---
title: get_telemetry_report() | Tiger Data Docs
description: View the background telemetry string sent to Timescale
---

Since [0.6.0](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/releases/tag/0.6.0)

Returns the background [telemetry](/docs/deploy/self-hosted/configuration/telemetry/index.md) string sent to Timescale.

If telemetry is turned off, it sends the string that would be sent if telemetry were enabled.

## Samples

View the telemetry report:

```
SELECT get_telemetry_report();
```

## Returns

| Column            | Type  | Description                                                |
| ----------------- | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| telemetry\_report | JSONB | The telemetry report that is or would be sent to Timescale |