# SpanEvent A timestamped event within a span. **Type**: `object` ## Properties - name: attributes (optional) type: `Variant` - name: droppedAttributesCount (optional) type: integer description: Number of attributes that were dropped due to limits. - name: name (required) type: string description: Name of the event. - name: timeUnixNano (optional) type: integer description: Timestamp when the event occurred, in nanoseconds since epoch.