diff --git a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/telemetry/SpanFilter.kt b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/telemetry/SpanFilter.kt
index 5947e1521383..d72f25ad01c9 100644
--- a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/telemetry/SpanFilter.kt
+++ b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/telemetry/SpanFilter.kt
@@ -19,14 +19,23 @@ class SpanFilter internal constructor(
       return SpanFilter(filter = { spanData -> spanData.name == name }, rawFilter = { it.operationName == name })
     }
 
-    fun containsNameIn(names: List<String>): SpanFilter {
+    fun nameInList(names: List<String>): SpanFilter {
       return SpanFilter(filter = { names.contains(it.name) }, rawFilter = { names.contains(it.operationName) })
     }
 
-    fun containsNameIn(vararg names: String): SpanFilter {
-      return SpanFilter(filter = { names.contains(it.name) }, rawFilter = { names.contains(it.operationName) })
+    fun nameInList(vararg names: String): SpanFilter {
+      return nameInList(names.toList())
     }
 
+    fun nameContainsAny(names: List<String>): SpanFilter {
+      return SpanFilter(filter = { span -> names.any { span.name.contains(it) } }, rawFilter = { span -> names.any { span.operationName.contains(it) } })
+    }
+
+    fun nameContainsAny(vararg names: String): SpanFilter {
+      return nameContainsAny(names.toList())
+    }
+
+
     fun nameContains(substring: String): SpanFilter {
       return SpanFilter(filter = { it.name.contains(substring) }, rawFilter = { it.operationName.contains(substring) })
     }
diff --git a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/telemetry/openTelemetry.kt b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/telemetry/openTelemetry.kt
index 10ad3254527e..36bc3c852f7f 100644
--- a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/telemetry/openTelemetry.kt
+++ b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/telemetry/openTelemetry.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ private val logger = logger<OpentelemetrySpanJsonParser>()
  */
 fun getMetricsBasedOnDiffBetweenSpans(name: String, file: Path, fromSpanName: String, toSpanName: String): List<Metric> {
   val betweenSpanProcessor = SpanInfoProcessor()
-  val spanElements = OpentelemetrySpanJsonParser(SpanFilter.containsNameIn(listOf(fromSpanName, toSpanName))).getSpanElements(file)
+  val spanElements = OpentelemetrySpanJsonParser(SpanFilter.nameInList(listOf(fromSpanName, toSpanName))).getSpanElements(file)
   val spanToMetricMap = spanElements
     .mapNotNull { betweenSpanProcessor.process(it) }
     .groupBy { it.name }
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fun getStartupTimestampMs(file: Path): Long {
 fun getMetricsForStartup(file: Path): List<Metric> {
   val spansToPublish = listOf("bootstrap", "startApplication", "ProjectImpl container")
   val spansSuffixesToIgnore = listOf(": scheduled", ": completing")
-  val filter = SpanFilter.containsNameIn(spansToPublish)
+  val filter = SpanFilter.nameInList(spansToPublish)
   val childFilter = SpanFilter(
     filter = { span -> spansSuffixesToIgnore.none { span.name.endsWith(it) } },
     rawFilter = { span -> spansSuffixesToIgnore.none { span.operationName.endsWith(it) } },
diff --git a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/testSrc/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/OpenTelemetrySpanExtractionTest.kt b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/testSrc/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/OpenTelemetrySpanExtractionTest.kt
index aee3d2d50ac7..37e2d2199e1b 100644
--- a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/testSrc/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/OpenTelemetrySpanExtractionTest.kt
+++ b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.metrics.collector/testSrc/com/intellij/tools/ide/metrics/collector/OpenTelemetrySpanExtractionTest.kt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class OpenTelemetrySpanExtractionTest {
       OpenTelemetrySpanCollector(SpanFilter.nameEquals(spanName)).collect(file)
     }.flatten()
 
-    val result = OpenTelemetrySpanCollector(SpanFilter.containsNameIn(spanNames))
+    val result = OpenTelemetrySpanCollector(SpanFilter.nameInList(spanNames))
       .collect(file)
 
     result.shouldContainExactlyInAnyOrder(expected)