diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers.test.ts
index 416eb879d597..d844ac8b5988 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers.test.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,212 @@ describe('waterfall_helpers', () => {
       expect(waterfall.errorsCount).toEqual(0);
       expect(waterfall).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
+    it('should reparent spans', () => {
+      const traceItems = [
+        {
+          processor: { event: 'transaction' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-node' },
+          transaction: {
+            duration: { us: 49660 },
+            name: 'GET /api',
+            id: 'myTransactionId1'
+          },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795784006 }
+        } as Transaction,
+        {
+          parent: { id: 'mySpanIdD' },
+          processor: { event: 'span' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-ruby' },
+          transaction: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795825633 },
+          span: {
+            duration: { us: 481 },
+            name: 'SELECT FROM products',
+            id: 'mySpanIdB'
+          },
+          child_ids: ['mySpanIdA', 'mySpanIdC']
+        } as Span,
+        {
+          parent: { id: 'mySpanIdD' },
+          processor: { event: 'span' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-ruby' },
+          transaction: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          span: {
+            duration: { us: 6161 },
+            name: 'Api::ProductsController#index',
+            id: 'mySpanIdA'
+          },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795824504 }
+        } as Span,
+        {
+          parent: { id: 'mySpanIdD' },
+          processor: { event: 'span' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-ruby' },
+          transaction: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          span: {
+            duration: { us: 532 },
+            name: 'SELECT FROM product',
+            id: 'mySpanIdC'
+          },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795827905 }
+        } as Span,
+        {
+          parent: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          processor: { event: 'span' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-node' },
+          transaction: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          span: {
+            duration: { us: 47557 },
+            name: 'GET opbeans-ruby:3000/api/products',
+            id: 'mySpanIdD'
+          },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795785760 }
+        } as Span
+      ];
+      const entryTransactionId = 'myTransactionId1';
+      const waterfall = getWaterfall(
+        {
+          trace: { items: traceItems, errorDocs: [], exceedsMax: false },
+          errorsPerTransaction: {}
+        },
+        entryTransactionId
+      );
+      const getIdAndParentId = (item: IWaterfallItem) => ({
+        id: item.id,
+        parentId: item.parent?.id
+      });
+      expect(waterfall.items.length).toBe(5);
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[0])).toEqual({
+        id: 'myTransactionId1',
+        parentId: undefined
+      });
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[1])).toEqual({
+        id: 'mySpanIdD',
+        parentId: 'myTransactionId1'
+      });
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[2])).toEqual({
+        id: 'mySpanIdB',
+        parentId: 'mySpanIdD'
+      });
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[3])).toEqual({
+        id: 'mySpanIdA',
+        parentId: 'mySpanIdB'
+      });
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[4])).toEqual({
+        id: 'mySpanIdC',
+        parentId: 'mySpanIdB'
+      });
+      expect(waterfall.errorItems.length).toBe(0);
+      expect(waterfall.errorsCount).toEqual(0);
+    });
+    it("shouldn't reparent spans when child id isn't found", () => {
+      const traceItems = [
+        {
+          processor: { event: 'transaction' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-node' },
+          transaction: {
+            duration: { us: 49660 },
+            name: 'GET /api',
+            id: 'myTransactionId1'
+          },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795784006 }
+        } as Transaction,
+        {
+          parent: { id: 'mySpanIdD' },
+          processor: { event: 'span' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-ruby' },
+          transaction: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795825633 },
+          span: {
+            duration: { us: 481 },
+            name: 'SELECT FROM products',
+            id: 'mySpanIdB'
+          },
+          child_ids: ['incorrectId', 'mySpanIdC']
+        } as Span,
+        {
+          parent: { id: 'mySpanIdD' },
+          processor: { event: 'span' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-ruby' },
+          transaction: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          span: {
+            duration: { us: 6161 },
+            name: 'Api::ProductsController#index',
+            id: 'mySpanIdA'
+          },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795824504 }
+        } as Span,
+        {
+          parent: { id: 'mySpanIdD' },
+          processor: { event: 'span' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-ruby' },
+          transaction: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          span: {
+            duration: { us: 532 },
+            name: 'SELECT FROM product',
+            id: 'mySpanIdC'
+          },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795827905 }
+        } as Span,
+        {
+          parent: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          processor: { event: 'span' },
+          trace: { id: 'myTraceId' },
+          service: { name: 'opbeans-node' },
+          transaction: { id: 'myTransactionId1' },
+          span: {
+            duration: { us: 47557 },
+            name: 'GET opbeans-ruby:3000/api/products',
+            id: 'mySpanIdD'
+          },
+          timestamp: { us: 1549324795785760 }
+        } as Span
+      ];
+      const entryTransactionId = 'myTransactionId1';
+      const waterfall = getWaterfall(
+        {
+          trace: { items: traceItems, errorDocs: [], exceedsMax: false },
+          errorsPerTransaction: {}
+        },
+        entryTransactionId
+      );
+      const getIdAndParentId = (item: IWaterfallItem) => ({
+        id: item.id,
+        parentId: item.parent?.id
+      });
+      expect(waterfall.items.length).toBe(5);
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[0])).toEqual({
+        id: 'myTransactionId1',
+        parentId: undefined
+      });
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[1])).toEqual({
+        id: 'mySpanIdD',
+        parentId: 'myTransactionId1'
+      });
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[2])).toEqual({
+        id: 'mySpanIdA',
+        parentId: 'mySpanIdD'
+      });
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[3])).toEqual({
+        id: 'mySpanIdB',
+        parentId: 'mySpanIdD'
+      });
+      expect(getIdAndParentId(waterfall.items[4])).toEqual({
+        id: 'mySpanIdC',
+        parentId: 'mySpanIdB'
+      });
+      expect(waterfall.errorItems.length).toBe(0);
+      expect(waterfall.errorsCount).toEqual(0);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('getWaterfallItems', () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers.ts
index 58d9134c4d78..8a873b2ddf1c 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,29 @@ const getWaterfallItems = (items: TraceAPIResponse['trace']['items']) =>
     }
   });
 
+/**
+ * Changes the parent_id of items based on the child_ids property.
+ * Solves the problem of Inferred spans that are created as child of trace spans
+ * when it actually should be its parent.
+ * @param waterfallItems
+ */
+const reparentSpans = (waterfallItems: IWaterfallItem[]) => {
+  return waterfallItems.map(waterfallItem => {
+    if (waterfallItem.docType === 'span') {
+      const { child_ids: childIds } = waterfallItem.doc;
+      if (childIds) {
+        childIds.forEach(childId => {
+          const item = waterfallItems.find(_item => _item.id === childId);
+          if (item) {
+            item.parentId = waterfallItem.id;
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    return waterfallItem;
+  });
+};
+
 const getChildrenGroupedByParentId = (waterfallItems: IWaterfallItem[]) =>
   groupBy(waterfallItems, item => (item.parentId ? item.parentId : ROOT_ID));
 
@@ -306,7 +329,9 @@ export function getWaterfall(
 
   const waterfallItems: IWaterfallItem[] = getWaterfallItems(trace.items);
 
-  const childrenByParentId = getChildrenGroupedByParentId(waterfallItems);
+  const childrenByParentId = getChildrenGroupedByParentId(
+    reparentSpans(waterfallItems)
+  );
 
   const entryWaterfallTransaction = getEntryWaterfallTransaction(
     entryTransactionId,
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/WaterfallContainer.stories.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/WaterfallContainer.stories.tsx
index 938962cc9dd1..f681f4dfc675 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/WaterfallContainer.stories.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/WaterfallContainer.stories.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {
   urlParams,
   simpleTrace,
   traceWithErrors,
-  traceChildStartBeforeParent
+  traceChildStartBeforeParent,
+  inferredSpans
 } from './waterfallContainer.stories.data';
 import { getWaterfall } from './Waterfall/waterfall_helpers/waterfall_helpers';
 
@@ -74,3 +75,22 @@ storiesOf('app/TransactionDetails/Waterfall', module).add(
   },
   { info: { source: false } }
 );
+
+storiesOf('app/TransactionDetails/Waterfall', module).add(
+  'inferred spans',
+  () => {
+    const waterfall = getWaterfall(
+      inferredSpans as TraceAPIResponse,
+      'f2387d37260d00bd'
+    );
+    return (
+      <WaterfallContainer
+        location={location}
+        urlParams={urlParams}
+        waterfall={waterfall}
+        exceedsMax={false}
+      />
+    );
+  },
+  { info: { source: false } }
+);
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/waterfallContainer.stories.data.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/waterfallContainer.stories.data.ts
index 835183e73b29..306c8e4f3fed 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/waterfallContainer.stories.data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/waterfallContainer.stories.data.ts
@@ -1645,3 +1645,667 @@ export const traceChildStartBeforeParent = {
   },
   errorsPerTransaction: {}
 };
+
+export const inferredSpans = {
+  trace: {
+    items: [
+      {
+        container: {
+          id: 'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+        },
+        agent: {
+          name: 'java',
+          ephemeral_id: '1cb5c830-c677-4b13-b340-ab1502f527c3',
+          version: '1.15.1-SNAPSHOT'
+        },
+        process: {
+          pid: 6,
+          title: '/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java',
+          ppid: 1
+        },
+        source: {
+          ip: '172.18.0.8'
+        },
+        processor: {
+          name: 'transaction',
+          event: 'transaction'
+        },
+        url: {
+          path: '/api/products/2',
+          scheme: 'http',
+          port: 3000,
+          domain: '172.18.0.7',
+          full: 'http://172.18.0.7:3000/api/products/2'
+        },
+        observer: {
+          hostname: '7189f754b5a3',
+          id: 'f32d8d9f-a9f9-4355-8370-548dfd8024dc',
+          ephemeral_id: 'bff20764-0195-4f78-aa84-d799fc47b954',
+          type: 'apm-server',
+          version: '8.0.0',
+          version_major: 8
+        },
+        trace: {
+          id: '3b0dc77f3754e5bcb9da0e4c15e0db97'
+        },
+        '@timestamp': '2020-04-09T11:36:00.786Z',
+        ecs: {
+          version: '1.5.0'
+        },
+        service: {
+          node: {
+            name:
+              'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+          },
+          environment: 'production',
+          name: 'opbeans-java',
+          runtime: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          language: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          version: 'None'
+        },
+        host: {
+          hostname: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          os: {
+            platform: 'Linux'
+          },
+          ip: '172.18.0.7',
+          name: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          architecture: 'amd64'
+        },
+        client: {
+          ip: '172.18.0.8'
+        },
+        http: {
+          request: {
+            headers: {
+              Accept: ['*/*'],
+              'User-Agent': ['Python/3.7 aiohttp/3.3.2'],
+              Host: ['172.18.0.7:3000'],
+              'Accept-Encoding': ['gzip, deflate']
+            },
+            method: 'get',
+            socket: {
+              encrypted: false,
+              remote_address: '172.18.0.8'
+            }
+          },
+          response: {
+            headers: {
+              'Transfer-Encoding': ['chunked'],
+              Date: ['Thu, 09 Apr 2020 11:36:01 GMT'],
+              'Content-Type': ['application/json;charset=UTF-8']
+            },
+            status_code: 200,
+            finished: true,
+            headers_sent: true
+          },
+          version: '1.1'
+        },
+        user_agent: {
+          original: 'Python/3.7 aiohttp/3.3.2',
+          name: 'Other',
+          device: {
+            name: 'Other'
+          }
+        },
+        transaction: {
+          duration: {
+            us: 237537
+          },
+          result: 'HTTP 2xx',
+          name: 'APIRestController#product',
+          span_count: {
+            dropped: 0,
+            started: 3
+          },
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd',
+          type: 'request',
+          sampled: true
+        },
+        timestamp: {
+          us: 1586432160786001
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        container: {
+          id: 'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+        },
+        parent: {
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd'
+        },
+        agent: {
+          name: 'java',
+          ephemeral_id: '1cb5c830-c677-4b13-b340-ab1502f527c3',
+          version: '1.15.1-SNAPSHOT'
+        },
+        process: {
+          pid: 6,
+          title: '/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java',
+          ppid: 1
+        },
+        processor: {
+          name: 'transaction',
+          event: 'span'
+        },
+        observer: {
+          hostname: '7189f754b5a3',
+          id: 'f32d8d9f-a9f9-4355-8370-548dfd8024dc',
+          ephemeral_id: 'bff20764-0195-4f78-aa84-d799fc47b954',
+          type: 'apm-server',
+          version: '8.0.0',
+          version_major: 8
+        },
+        trace: {
+          id: '3b0dc77f3754e5bcb9da0e4c15e0db97'
+        },
+        '@timestamp': '2020-04-09T11:36:00.810Z',
+        ecs: {
+          version: '1.5.0'
+        },
+        service: {
+          node: {
+            name:
+              'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+          },
+          environment: 'production',
+          name: 'opbeans-java',
+          runtime: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          language: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          version: 'None'
+        },
+        host: {
+          hostname: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          os: {
+            platform: 'Linux'
+          },
+          ip: '172.18.0.7',
+          name: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          architecture: 'amd64'
+        },
+        transaction: {
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd'
+        },
+        span: {
+          duration: {
+            us: 204574
+          },
+          subtype: 'inferred',
+          name: 'ServletInvocableHandlerMethod#invokeAndHandle',
+          id: 'a5df600bd7bd5e38',
+          type: 'app'
+        },
+        timestamp: {
+          us: 1586432160810441
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        container: {
+          id: 'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+        },
+        parent: {
+          id: 'a5df600bd7bd5e38'
+        },
+        agent: {
+          name: 'java',
+          ephemeral_id: '1cb5c830-c677-4b13-b340-ab1502f527c3',
+          version: '1.15.1-SNAPSHOT'
+        },
+        process: {
+          pid: 6,
+          title: '/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java',
+          ppid: 1
+        },
+        processor: {
+          name: 'transaction',
+          event: 'span'
+        },
+        observer: {
+          hostname: '7189f754b5a3',
+          id: 'f32d8d9f-a9f9-4355-8370-548dfd8024dc',
+          type: 'apm-server',
+          ephemeral_id: 'bff20764-0195-4f78-aa84-d799fc47b954',
+          version: '8.0.0',
+          version_major: 8
+        },
+        trace: {
+          id: '3b0dc77f3754e5bcb9da0e4c15e0db97'
+        },
+        '@timestamp': '2020-04-09T11:36:00.810Z',
+        ecs: {
+          version: '1.5.0'
+        },
+        service: {
+          node: {
+            name:
+              'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+          },
+          environment: 'production',
+          name: 'opbeans-java',
+          runtime: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          language: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          version: 'None'
+        },
+        host: {
+          hostname: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          os: {
+            platform: 'Linux'
+          },
+          ip: '172.18.0.7',
+          name: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          architecture: 'amd64'
+        },
+        transaction: {
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd'
+        },
+        timestamp: {
+          us: 1586432160810441
+        },
+        span: {
+          duration: {
+            us: 102993
+          },
+          stacktrace: [
+            {
+              library_frame: true,
+              exclude_from_grouping: false,
+              filename: 'InvocableHandlerMethod.java',
+              line: {
+                number: -1
+              },
+              function: 'doInvoke'
+            },
+            {
+              exclude_from_grouping: false,
+              library_frame: true,
+              filename: 'InvocableHandlerMethod.java',
+              line: {
+                number: -1
+              },
+              function: 'invokeForRequest'
+            }
+          ],
+          subtype: 'inferred',
+          name: 'APIRestController#product',
+          id: '808dc34fc41ce522',
+          type: 'app'
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        container: {
+          id: 'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+        },
+        parent: {
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd'
+        },
+        agent: {
+          name: 'java',
+          ephemeral_id: '1cb5c830-c677-4b13-b340-ab1502f527c3',
+          version: '1.15.1-SNAPSHOT'
+        },
+        process: {
+          pid: 6,
+          title: '/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java',
+          ppid: 1
+        },
+        processor: {
+          name: 'transaction',
+          event: 'span'
+        },
+        labels: {
+          productId: '2'
+        },
+        observer: {
+          hostname: '7189f754b5a3',
+          id: 'f32d8d9f-a9f9-4355-8370-548dfd8024dc',
+          ephemeral_id: 'bff20764-0195-4f78-aa84-d799fc47b954',
+          type: 'apm-server',
+          version: '8.0.0',
+          version_major: 8
+        },
+        trace: {
+          id: '3b0dc77f3754e5bcb9da0e4c15e0db97'
+        },
+        '@timestamp': '2020-04-09T11:36:00.832Z',
+        ecs: {
+          version: '1.5.0'
+        },
+        service: {
+          node: {
+            name:
+              'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+          },
+          environment: 'production',
+          name: 'opbeans-java',
+          runtime: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          language: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          version: 'None'
+        },
+        host: {
+          hostname: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          os: {
+            platform: 'Linux'
+          },
+          ip: '172.18.0.7',
+          name: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          architecture: 'amd64'
+        },
+        transaction: {
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd'
+        },
+        timestamp: {
+          us: 1586432160832300
+        },
+        span: {
+          duration: {
+            us: 99295
+          },
+          name: 'OpenTracing product span',
+          id: '41226ae63af4f235',
+          type: 'unknown'
+        },
+        child_ids: ['8d80de06aa11a6fc']
+      },
+      {
+        container: {
+          id: 'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+        },
+        parent: {
+          id: '808dc34fc41ce522'
+        },
+        process: {
+          pid: 6,
+          title: '/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java',
+          ppid: 1
+        },
+        agent: {
+          name: 'java',
+          ephemeral_id: '1cb5c830-c677-4b13-b340-ab1502f527c3',
+          version: '1.15.1-SNAPSHOT'
+        },
+        processor: {
+          name: 'transaction',
+          event: 'span'
+        },
+        observer: {
+          hostname: '7189f754b5a3',
+          id: 'f32d8d9f-a9f9-4355-8370-548dfd8024dc',
+          ephemeral_id: 'bff20764-0195-4f78-aa84-d799fc47b954',
+          type: 'apm-server',
+          version: '8.0.0',
+          version_major: 8
+        },
+        trace: {
+          id: '3b0dc77f3754e5bcb9da0e4c15e0db97'
+        },
+        '@timestamp': '2020-04-09T11:36:00.859Z',
+        ecs: {
+          version: '1.5.0'
+        },
+        service: {
+          node: {
+            name:
+              'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+          },
+          environment: 'production',
+          name: 'opbeans-java',
+          runtime: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          language: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          version: 'None'
+        },
+        host: {
+          hostname: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          os: {
+            platform: 'Linux'
+          },
+          ip: '172.18.0.7',
+          name: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          architecture: 'amd64'
+        },
+        transaction: {
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd'
+        },
+        timestamp: {
+          us: 1586432160859600
+        },
+        span: {
+          duration: {
+            us: 53835
+          },
+          subtype: 'inferred',
+          name: 'Loader#executeQueryStatement',
+          id: '8d80de06aa11a6fc',
+          type: 'app'
+        }
+      },
+      {
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+          id: 'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+        },
+        parent: {
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+        agent: {
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+          ephemeral_id: '1cb5c830-c677-4b13-b340-ab1502f527c3',
+          version: '1.15.1-SNAPSHOT'
+        },
+        process: {
+          pid: 6,
+          title: '/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java',
+          ppid: 1
+        },
+        destination: {
+          address: 'postgres',
+          port: 5432
+        },
+        processor: {
+          name: 'transaction',
+          event: 'span'
+        },
+        observer: {
+          hostname: '7189f754b5a3',
+          id: 'f32d8d9f-a9f9-4355-8370-548dfd8024dc',
+          ephemeral_id: 'bff20764-0195-4f78-aa84-d799fc47b954',
+          type: 'apm-server',
+          version: '8.0.0',
+          version_major: 8
+        },
+        trace: {
+          id: '3b0dc77f3754e5bcb9da0e4c15e0db97'
+        },
+        '@timestamp': '2020-04-09T11:36:00.903Z',
+        ecs: {
+          version: '1.5.0'
+        },
+        service: {
+          node: {
+            name:
+              'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+          },
+          environment: 'production',
+          name: 'opbeans-java',
+          runtime: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          language: {
+            name: 'Java',
+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          version: 'None'
+        },
+        host: {
+          hostname: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          os: {
+            platform: 'Linux'
+          },
+          ip: '172.18.0.7',
+          name: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          architecture: 'amd64'
+        },
+        transaction: {
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd'
+        },
+        timestamp: {
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+        },
+        span: {
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+            us: 10211
+          },
+          subtype: 'postgresql',
+          destination: {
+            service: {
+              resource: 'postgresql',
+              name: 'postgresql',
+              type: 'db'
+            }
+          },
+          name: 'SELECT FROM products',
+          action: 'query',
+          id: '3708d5623658182f',
+          type: 'db',
+          db: {
+            statement:
+              'select product0_.id as col_0_0_, product0_.sku as col_1_0_, product0_.name as col_2_0_, product0_.description as col_3_0_, product0_.cost as col_4_0_, product0_.selling_price as col_5_0_, product0_.stock as col_6_0_, producttyp1_.id as col_7_0_, producttyp1_.name as col_8_0_, (select sum(orderline2_.amount) from order_lines orderline2_ where orderline2_.product_id=product0_.id) as col_9_0_ from products product0_ left outer join product_types producttyp1_ on product0_.type_id=producttyp1_.id where product0_.id=?',
+            type: 'sql',
+            user: {
+              name: 'postgres'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
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+          id: 'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+        },
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+        },
+        process: {
+          pid: 6,
+          title: '/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java',
+          ppid: 1
+        },
+        agent: {
+          name: 'java',
+          ephemeral_id: '1cb5c830-c677-4b13-b340-ab1502f527c3',
+          version: '1.15.1-SNAPSHOT'
+        },
+        destination: {
+          address: 'postgres',
+          port: 5432
+        },
+        processor: {
+          name: 'transaction',
+          event: 'span'
+        },
+        observer: {
+          hostname: '7189f754b5a3',
+          id: 'f32d8d9f-a9f9-4355-8370-548dfd8024dc',
+          ephemeral_id: 'bff20764-0195-4f78-aa84-d799fc47b954',
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+          version_major: 8
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+              'fc2ae281f56fb84728bc9b5e6c17f3d13bbb7f4efd461158558e5c38e655abad'
+          },
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+          name: 'opbeans-java',
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+          },
+          language: {
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+            version: '11.0.6'
+          },
+          version: 'None'
+        },
+        host: {
+          hostname: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          os: {
+            platform: 'Linux'
+          },
+          ip: '172.18.0.7',
+          name: 'fc2ae281f56f',
+          architecture: 'amd64'
+        },
+        transaction: {
+          id: 'f2387d37260d00bd'
+        },
+        timestamp: {
+          us: 1586432160859508
+        },
+        span: {
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+            us: 4503
+          },
+          subtype: 'postgresql',
+          destination: {
+            service: {
+              resource: 'postgresql',
+              name: 'postgresql',
+              type: 'db'
+            }
+          },
+          name: 'empty query',
+          action: 'query',
+          id: '9871cfd612368932',
+          type: 'db',
+          db: {
+            rows_affected: 0,
+            statement: '(empty query)',
+            type: 'sql',
+            user: {
+              name: 'postgres'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    exceedsMax: false,
+    errorDocs: []
+  },
+  errorsPerTransaction: {}
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/raw/span_raw.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/raw/span_raw.ts
index 4d5d2c5c4a12..e98b2f52089b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/raw/span_raw.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/typings/es_schemas/raw/span_raw.ts
@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@ export interface SpanRaw extends APMBaseDoc {
     id: string;
   };
   observer?: Observer;
+  child_ids?: string[];
 }