Rename Fields
Description
The Rename Fields processor can be used to rename resource, attribute, and log body fields.
Supported Types
Metrics | Logs | Traces |
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Configuration Table
Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
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telemetry_types | telemetrySelector | ["Logs", "Metrics", "Traces"] | The list of telemetry types the processor will act on. |
Condition | string | true | An OTTL condition that must evaluate to true to apply this processor. By default, the processor applies to all telemetry. |
Field Type | string | attributes | Determines whether the field is renamed in the body, attributes, or resource fields of the telemetry. Note: Body fields are applicable only for logs. |
Old Name | string | "" | Specifies the existing field in the telemetry that the processor will rename. |
New Name | string | "" | Indicates the new field name that will replace the old field name in the telemetry data. |
Example Configuration
Renaming log body fields
In this example, we rename the status
field in a log body to status_code
. Since this change only applies to logs, we have disabled metrics and traces for this processor.