Metrics Selector
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The Metrics Selector processor lets you choose which metrics to include or exclude, similar to the filter for logs.
The Metrics Selector processor supports the following configuration parameters:
metric_name
context
Specifies matching context. Possible values: metric_name
or delete_label
.
metrics_name
action
Specifies whether to include or exclude matching metrics. Possible values: INCLUDE
or EXCLUDE
.
operation_type
label
Specifies a label key and value pair.
The Metrics Selector processor has two matching operations: prefix matching and substring matching.
Prefix matching compares the value of metric_name
to the beginning of each incoming metric name. For example, metric_name: fluentbit_input
results in a match for metrics named fluentbit_input_records
, but not for metrics named total_fluentbit_input
.
If no operation_type
value is specified and the value of metric_name
is a standard string, the Metrics Selector processor defaults to prefix matching.
Substring matching treats the value of metric_name
as a regex pattern, and compares this pattern against each incoming metric name accordingly. This pattern can appear anywhere within the name of the incoming metric. For example, metric_name: bytes
results in a match for metrics named bytes_total
and metrics named input_bytes_count
.
If the value of metric_name
is a string wrapped in forward slashes (for example, metric_name: /storage..*/
), the Metrics Selector processor defaults to substring matching, regardless of whether an operation_type
value is specified. This means that a metric_name
value wrapped in forward slashes will always use substring matching, even if operation_type
is set to PREFIX
.
However, if operation_type
is explicitly set to SUBSTRING
, you don't need to wrap the value of metric_name
in forward slashes.
The following examples show possible configurations of the Metrics Selector processor.
context
context
The string that determines which metrics are affected by this processor, depending on the active .
Specifies the to apply to the value of metric_name
. Possible values: PREFIX
or SUBSTRING
.