Collect metrics
editCollect metrics
editWhen collecting metrics, please note that the DoubleValueRecorder
and LongValueRecorder
metrics are not yet supported.
Here’s an example of how to capture business metrics from a Java application.
// initialize metric Meter meter = GlobalMetricsProvider.getMeter("my-frontend"); DoubleCounter orderValueCounter = meter.doubleCounterBuilder("order_value").build(); public void createOrder(HttpServletRequest request) { // create order in the database ... // increment business metrics for monitoring orderValueCounter.add(orderPrice); }
See the Open Telemetry Metrics API for more information.
Verify OpenTelemetry metrics data
editUse Discover to validate that metrics are successfully reported to Kibana.
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Launch Kibana:
- Log in to your Elastic Cloud account.
- Navigate to the Kibana endpoint in your deployment.
Point your browser to http://localhost:5601, replacing
localhost
with the name of the Kibana host. - Open the main menu, then click Discover.
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Select
apm-*
as your index pattern. -
Filter the data to only show documents with metrics:
[data_stream][type]: "metrics"
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Narrow your search with a known OpenTelemetry field. For example, if you have an
order_value
field, addorder_value: *
to your search to return only OpenTelemetry metrics documents.
Visualize in Kibana
editUse Lens to create visualizations for OpenTelemetry metrics. Lens enables you to build visualizations by dragging and dropping data fields. It makes smart visualization suggestions for your data, allowing you to switch between visualization types.
For more information on using Lens, refer to the Lens documentation.