Configuring the MLflow summary tab

[lkt1]

When I click on a trace in the Databricks MLflow UI, it defaults to opening a "summary" tab. I have a somewhat complex trace, so this summary is getting bloated and I would like to clean it up.

Nowhere, as far as I can tell, is the summary tab described in the documentation. It seems to be a Databricks specific feature, not controlled by MLflow directly. Does anyone know if this tab can be configured?

Thank you very much!

[Ashwin_DSA]

Hi @lkt1,

I took a quick look and tested it in my workspace to better understand the issue you mentioned.

As of today, the Summary tab isn’t user‑configurable. What’s displayed there and how inputs/outputs are collapsed, or truncated, is entirely governed by the UI’s built‑in logic. There are ongoing improvements to this view (for example, collapsing multiple inputs/outputs and tweaking how chat messages and exceptions are rendered), but those ship as product changes, not as per‑workspace or per‑user settings. 

If the Summary view becomes too cluttered for your traces, the only real workaround today is to use the Timeline or Details tabs for deeper inspection. Anything like hiding certain fields, changing what appears by default, or turning Summary off would need to be treated as a feature request rather than a configuration toggle.

I’d also love to understand what kind of "configuration" you had in mind. Are there specific parts of the Summary tab you’d want to hide or reorder? Any concrete suggestions would be helpful to feed back to the product team.

If this answer resolves your question, could you mark it as “Accept as Solution”? That helps other users quickly find the correct fix.

[lkt1]

Hi @Ashwin_DSA 

Thanks a lot for your detailed answer!  In my opinion, the summary tab would be extremely useful, when we present traces to non-technical people for review and feedback. To make it easy on them, we hide all the technical stuff, like tool calls and raw JSON in the timeline. Ideally, I would like the summary tab to contain the same information our chat UI shows: the question, the answer and the sources.

I have attached two images of the same trace, the top and the bottom of the summary tab - it contains some sensitive data, hence all the redaction.

In the top image, I would like to either collapse or completely omit all the tool calls. Our agent makes a ton of calls, so we have to scroll down to see the its answer.

In the bottom of the trace, I am only interested in what the agent responded - but I would also like to be able to add its sources - in the exact same manner documents are presented in vectorstore traces.

Thanks again!