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title = "TraceSpanReference"
keywords = ["grafana","documentation","sdk","@grafana/data"]
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## TraceSpanReference type
### TraceSpanReference type
Signature
```typescript
export declare type TraceSpanReference = {
refType: 'CHILD_OF' | 'FOLLOWS_FROM';
span?: TraceSpan | null | undefined;
spanID: string;
traceID: string;
};
```
Import
```typescript
import { TraceSpanReference } from '@grafana/data';
```