Respan Parameters
Understanding Respan-specific span parameters for filtering and metadata
Overview
Respan Parameters are special attributes you can attach to spans for enhanced filtering, grouping, and metadata in the Respan dashboard.
Parameters
customer_identifier
Identifies the customer or user associated with the trace. Useful for filtering traces by customer.
trace_group_identifier
Groups related traces together. Useful for organizing traces by feature, team, or project.
metadata
Arbitrary key-value pairs for additional context. Useful for business-specific information.
Complete Example
Use Cases
Customer Support
Filter traces by customer ID when investigating support tickets:
Feature Tracking
Group traces by feature for usage analytics:
Business Metrics
Track business-relevant information:
Multi-Tenant Applications
Identify traces by tenant:
Association Properties vs Respan Params
Using Both Together
Best Practices
- Always include
customer_identifierfor user-specific traces - Use
trace_group_identifierto organize traces by feature or team - Store business-relevant information in
metadata - Keep metadata values simple (strings, numbers, booleans)
- Avoid sensitive information (passwords, tokens) in metadata
- Use consistent naming conventions for metadata keys
- Update params early in the span lifecycle for complete context