Filter Metric Name

Metric Name Filter Processor

The Metric Name Filter processor can be used to include or exclude metrics based on their name.

Supported Types

Metrics	Logs	Traces
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Configuration Table

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
action	`enum`	`exclude`	`exclude` or `include` metrics that match.
match_type	`enum`	`strict`	Method for matching values. Strict matching requires that 'value' be an exact match. Regexp matching uses re2 to match a value.
metric_names	`strings`	required	One or more metric names to match on.

Example Configuration

Web Interface

observIQ docs - Filter Metric Name - image 1

Exclude Regexp

Filter out (exclude) metrics that match the expression k8s.node.*.

yaml

1apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
2kind: Processor
3metadata:
4  id: filter-name-regexp
5  name: filter-name-regexp
6spec:
7  type: filter_metric_name
8  parameters:
9    - name: action
10      value: exclude
11    - name: match_type
12      value: regexp
13    - name: metric_names
14      value:
15        - k8s.node.*

Include Strict

Include metrics that match, drop all other metrics.

yaml

1apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
2kind: Processor
3metadata:
4  id: include-name-strict
5  name: include-name-strict
6spec:
7  type: filter_metric_name
8  parameters:
9    - name: action
10      value: include
11    - name: match_type
12      value: strict
13    - name: metric_names
14      value:
15        - k8s.container.cpu
16        - k8s.pod.memory

Updated 6 months ago