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Group by Attributes

Metrics	Logs	Traces	Telemetry Pipeline Agent
✓	✓	✓	v1.0.0+

Description 

The Group by Attributes Processor groups telemetry with shared attribute values into the same resource.

Use 

1. “Promote” attributes so telemetry with those attributes gets grouped under a resource of that value.
2. Compact telemetry data that shares a resource after batching.

Configuration 

Field	Description
Telemetry Types	The types of telemetry to apply the processor to.
Attribute Keys	The attribute keys to group by and move to the resource. When no keys are specified, resources with the same attributes are compacted into the one resource.

Example Configurations 

1. Promote an attribute 

An example of promoting the user attribute on logs:

Before processor 

After 

2. Compact telemetry with the same resource 

By default, the processor will compact telemetry that shares the same resource. Using this processor after the batch processor can reduce the amount of data sent to some destinations.