---
description: 'System table containing information about trace spans for executed queries.'
keywords: ['system table', 'opentelemetry_span_log']
slug: /operations/system-tables/opentelemetry_span_log
title: 'system.opentelemetry_span_log'
---

import SystemTableCloud from '@site/docs/_snippets/_system_table_cloud.md';

# system.opentelemetry_span_log

<SystemTableCloud/>

Contains information about [trace spans](https://opentracing.io/docs/overview/spans/) for executed queries.

Columns:

- `trace_id` ([UUID](../../sql-reference/data-types/uuid.md)) — ID of the trace for executed query.
- `span_id` ([UInt64](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md)) — ID of the `trace span`.
- `parent_span_id` ([UInt64](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md)) — ID of the parent `trace span`.
- `operation_name` ([String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md)) — The name of the operation.
- `kind` ([Enum8](../../sql-reference/data-types/enum.md)) — The [SpanKind](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/reference/specification/trace/api/#spankind) of the span.
  - `INTERNAL` — Indicates that the span represents an internal operation within an application.
  - `SERVER` — Indicates that the span covers server-side handling of a synchronous RPC or other remote request.
  - `CLIENT` — Indicates that the span describes a request to some remote service.
  - `PRODUCER` — Indicates that the span describes the initiators of an asynchronous request. This parent span will often end before the corresponding child CONSUMER span, possibly even before the child span starts.
  - `CONSUMER` - Indicates that the span describes a child of an asynchronous PRODUCER request.
- `start_time_us` ([UInt64](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md)) — The start time of the `trace span` (in microseconds).
- `finish_time_us` ([UInt64](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md)) — The finish time of the `trace span` (in microseconds).
- `finish_date` ([Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md)) — The finish date of the `trace span`.
- `attribute.names` ([Array](../../sql-reference/data-types/array.md)([String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md))) — [Attribute](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/go/instrumentation/#attributes) names depending on the `trace span`. They are filled in according to the recommendations in the [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) standard.
- `attribute.values` ([Array](../../sql-reference/data-types/array.md)([String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md))) — Attribute values depending on the `trace span`. They are filled in according to the recommendations in the `OpenTelemetry` standard.

**Example**

Query:

```sql
SELECT * FROM system.opentelemetry_span_log LIMIT 1 FORMAT Vertical;
```

Result:

```text
Row 1:
──────
trace_id:         cdab0847-0d62-61d5-4d38-dd65b19a1914
span_id:          701487461015578150
parent_span_id:   2991972114672045096
operation_name:   DB::Block DB::InterpreterSelectQuery::getSampleBlockImpl()
kind:             INTERNAL
start_time_us:    1612374594529090
finish_time_us:   1612374594529108
finish_date:      2021-02-03
attribute.names:  []
attribute.values: []
```

**See Also**

- [OpenTelemetry](../../operations/opentelemetry.md)
