arize-phoenix 3.16.1__py3-none-any.whl → 7.7.1__py3-none-any.whl

phoenix/trace/dsl/query.py

@@ -1,30 +1,37 @@
-import json
+import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields, replace
-from functools import cached_property, partial
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field, replace
+from datetime import datetime
+from functools import cached_property
+from itertools import chain
+from random import randint, random
 from types import MappingProxyType
-from typing import (
-    Any,
-    Callable,
-    ClassVar,
-    Dict,
-    Iterable,
-    Iterator,
-    List,
-    Mapping,
-    Optional,
-    Sequence,
-    Tuple,
-    cast,
-)
+from typing import Any, Optional, cast
 
 import pandas as pd
 from openinference.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
-
+from sqlalchemy import JSON, Column, Label, Select, SQLColumnExpression, and_, func, select
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import aggregate_order_by
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session, aliased
+from typing_extensions import assert_never
+
+from phoenix.config import DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME
+from phoenix.db import models
+from phoenix.db.helpers import SupportedSQLDialect
+from phoenix.trace.attributes import (
+    JSON_STRING_ATTRIBUTES,
+    SEMANTIC_CONVENTIONS,
+    flatten,
+    get_attribute_value,
+    load_json_strings,
+    unflatten,
+)
 from phoenix.trace.dsl import SpanFilter
-from phoenix.trace.dsl.filter import SupportsGetSpanEvaluation
-from phoenix.trace.schemas import ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX, CONTEXT_PREFIX, Span
-from phoenix.trace.span_json_encoder import span_to_json
+from phoenix.trace.dsl.filter import Projector
+from phoenix.trace.schemas import ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX
+
+DEFAULT_SPAN_LIMIT = 1000
 
 RETRIEVAL_DOCUMENTS = SpanAttributes.RETRIEVAL_DOCUMENTS
 
@@ -38,129 +45,214 @@ _ALIASES = {
     "trace_id": "context.trace_id",
 }
 
-# Because span_kind is an enum, it needs to be converted to string,
-# so it's serializable by pyarrow.
-_CONVERT_TO_STRING = ("span_kind",)
-
 
 def _unalias(key: str) -> str:
     return _ALIASES.get(key, key)
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Projection:
-    key: str = ""
-    value: Callable[[Span], Any] = field(init=False, repr=False)
-    span_fields: ClassVar[Tuple[str, ...]] = tuple(f.name for f in fields(Span))
-
-    def __bool__(self) -> bool:
-        return bool(self.key)
+class _Base:
+    """The sole purpose of this class is for `super().__post_init__()` to work"""
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
-        key = _unalias(self.key)
-        object.__setattr__(self, "key", key)
-        if key.startswith(CONTEXT_PREFIX):
-            key = key[len(CONTEXT_PREFIX) :]
-            value = partial(self._from_context, key=key)
-        elif key.startswith(ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX):
-            key = self.key[len(ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX) :]
-            value = partial(self._from_attributes, key=key)
-        elif key in self.span_fields:
-            value = partial(self._from_span, key=key)
-        else:
-            value = partial(self._from_attributes, key=key)
-        if self.key in _CONVERT_TO_STRING:
-            object.__setattr__(
-                self,
-                "value",
-                lambda span: None if (v := value(span)) is None else str(v),
-            )
-        else:
-            object.__setattr__(self, "value", value)
+        pass
+
 
-    def __call__(self, span: Span) -> Any:
-        return self.value(span)
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Projection(_Base):
+    key: str = ""
+    _projector: Projector = field(init=False, repr=False)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _from_attributes(span: Span, key: str) -> Any:
-        return span.attributes.get(key)
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__post_init__()
+        object.__setattr__(self, "key", _unalias(self.key))
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_projector", Projector(self.key))
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _from_context(span: Span, key: str) -> Any:
-        return getattr(span.context, key, None)
+    def __bool__(self) -> bool:
+        return bool(self.key)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _from_span(span: Span, key: str) -> Any:
-        return getattr(span, key, None)
+    def __call__(self) -> SQLColumnExpression[Any]:
+        return self._projector()
 
-    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return {"key": self.key}
 
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, obj: Mapping[str, Any]) -> "Projection":
-        return cls(
-            **({"key": cast(str, key)} if (key := obj.get("key")) else {}),
-        )
+        return cls(**({"key": cast(str, key)} if (key := obj.get("key")) else {}))
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class _HasTmpSuffix(_Base):
+    _tmp_suffix: str = field(init=False, repr=False)
+    """Ideally every column label should get a temporary random suffix that will
+    be removed at the end. This is necessary during query construction because
+    sqlalchemy is not always foolproof, e.g. we have seen `group_by` clauses that
+    were incorrect or ambiguous. We should actively avoid name collisions, which
+    is increasingly likely as queries get more complex.
+    """
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__post_init__()
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_tmp_suffix", f"{randint(0, 10**6):06d}")
+
+    def _remove_tmp_suffix(self, name: str) -> str:
+        if name.endswith(self._tmp_suffix):
+            return name[: -len(self._tmp_suffix)]
+        return name
+
+    def _add_tmp_suffix(self, name: str) -> str:
+        if name.endswith(self._tmp_suffix):
+            return name
+        return name + self._tmp_suffix
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Explosion(Projection):
+class Explosion(_HasTmpSuffix, Projection):
     kwargs: Mapping[str, str] = field(default_factory=lambda: MappingProxyType({}))
     primary_index_key: str = "context.span_id"
 
-    position_prefix: str = field(init=False, repr=False)
-    primary_index: Projection = field(init=False, repr=False)
+    _position_prefix: str = field(init=False, repr=False)
+    _primary_index: Projection = field(init=False, repr=False)
+    _array_tmp_col_label: str = field(init=False, repr=False)
+    """For sqlite we need to store the array in a temporary column to be able
+    to explode it later in pandas. `_array_tmp_col_label` is the name of this
+    temporary column. The temporary column will have a unique name
+    per instance.
+    """
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         super().__post_init__()
         position_prefix = _PRESCRIBED_POSITION_PREFIXES.get(self.key, "")
-        object.__setattr__(self, "position_prefix", position_prefix)
-        object.__setattr__(self, "primary_index", Projection(self.primary_index_key))
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_position_prefix", position_prefix)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_primary_index", Projection(self.primary_index_key))
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_array_tmp_col_label", f"__array_tmp_col_{random()}")
 
     @cached_property
-    def index_keys(self) -> Tuple[str, str]:
-        return (self.primary_index.key, f"{self.position_prefix}position")
-
-    def with_primary_index_key(self, primary_index_key: str) -> "Explosion":
-        return replace(self, primary_index_key=primary_index_key)
-
-    def __call__(self, span: Span) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
-        if not isinstance(seq := self.value(span), Sequence):
-            return
-        has_mapping = False
-        for item in seq:
-            if isinstance(item, Mapping):
-                has_mapping = True
-                break
-        if not has_mapping:
-            for i, item in enumerate(seq):
-                if item is not None:
-                    yield {
-                        self.key: item,
-                        self.primary_index.key: self.primary_index(span),
-                        f"{self.position_prefix}position": i,
-                    }
-            return
-        for i, item in enumerate(seq):
-            if not isinstance(item, Mapping):
-                continue
-            record = (
-                {name: item.get(key) for name, key in self.kwargs.items()}
-                if self.kwargs
-                else dict(item)
+    def index_keys(self) -> list[str]:
+        return [self._primary_index.key, f"{self._position_prefix}position"]
+
+    def with_primary_index_key(self, _: str) -> "Explosion":
+        print("`.with_primary_index_key(...)` is deprecated and will be removed in the future.")
+        return self
+
+    def update_sql(
+        self,
+        stmt: Select[Any],
+        dialect: SupportedSQLDialect,
+    ) -> Select[Any]:
+        array = self()
+        if dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.SQLITE:
+            # Because sqlite doesn't support `WITH ORDINALITY`, the order of
+            # the returned (table) values is not guaranteed. So we resort to
+            # post hoc processing using pandas.
+            stmt = stmt.where(
+                func.json_type(array) == "array",
+            ).add_columns(
+                array.label(self._array_tmp_col_label),
+            )
+            return stmt
+        elif dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.POSTGRESQL:
+            element = (
+                func.jsonb_array_elements(array)
+                .table_valued(
+                    Column("obj", JSON),
+                    with_ordinality="position",
+                    joins_implicitly=True,
+                )
+                .render_derived()
             )
-            for v in record.values():
-                if v is not None:
-                    break
+            obj, position = element.c.obj, element.c.position
+            # Use zero-based indexing for backward-compatibility.
+            position_label = (position - 1).label(f"{self._position_prefix}position")
+            if self.kwargs:
+                columns: Iterable[Label[Any]] = (
+                    obj[key.split(".")].label(self._add_tmp_suffix(name))
+                    for name, key in self.kwargs.items()
+                )
             else:
-                record = {}
-            if not record:
-                continue
-            record[self.primary_index.key] = self.primary_index(span)
-            record[f"{self.position_prefix}position"] = i
-            yield record
-
-    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+                columns = (obj.label(self._array_tmp_col_label),)
+            stmt = (
+                stmt.where(func.jsonb_typeof(array) == "array")
+                .where(func.jsonb_typeof(obj) == "object")
+                .add_columns(position_label, *columns)
+            )
+            return stmt
+        else:
+            assert_never(dialect)
+
+    def update_df(
+        self,
+        df: pd.DataFrame,
+        dialect: SupportedSQLDialect,
+    ) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        df = df.rename(self._remove_tmp_suffix, axis=1)
+        if df.empty:
+            columns = list(
+                set(
+                    chain(
+                        self.index_keys,
+                        df.drop(self._array_tmp_col_label, axis=1, errors="ignore").columns,
+                        self.kwargs.keys(),
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+            df = pd.DataFrame(columns=columns).set_index(self.index_keys)
+            return df
+        if dialect != SupportedSQLDialect.SQLITE and self.kwargs:
+            df = df.set_index(self.index_keys)
+            return df
+        if dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.SQLITE:
+            # Because sqlite doesn't support `WITH ORDINALITY`, the order of
+            # the returned (table) values is not guaranteed. So we resort to
+            # post hoc processing using pandas.
+            def _extract_values(array: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+                if not isinstance(array, Iterable):
+                    return []
+                if not self.kwargs:
+                    return [
+                        {
+                            **dict(flatten(obj)),
+                            f"{self._position_prefix}position": i,
+                        }
+                        for i, obj in enumerate(array)
+                        if isinstance(obj, Mapping)
+                    ]
+                res: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+                for i, obj in enumerate(array):
+                    if not isinstance(obj, Mapping):
+                        continue
+                    values: dict[str, Any] = {f"{self._position_prefix}position": i}
+                    for name, key in self.kwargs.items():
+                        if (value := get_attribute_value(obj, key)) is not None:
+                            values[name] = value
+                    res.append(values)
+                return res
+
+            records = df.loc[:, self._array_tmp_col_label].dropna().map(_extract_values).explode()
+        elif dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.POSTGRESQL:
+            records = df.loc[:, self._array_tmp_col_label].dropna().map(flatten).map(dict)
+        else:
+            assert_never(dialect)
+        df = df.drop(self._array_tmp_col_label, axis=1)
+        if records.empty:
+            df = df.set_index(self.index_keys[0])
+            return df
+        not_na = records.notna()
+        df_explode = pd.DataFrame.from_records(
+            records.loc[not_na].to_list(),
+            index=records.index[not_na],
+        )
+        if dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.SQLITE:
+            df = _outer_join(df, df_explode)
+        elif dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.POSTGRESQL:
+            df = pd.concat([df, df_explode], axis=1)
+        else:
+            assert_never(dialect)
+        df = df.set_index(self.index_keys)
+        return df
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return {
             **super().to_dict(),
             **({"kwargs": dict(self.kwargs)} if self.kwargs else {}),
@@ -185,29 +277,128 @@ class Explosion(Projection):
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Concatenation(Projection):
+class Concatenation(_HasTmpSuffix, Projection):
     kwargs: Mapping[str, str] = field(default_factory=lambda: MappingProxyType({}))
     separator: str = "\n\n"
 
+    _array_tmp_col_label: str = field(init=False, repr=False)
+    """For SQLite we need to store the array in a temporary column to be able
+    to concatenate it later in pandas. `_array_tmp_col_label` is the name of
+    this temporary column. The temporary column will have a unique name
+    per instance.
+    """
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__post_init__()
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_array_tmp_col_label", f"__array_tmp_col_{random()}")
+
     def with_separator(self, separator: str = "\n\n") -> "Concatenation":
         return replace(self, separator=separator)
 
-    def __call__(self, span: Span) -> Iterator[Tuple[str, str]]:
-        if not isinstance(seq := self.value(span), Sequence):
-            return
-        if not self.kwargs:
-            yield self.key, self.separator.join(map(str, seq))
-        record = defaultdict(list)
-        for item in seq:
-            if not isinstance(item, Mapping):
-                continue
-            for k, v in self.kwargs.items():
-                if value := item.get(v):
-                    record[k].append(value)
-        for name, values in record.items():
-            yield name, self.separator.join(map(str, values))
-
-    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    def update_sql(
+        self,
+        stmt: Select[Any],
+        dialect: SupportedSQLDialect,
+    ) -> Select[Any]:
+        array = self()
+        if dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.SQLITE:
+            # Because SQLite doesn't support `WITH ORDINALITY`, the order of
+            # the returned table-values is not guaranteed. So we resort to
+            # post hoc processing using pandas.
+            stmt = stmt.where(
+                func.json_type(array) == "array",
+            ).add_columns(
+                array.label(self._array_tmp_col_label),
+            )
+            return stmt
+        elif dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.POSTGRESQL:
+            element = (
+                (
+                    func.jsonb_array_elements(array)
+                    if self.kwargs
+                    else func.jsonb_array_elements_text(array)
+                )
+                .table_valued(
+                    Column("obj", JSON),
+                    with_ordinality="position",
+                    joins_implicitly=True,
+                )
+                .render_derived()
+            )
+            obj, position = element.c.obj, element.c.position
+            if self.kwargs:
+                columns: Iterable[Label[Any]] = (
+                    func.string_agg(
+                        obj[key.split(".")].as_string(),
+                        aggregate_order_by(self.separator, position),  # type: ignore
+                    ).label(self._add_tmp_suffix(label))
+                    for label, key in self.kwargs.items()
+                )
+            else:
+                columns = (
+                    func.string_agg(
+                        obj,
+                        aggregate_order_by(self.separator, position),  # type: ignore
+                    ).label(self.key),
+                )
+            stmt = (
+                stmt.where(
+                    and_(
+                        func.jsonb_typeof(array) == "array",
+                        *((func.jsonb_typeof(obj) == "object",) if self.kwargs else ()),
+                    )
+                )
+                .add_columns(*columns)
+                .group_by(*stmt.columns.keys())
+            )
+            return stmt
+        else:
+            assert_never(dialect)
+
+    def update_df(
+        self,
+        df: pd.DataFrame,
+        dialect: SupportedSQLDialect,
+    ) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        df = df.rename(self._remove_tmp_suffix, axis=1)
+        if df.empty:
+            columns = list(
+                set(
+                    chain(
+                        df.drop(self._array_tmp_col_label, axis=1, errors="ignore").columns,
+                        self.kwargs.keys(),
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+            return pd.DataFrame(columns=columns, index=df.index)
+        if dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.SQLITE:
+            # Because SQLite doesn't support `WITH ORDINALITY`, the order of
+            # the returned table-values is not guaranteed. So we resort to
+            # post hoc processing using pandas.
+            def _concat_values(array: list[Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+                if not isinstance(array, Iterable):
+                    return {}
+                if not self.kwargs:
+                    return {self.key: self.separator.join(str(obj) for obj in array)}
+                values: defaultdict[str, list[str]] = defaultdict(list)
+                for i, obj in enumerate(array):
+                    if not isinstance(obj, Mapping):
+                        continue
+                    for label, key in self.kwargs.items():
+                        if (value := get_attribute_value(obj, key)) is not None:
+                            values[label].append(str(value))
+                return {label: self.separator.join(vs) for label, vs in values.items()}
+
+            records = df.loc[:, self._array_tmp_col_label].map(_concat_values)
+            df_concat = pd.DataFrame.from_records(records.to_list(), index=records.index)
+            return df.drop(self._array_tmp_col_label, axis=1).join(df_concat, how="outer")
+        elif dialect is SupportedSQLDialect.POSTGRESQL:
+            pass
+        else:
+            assert_never(dialect)
+        return df
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return {
             **super().to_dict(),
             **({"kwargs": dict(self.kwargs)} if self.kwargs else {}),
@@ -232,13 +423,24 @@ class Concatenation(Projection):
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
-class SpanQuery:
+class SpanQuery(_HasTmpSuffix):
     _select: Mapping[str, Projection] = field(default_factory=lambda: MappingProxyType({}))
-    _concat: Concatenation = field(default_factory=Concatenation)
-    _explode: Explosion = field(default_factory=Explosion)
-    _filter: SpanFilter = field(default_factory=SpanFilter)
+    _concat: Optional[Concatenation] = field(default=None)
+    _explode: Optional[Explosion] = field(default=None)
+    _filter: Optional[SpanFilter] = field(default=None)
     _rename: Mapping[str, str] = field(default_factory=lambda: MappingProxyType({}))
     _index: Projection = field(default_factory=lambda: Projection("context.span_id"))
+    _concat_separator: str = field(default="\n\n", repr=False)
+    _pk_tmp_col_label: str = field(init=False, repr=False)
+    """We use `_pk_tmp_col_label` as a temporary column for storing
+    the row id, i.e. the primary key, of the spans table. This will help
+    us with joins without the risk of naming conflicts. The temporary
+    column will have a unique name per instance.
+    """
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__post_init__()
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_pk_tmp_col_label", f"__pk_tmp_col_{random()}")
 
     def __bool__(self) -> bool:
         return bool(self._select) or bool(self._filter) or bool(self._explode) or bool(self._concat)
@@ -254,11 +456,21 @@ class SpanQuery:
         return replace(self, _filter=_filter)
 
     def explode(self, key: str, **kwargs: str) -> "SpanQuery":
+        assert (
+            isinstance(key, str) and key
+        ), "The field name for explosion must be a non-empty string."
         _explode = Explosion(key=key, kwargs=kwargs, primary_index_key=self._index.key)
         return replace(self, _explode=_explode)
 
     def concat(self, key: str, **kwargs: str) -> "SpanQuery":
-        _concat = Concatenation(key=key, kwargs=kwargs)
+        assert (
+            isinstance(key, str) and key
+        ), "The field name for concatenation must be a non-empty string."
+        _concat = (
+            Concatenation(key=key, kwargs=kwargs, separator=self._concat.separator)
+            if self._concat
+            else Concatenation(key=key, kwargs=kwargs, separator=self._concat_separator)
+        )
         return replace(self, _concat=_concat)
 
     def rename(self, **kwargs: str) -> "SpanQuery":
@@ -267,86 +479,147 @@ class SpanQuery:
 
     def with_index(self, key: str = "context.span_id") -> "SpanQuery":
         _index = Projection(key=key)
-        return replace(self, _index=_index)
+        return (
+            replace(self, _index=_index, _explode=replace(self._explode, primary_index_key=key))
+            if self._explode
+            else replace(self, _index=_index)
+        )
 
     def with_concat_separator(self, separator: str = "\n\n") -> "SpanQuery":
+        if not self._concat:
+            return replace(self, _concat_separator=separator)
         _concat = self._concat.with_separator(separator)
         return replace(self, _concat=_concat)
 
-    def with_explode_primary_index_key(self, primary_index_key: str) -> "SpanQuery":
-        _explode = self._explode.with_primary_index_key(primary_index_key)
-        return replace(self, _explode=_explode)
-
-    def __call__(self, spans: Iterable[Span]) -> pd.DataFrame:
-        if self._filter:
-            spans = filter(self._filter, spans)
-        if self._explode:
-            spans = filter(
-                lambda span: (isinstance(seq := self._explode.value(span), Sequence) and len(seq)),
-                spans,
-            )
-        if self._concat:
-            spans = filter(
-                lambda span: (isinstance(seq := self._concat.value(span), Sequence) and len(seq)),
-                spans,
+    def with_explode_primary_index_key(self, _: str) -> "SpanQuery":
+        print(
+            "`.with_explode_primary_index_key(...)` is deprecated and will be "
+            "removed in the future. Use `.with_index(...)` instead."
+        )
+        return self
+
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        session: Session,
+        project_name: Optional[str] = None,
+        start_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
+        end_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
+        limit: Optional[int] = DEFAULT_SPAN_LIMIT,
+        root_spans_only: Optional[bool] = None,
+        # Deprecated
+        stop_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
+    ) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        if not project_name:
+            project_name = DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME
+        if stop_time:
+            # Deprecated. Raise a warning
+            warnings.warn(
+                "stop_time is deprecated. Use end_time instead.",
+                DeprecationWarning,
             )
+            end_time = end_time or stop_time
         if not (self._select or self._explode or self._concat):
-            if not (data := [json.loads(span_to_json(span)) for span in spans]):
-                return pd.DataFrame()
-            return (
-                pd.json_normalize(data, max_level=1)
-                .rename(self._rename, axis=1, errors="ignore")
-                .set_index("context.span_id", drop=False)
+            return _get_spans_dataframe(
+                session,
+                project_name,
+                span_filter=self._filter,
+                start_time=start_time,
+                end_time=end_time,
+                limit=limit,
+                root_spans_only=root_spans_only,
             )
-        _selected: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-        _exploded: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-        for span in spans:
-            if self._select:
-                record = {name: proj(span) for name, proj in self._select.items()}
-                for v in record.values():
-                    if v is not None:
-                        break
-                else:
-                    record = {}
-                if self._concat:
-                    record.update(self._concat(span))
-                if record:
-                    if self._index.key not in record:
-                        record[self._index.key] = self._index(span)
-                    _selected.append(record)
-            elif self._concat:
-                record = {self._index.key: self._index(span)}
-                record.update(self._concat(span))
-                if record:
-                    _selected.append(record)
-            if self._explode:
-                _exploded.extend(self._explode(span))
-        if _selected:
-            select_df = pd.DataFrame(_selected)
-        else:
-            select_df = pd.DataFrame(columns=[self._index.key])
-        select_df = select_df.set_index(self._index.key)
+        assert session.bind is not None
+        dialect = SupportedSQLDialect(session.bind.dialect.name)
+        row_id = models.Span.id.label(self._pk_tmp_col_label)
+        stmt: Select[Any] = (
+            # We do not allow `group_by` anything other than `row_id` because otherwise
+            # it's too complex for the post hoc processing step in pandas.
+            select(row_id)
+            .join(models.Trace)
+            .join(models.Project)
+            .where(models.Project.name == project_name)
+        )
+        if start_time:
+            stmt = stmt.where(start_time <= models.Span.start_time)
+        if end_time:
+            stmt = stmt.where(models.Span.start_time < end_time)
+        if limit is not None:
+            stmt = stmt.limit(limit)
+        if root_spans_only:
+            parent = aliased(models.Span)
+            stmt = stmt.outerjoin(
+                parent,
+                models.Span.parent_id == parent.span_id,
+            ).where(parent.span_id == None)  # noqa E711
+        stmt0_orig: Select[Any] = stmt
+        stmt1_filter: Optional[Select[Any]] = None
+        if self._filter:
+            stmt = stmt1_filter = self._filter(stmt)
+        stmt2_select: Optional[Select[Any]] = None
+        if self._select:
+            columns: Iterable[Label[Any]] = (
+                proj().label(self._add_tmp_suffix(label)) for label, proj in self._select.items()
+            )
+            stmt = stmt2_select = stmt.add_columns(*columns)
+        stmt3_explode: Optional[Select[Any]] = None
         if self._explode:
-            if _exploded:
-                explode_df = pd.DataFrame(_exploded)
+            stmt = stmt3_explode = self._explode.update_sql(stmt, dialect)
+        index: Label[Any] = self._index().label(self._add_tmp_suffix(self._index.key))
+        df: Optional[pd.DataFrame] = None
+        # `concat` is done separately because it has `group_by` but we can't
+        # always join to it as a subquery because it may require post hoc
+        # processing in pandas. It's kept separate for simplicity.
+        df_concat: Optional[pd.DataFrame] = None
+        conn = session.connection()
+        if self._explode or not self._concat:
+            if index.name not in stmt.selected_columns.keys():
+                stmt = stmt.add_columns(index)
+            df = pd.read_sql_query(stmt, conn, self._pk_tmp_col_label)
+        if self._concat:
+            if df is not None:
+                assert stmt3_explode is not None
+                # We can't include stmt3_explode because it may be trying to
+                # explode the same column that we're trying to concatenate,
+                # resulting in duplicated joins.
+                stmt_no_explode = (
+                    stmt2_select
+                    if stmt2_select is not None
+                    else (stmt1_filter if stmt1_filter is not None else stmt0_orig)
+                )
+                stmt4_concat = stmt_no_explode.with_only_columns(row_id)
             else:
-                explode_df = pd.DataFrame(columns=self._explode.index_keys)
-            explode_df = explode_df.set_index(list(self._explode.index_keys))
-            if not self._select:
-                return explode_df.rename(self._rename, axis=1, errors="ignore")
-            select_df = select_df.join(explode_df, how="outer")
-        return select_df.rename(self._rename, axis=1, errors="ignore")
-
-    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+                assert stmt3_explode is None
+                stmt4_concat = stmt
+            if (df is None or df.empty) and index.name not in stmt4_concat.selected_columns.keys():
+                stmt4_concat = stmt4_concat.add_columns(index)
+            stmt4_concat = self._concat.update_sql(stmt4_concat, dialect)
+            df_concat = pd.read_sql_query(stmt4_concat, conn, self._pk_tmp_col_label)
+            df_concat = self._concat.update_df(df_concat, dialect)
+        assert df is not None or df_concat is not None
+        if df is None:
+            df = df_concat
+        elif df_concat is not None:
+            df = _outer_join(df, df_concat)
+        assert df is not None and self._pk_tmp_col_label not in df.columns
+        df = df.rename(self._remove_tmp_suffix, axis=1)
+        if self._explode:
+            df = self._explode.update_df(df, dialect)
+        else:
+            df = df.set_index(self._index.key)
+        df = df.rename(_ALIASES, axis=1, errors="ignore")
+        df = df.rename(self._rename, axis=1, errors="ignore")
+        return df
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return {
             **(
                 {"select": {name: proj.to_dict() for name, proj in self._select.items()}}
                 if self._select
                 else {}
             ),
-            "filter": self._filter.to_dict(),
-            "explode": self._explode.to_dict(),
-            "concat": self._concat.to_dict(),
+            **({"filter": self._filter.to_dict()} if self._filter else {}),
+            **({"explode": self._explode.to_dict()} if self._explode else {}),
+            **({"concat": self._concat.to_dict()} if self._concat else {}),
             **({"rename": dict(self._rename)} if self._rename else {}),
             "index": self._index.to_dict(),
         }
@@ -355,7 +628,6 @@ class SpanQuery:
     def from_dict(
         cls,
         obj: Mapping[str, Any],
-        evals: Optional[SupportsGetSpanEvaluation] = None,
         valid_eval_names: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
     ) -> "SpanQuery":
         return cls(
@@ -375,7 +647,6 @@ class SpanQuery:
                 {
                     "_filter": SpanFilter.from_dict(
                         cast(Mapping[str, Any], filter),
-                        evals=evals,
                         valid_eval_names=valid_eval_names,
                     )
                 }  # type: ignore
@@ -385,11 +656,13 @@ class SpanQuery:
             **(
                 {"_explode": Explosion.from_dict(cast(Mapping[str, Any], explode))}  # type: ignore
                 if (explode := obj.get("explode"))
+                and explode.get("key")  # check `key` for backward-compatible truthiness
                 else {}
             ),
             **(
                 {"_concat": Concatenation.from_dict(cast(Mapping[str, Any], concat))}  # type: ignore
                 if (concat := obj.get("concat"))
+                and concat.get("key")  # check `key` for backward-compatible truthiness
                 else {}
             ),
             **(
@@ -403,3 +676,103 @@ class SpanQuery:
                 else {}
             ),
         )
+
+
+def _get_spans_dataframe(
+    session: Session,
+    project_name: str,
+    /,
+    *,
+    span_filter: Optional[SpanFilter] = None,
+    start_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
+    end_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
+    limit: Optional[int] = DEFAULT_SPAN_LIMIT,
+    root_spans_only: Optional[bool] = None,
+    # Deprecated
+    stop_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
+) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    # use legacy labels for backward-compatibility
+    span_id_label = "context.span_id"
+    trace_id_label = "context.trace_id"
+    if stop_time:
+        # Deprecated. Raise a warning
+        warnings.warn(
+            "stop_time is deprecated. Use end_time instead.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        end_time = end_time or stop_time
+    stmt: Select[Any] = (
+        select(
+            models.Span.name,
+            models.Span.span_kind,
+            models.Span.parent_id,
+            models.Span.start_time,
+            models.Span.end_time,
+            models.Span.status_code,
+            models.Span.status_message,
+            models.Span.events,
+            models.Span.span_id.label(span_id_label),
+            models.Trace.trace_id.label(trace_id_label),
+            models.Span.attributes,
+        )
+        .join(models.Trace)
+        .join(models.Project)
+        .where(models.Project.name == project_name)
+    )
+    if span_filter:
+        stmt = span_filter(stmt)
+    if start_time:
+        stmt = stmt.where(start_time <= models.Span.start_time)
+    if end_time:
+        stmt = stmt.where(models.Span.start_time < end_time)
+    if limit is not None:
+        stmt = stmt.limit(limit)
+    if root_spans_only:
+        parent = aliased(models.Span)
+        stmt = stmt.outerjoin(
+            parent,
+            models.Span.parent_id == parent.span_id,
+        ).where(parent.span_id == None)  # noqa E711
+    conn = session.connection()
+    # set `drop=False` for backward-compatibility
+    df = pd.read_sql_query(stmt, conn).set_index(span_id_label, drop=False)
+    if df.empty:
+        return df.drop("attributes", axis=1)
+    df_attributes = pd.DataFrame.from_records(
+        df.attributes.map(_flatten_semantic_conventions),
+    ).set_axis(df.index, axis=0)
+    df = pd.concat(
+        [
+            df.drop("attributes", axis=1),
+            df_attributes.add_prefix("attributes" + "."),
+        ],
+        axis=1,
+    )
+    return df
+
+
+def _outer_join(left: pd.DataFrame, right: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    if (columns_intersection := left.columns.intersection(right.columns)).empty:
+        df = left.join(right, how="outer")
+    else:
+        df = left.join(right, how="outer", lsuffix="_L", rsuffix="_R")
+        for col in columns_intersection:
+            df.loc[:, col] = df.loc[:, f"{col}_L"].fillna(df.loc[:, f"{col}_R"])
+            df = df.drop([f"{col}_L", f"{col}_R"], axis=1)
+    return df
+
+
+def _flatten_semantic_conventions(attributes: Mapping[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    # This may be inefficient, but is needed to preserve backward-compatibility.
+    # For example, custom attributes do not get flattened.
+    ans = unflatten(
+        load_json_strings(
+            flatten(
+                attributes,
+                recurse_on_sequence=True,
+                json_string_attributes=JSON_STRING_ATTRIBUTES,
+            ),
+        ),
+        prefix_exclusions=SEMANTIC_CONVENTIONS,
+    )
+    return ans