Semantic Conventions for MSSQL

Status: Experimental

The Semantic Conventions for the Microsoft SQL Server extend and override the Database Semantic Conventions that describe common database operations attributes in addition to the Semantic Conventions described on this page.

db.system MUST be set to "mssql".

Connection-level attributes

AttributeTypeDescriptionExamplesRequirement Level
db.jdbc.driver_classnamestringThe fully-qualified class name of the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver used to connect.org.postgresql.Driver; com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriverRecommended
db.mssql.instance_namestringThe Microsoft SQL Server instance name connecting to. This name is used to determine the port of a named instance. [1]MSSQLSERVERRecommended

[1]: If setting a db.mssql.instance_name, server.port is no longer required (but still recommended if non-standard).