New Relic data dictionary

This data dictionary defines some of our default-reported data stored in NRDB and queryable via NRQL. This includes events like Transaction, MobileRequest, and BrowserInteraction, and our Metric, Log, and Span data types. These definitions are also available from our query builder UI by mousing over applicable data type and attribute names.

This dictionary doesn't contain:

  • Data from our infrastructure integrations (for that, see docs for a specific integration)
  • Custom data
  • Detailed integration-specific attributes for Metric data

DistributedTraceSummary

This event contains summary data about a distributed trace and provides an aggregated view of distributed tracing data. DistributedTraceSummary events are generated by New Relic and are triggered by distributed tracing data from agents or the Trace API. This event only appears in the parent account.

Attribute nameDefinitionData types
root.span.id

The unique identifier of the root span of this trace. The root of a distributed trace is the first span, and it has a null value for parent.id.