    },
+    "container": {
+      "id": "container123456abcdef"
+    },
+    "timestamp": {
+      "us": 1545092070952472
+    },
+    "version": "v2"
+  },
+  "location": {
+    "pathname": "/opbeans-go/transactions/request/GET~20~2Fapi~2Fproducts~2F~3Aid~2Fcustomers",
+    "search": "?_g=()&flyoutDetailTab=undefined&waterfallItemId=8b60bd32ecc6e150",
+    "hash": ""
+  }
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/__test__/url.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/__test__/url.test.tsx
index a21f3b7a526b5..bf6ace1531dcd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/__test__/url.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/__test__/url.test.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import url from 'url';
 import { toJson } from '../testHelpers';
 import {
   fromQuery,
+  getKibanaHref,
   RelativeLinkComponent,
   toQuery,
   UnconnectedKibanaLink,
@@ -105,6 +106,35 @@ describe('RelativeLinkComponent', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('getKibanaHref', () => {
+  it('should return the correct href', () => {
+    const href = getKibanaHref({
+      location: { search: '' },
+      pathname: '/app/kibana',
+      hash: '/discover',
+      query: {
+        _a: {
+          interval: 'auto',
+          query: {
+            language: 'lucene',
+            query: `context.service.name:"myServiceName" AND error.grouping_key:"myGroupId"`
+          },
+          sort: { '@timestamp': 'desc' }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    const { _g, _a } = getUrlQuery(href);
+    const { pathname } = url.parse(href);
+
+    expect(pathname).toBe('/app/kibana');
+    expect(_a).toBe(
+      '(interval:auto,query:(language:lucene,query:\'context.service.name:"myServiceName" AND error.grouping_key:"myGroupId"\'),sort:(\'@timestamp\':desc))'
+    );
+    expect(_g).toBe('(time:(from:now-24h,mode:quick,to:now))');
+  });
+});
+
 function getUnconnectedKibanLink() {
   const discoverQuery = {
     _a: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/url.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/url.tsx
index f2b0dfc9a34f3..dd7f4fbd5562a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/url.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/utils/url.tsx
@@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ export function RelativeLinkComponent({
   );
 }
 
+export function getKibanaHref(kibanaLinkArgs: KibanaLinkArgs): string {
+  const { location, pathname, hash, query = {} } = kibanaLinkArgs;
+  // Preserve current _g and _a
+  const currentQuery = toQuery(location.search);
+  const g = decodeAndMergeG(currentQuery._g, query._g);
+  const nextQuery = {
+    ...query,
+    _g: rison.encode(g),
+    _a: query._a ? rison.encode(query._a) : ''
+  };
+
+  const search = stringifyWithoutEncoding(nextQuery);
+  const href = url.format({
+    pathname: chrome.addBasePath(pathname),
+    hash: `${hash}?${search}`
+  });
+  return href;
+}
+
 // TODO:
 // Both KibanaLink and RelativeLink does similar things, are too magic, and have different APIs.
 // The initial idea with KibanaLink was to automatically preserve the timestamp (_g) when making links. RelativeLink went a bit overboard and preserves all query args
@@ -178,21 +197,12 @@ export const UnconnectedKibanaLink: React.SFC<KibanaLinkArgs> = ({
   query = {},
   ...props
 }) => {
-  // Preserve current _g and _a
-  const currentQuery = toQuery(location.search);
-  const g = decodeAndMergeG(currentQuery._g, query._g);
-  const nextQuery = {
-    ...query,
-    _g: rison.encode(g),
-    _a: query._a ? rison.encode(query._a) : ''
-  };
-
-  const search = stringifyWithoutEncoding(nextQuery);
-  const href = url.format({
-    pathname: chrome.addBasePath(pathname),
-    hash: `${hash}?${search}`
+  const href = getKibanaHref({
+    location,
+    pathname,
+    hash,
+    query
   });
-
   return <EuiLink {...props} href={href} />;
 };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction.ts
index 8498d47b00c01..644ec0e2b65d2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/Transaction.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ export interface TransactionV2 extends APMDocV2 {
     };
     type: string;
   };
+  kubernetes: {
+    pod: {
+      uid: string;
+    };
+  };
+  container: {
+    id: string;
+  };
 }
 
 export type Transaction = TransactionV1 | TransactionV2;