diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/ResourceEditorFactory.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/ResourceEditorFactory.kt
index 78e8c121c..f8552dd74 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/ResourceEditorFactory.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/ResourceEditorFactory.kt
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ open class ResourceEditorFactory protected constructor(
         ) {
             return null
         }
-        val telemetry = getTelemetryMessageBuilder().action(TelemetryService.NAME_PREFIX_EDITOR + "open")
-      return try {
+        val telemetry = createTelemetry(editor.file)
+        return try {
             runAsync { TelemetryService.sendTelemetry(getKubernetesResourceInfo(editor.file, project), telemetry) }
             val resourceEditor = createResourceEditor.invoke(editor, project)
             resourceEditor.createToolbar()
@@ -134,6 +134,19 @@ open class ResourceEditorFactory protected constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun createTelemetry(file: VirtualFile): TelemetryMessageBuilder.ActionMessage {
+        val isLocalFile = ResourceFile.isResourceFile(file)
+        return getTelemetryMessageBuilder().action(
+            "${TelemetryService.NAME_PREFIX_EDITOR} open ${
+                if (isLocalFile) {
+                    "cluster file"
+                } else {
+                    "local file"
+                }
+            } "
+        )
+    }
+
     private fun onProjectClosed(resourceEditor: ResourceEditor): ProjectManagerListener {
         return object : ProjectManagerListener {
             override fun projectClosing(project: Project) {
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/ResourceEditorFactoryTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/ResourceEditorFactoryTest.kt
index be951b63c..2ad71216a 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/ResourceEditorFactoryTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/ResourceEditorFactoryTest.kt
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class ResourceEditorFactoryTest {
     private val resource = createResource<HasMetadata>(deployment)
     private val virtualFile: VirtualFile = mock {
         on { isInLocalFileSystem } doReturn true
+        on { path } doReturn "skywalker"
     }
 
     private val fileEditor: FileEditor = mock<FileEditor>().apply {