diff --git a/.changeset/sour-gifts-thank.md b/.changeset/sour-gifts-thank.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c452f96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sour-gifts-thank.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@hyperdx/common-utils": patch
+"@hyperdx/api": patch
+"@hyperdx/app": patch
+---
+
+fix: bugs with showing non otel spans (ex. clickhouse opentelemetry span logs)
diff --git a/packages/api/src/models/source.ts b/packages/api/src/models/source.ts
index eaf1ed625..b60d7f394 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/models/source.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/models/source.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export const Source = mongoose.model<ISource>(
       spanKindExpression: String,
       statusCodeExpression: String,
       statusMessageExpression: String,
+      spanEventsValueExpression: String,
 
       metricTables: {
         type: {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/DBRowDataPanel.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/DBRowDataPanel.tsx
index 45a6661bd..dcdd98c25 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/DBRowDataPanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/DBRowDataPanel.tsx
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ export function useRowData({
               },
             ]
           : []),
-        ...(source.kind === SourceKind.Trace
+        ...(source.kind === SourceKind.Trace && source.spanEventsValueExpression
           ? [
               {
-                valueExpression: `Events.Attributes[indexOf(Events.Name, 'exception')]`,
+                valueExpression: `${source.spanEventsValueExpression}.Attributes[indexOf(${source.spanEventsValueExpression}.Name, 'exception')]`,
                 alias: '__hdx_events_exception_attributes',
               },
             ]
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/DBRowSidePanel.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/DBRowSidePanel.tsx
index bcd3887a3..476e2cb04 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/DBRowSidePanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/DBRowSidePanel.tsx
@@ -94,9 +94,21 @@ export default function DBRowSidePanel({
     Infrastructure = 'infrastructure',
   }
 
+  const hasOverviewPanel = useMemo(() => {
+    if (
+      source.resourceAttributesExpression ||
+      source.eventAttributesExpression
+    ) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }, [source.eventAttributesExpression, source.resourceAttributesExpression]);
+
+  const defaultTab = hasOverviewPanel ? Tab.Overview : Tab.Parsed;
+
   const [queryTab, setQueryTab] = useQueryState(
     'tab',
-    parseAsStringEnum<Tab>(Object.values(Tab)).withDefault(Tab.Overview),
+    parseAsStringEnum<Tab>(Object.values(Tab)).withDefault(defaultTab),
   );
 
   const initialWidth = 80;
@@ -114,7 +126,7 @@ export default function DBRowSidePanel({
   // Keep track of sub-drawers so we can disable closing this root drawer
   const [subDrawerOpen, setSubDrawerOpen] = useState(false);
 
-  const [stateTab, setStateTab] = useState<Tab>(Tab.Overview);
+  const [stateTab, setStateTab] = useState<Tab>(defaultTab);
   // Nested panels can't share the query param or else they'll conflict, so we'll use local state for nested panels
   // We'll need to handle this properly eventually...
   const tab = isNestedPanel ? stateTab : queryTab;
@@ -211,15 +223,20 @@ export default function DBRowSidePanel({
   });
 
   const hasK8sContext = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!source?.resourceAttributesExpression || !normalizedRow) {
+    try {
+      if (!source?.resourceAttributesExpression || !normalizedRow) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return (
+        normalizedRow[source.resourceAttributesExpression]?.['k8s.pod.uid'] !=
+          null ||
+        normalizedRow[source.resourceAttributesExpression]?.['k8s.node.name'] !=
+          null
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
       return false;
     }
-    return (
-      normalizedRow[source.resourceAttributesExpression]['k8s.pod.uid'] !=
-        null ||
-      normalizedRow[source.resourceAttributesExpression]['k8s.node.name'] !=
-        null
-    );
   }, [source, normalizedRow]);
 
   return (
@@ -264,10 +281,14 @@ export default function DBRowSidePanel({
               <TabBar
                 className="fs-8 mt-2"
                 items={[
-                  {
-                    text: 'Overview',
-                    value: Tab.Overview,
-                  },
+                  ...(hasOverviewPanel
+                    ? [
+                        {
+                          text: 'Overview',
+                          value: Tab.Overview,
+                        },
+                      ]
+                    : []),
                   {
                     text: 'Column Values',
                     value: Tab.Parsed,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/SourceForm.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/SourceForm.tsx
index 435b1ea20..df32331f5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/SourceForm.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/SourceForm.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function FormRow({
           ...(!helpText ? { opacity: 0, pointerEvents: 'none' } : {}),
         }}
       >
-        <Tooltip label={helpText} color="dark" c="white">
+        <Tooltip label={helpText} color="dark" c="white" multiline maw={600}>
           <i className="bi bi-question-circle cursor-pointer" />
         </Tooltip>
       </Text>
@@ -413,7 +413,10 @@ export function TraceTableModelForm({
           rules={{ required: 'Table is required' }}
         />
       </FormRow>
-      <FormRow label={'Timestamp Column'}>
+      <FormRow
+        label={'Timestamp Column'}
+        helpText="DateTime column or expression defines the start of the span"
+      >
         <SQLInlineEditorControlled
           tableConnections={{
             databaseName,
@@ -619,6 +622,21 @@ export function TraceTableModelForm({
           placeholder="SpanAttributes"
         />
       </FormRow>
+      <FormRow
+        label={'Span Events Expression'}
+        helpText="Expression to extract span events. Used to capture events associated with spans. Expected to be Nested ( Timestamp DateTime64(9), Name LowCardinality(String), Attributes Map(LowCardinality(String), String)"
+      >
+        <SQLInlineEditorControlled
+          tableConnections={{
+            databaseName,
+            tableName,
+            connectionId,
+          }}
+          control={control}
+          name="spanEventsValueExpression"
+          placeholder="Events"
+        />
+      </FormRow>
       <FormRow
         label={'Implicit Column Expression'}
         helpText="Column used for full text search if no property is specified in a Lucene-based search. Typically the message body of a log."
diff --git a/packages/app/src/source.ts b/packages/app/src/source.ts
index 8cc6dd73f..3882d6ef7 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/source.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/source.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ export async function inferTableSourceConfig({
     'StatusMessage',
   ]);
 
+  // Check if SpanEvents column is available
+  const hasSpanEvents = columns.some(col => col.name === 'Events');
+
   const timestampColumns = filterColumnMetaByType(columns, [JSDataType.Date]);
   const primaryKeyTimestampColumn = timestampColumns?.find(c =>
     keys.find(
@@ -299,17 +302,18 @@ export async function inferTableSourceConfig({
           traceIdExpression: 'TraceId',
           statusCodeExpression: 'StatusCode',
           statusMessageExpression: 'StatusMessage',
+          ...(hasSpanEvents ? { spanEventsValueExpression: 'Events' } : {}),
         }
       : {}),
   };
 }
 
 export function getDurationMsExpression(source: TSource) {
-  return `${source.durationExpression}/1e${(source.durationPrecision ?? 9) - 3}`;
+  return `(${source.durationExpression})/1e${(source.durationPrecision ?? 9) - 3}`;
 }
 
 export function getDurationSecondsExpression(source: TSource) {
-  return `${source.durationExpression}/1e${source.durationPrecision ?? 9}`;
+  return `(${source.durationExpression})/1e${source.durationPrecision ?? 9}`;
 }
 
 const ReqMetricTableColumns = {
diff --git a/packages/common-utils/src/renderChartConfig.ts b/packages/common-utils/src/renderChartConfig.ts
index efcc24d4b..dd6a7f576 100644
--- a/packages/common-utils/src/renderChartConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/common-utils/src/renderChartConfig.ts
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ const fastifySQL = ({
 
     return parser.sqlify(ast);
   } catch (e) {
-    console.error('[renderWhereExpression]feat: Failed to parse SQL AST', e);
+    console.debug('[renderWhereExpression]feat: Failed to parse SQL AST', e);
     return rawSQL;
   }
 };
diff --git a/packages/common-utils/src/types.ts b/packages/common-utils/src/types.ts
index 6f92f22f2..89e998fe8 100644
--- a/packages/common-utils/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/common-utils/src/types.ts
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ export const SourceSchema = z.object({
   durationPrecision: z.number().min(0).max(9).optional(),
   parentSpanIdExpression: z.string().optional(),
   spanNameExpression: z.string().optional(),
+  spanEventsValueExpression: z.string().optional(),
 
   spanKindExpression: z.string().optional(),
   statusCodeExpression: z.string().optional(),