Filter Metric Name

Note

This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan. Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.

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

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Exclude Regexp

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

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Processor
metadata:
  id: filter-name-regexp
  name: filter-name-regexp
spec:
  type: filter_metric_name
  parameters:
    - name: action
      value: exclude
    - name: match_type
      value: regexp
    - name: metric_names
      value:
        - k8s.node.*

Include Strict

Include metrics that match, drop all other metrics.

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Processor
metadata:
  id: include-name-strict
  name: include-name-strict
spec:
  type: filter_metric_name
  parameters:
    - name: action
      value: include
    - name: match_type
      value: strict
    - name: metric_names
      value:
        - k8s.container.cpu
        - k8s.pod.memory

Honeycomb.io Documentation

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