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Should we discourage array-based attributes on metrics? #1546

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trask opened this issue Nov 4, 2024 · 0 comments
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Should we discourage array-based attributes on metrics? #1546

trask opened this issue Nov 4, 2024 · 0 comments

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trask commented Nov 4, 2024

We've hesitated to add array-based attributes (e.g. db.collection.names) in the past due to concern that they aren't well supported today in metrics backends.

Another recent example is db.cosmosdb.regions_contacted.

Capturing these as attributes on metrics gives users the chance to aggregate across metrics where db.collection.names contains X, or db.cosmosdb.regions_contacted contains Y, which seems to be useful.

Another benefit of including these attributes on metrics is that they can be meaningful characteristics to split time series on.

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