diff --git a/src/table/__tests__/analytics-events.test.tsx b/src/table/__tests__/analytics-events.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ea51afcc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/table/__tests__/analytics-events.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import React from 'react';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import Header from '../../../lib/components/header';
+import { ComponentMetrics, setComponentMetrics } from '../../../lib/components/internal/analytics';
+import Table from '../../../lib/components/table';
+
+const componentMounted = jest.fn();
+const componentUpdated = jest.fn();
+
+setComponentMetrics({ componentMounted, componentUpdated });
+
+describe('Task name', () => {
+  test('instanceIdentifier overrides the automatically determined task name', () => {
+    render(
+      <Table
+        analyticsMetadata={{ instanceIdentifier: 'My custom task name override' }}
+        items={[]}
+        columnDefinitions={[]}
+        header={<Header>This is the table header</Header>}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(ComponentMetrics.componentMounted).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(ComponentMetrics.componentMounted).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        componentConfiguration: expect.objectContaining({ taskName: 'My custom task name override' }),
+      })
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/table/internal.tsx b/src/table/internal.tsx
index fec6c238b6..80e4063a65 100644
--- a/src/table/internal.tsx
+++ b/src/table/internal.tsx
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ const InternalTable = React.forwardRef(
         variant,
         flowType: rest.analyticsMetadata?.flowType,
         instanceIdentifier: analyticsMetadata?.instanceIdentifier,
-        taskName: getHeaderText(),
+        taskName: analyticsMetadata?.instanceIdentifier ?? getHeaderText(),
         patternIdentifier: getPatternIdentifier(),
         sortedBy: {
           columnId: sortingColumn?.sortingField,