[Q&A - Spanmetrics Connector] Aren't all 5xx errors stored to events{} metrics?

[pingping95]

Aren't all 5xx errors stored as events metrics?

This is my otel collector config and OTEL Version is '0.92'

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  connectors:
    # 1. SERVER Metrics
    spanmetrics:
      histogram:
        explicit:
          buckets: [10ms, 50ms, 100ms, 400ms, 800ms, 1.5s, 3s, 6s, 10s, 15s, 22s, 30s, 60s]
      aggregation_temporality: "AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_CUMULATIVE"
      metrics_flush_interval: 15s
      dimensions:
        - name: http.method
        - name: http.status_code
        - name: cluster
        - name: messaging.kafka.client_id
        # PRODUCER
        - name: messaging.destination.name
        - name: messaging.kafka.destination.partition
        # CONSUMER
        - name: messaging.kafka.consumer.group
        - name: messaging.kafka.source.partition
        - name: messaging.operation

      events:
        enabled: true
        dimensions:
          - name: exception.type

      resource_metrics_key_attributes:
        - service.name

...

I`m wondering what the criteria is for being stored in the events metric.

I am creating a Request, Error, Duration (RED) dashboard using the Spanmetrics Connector in the Opentelemetry collector.

Additionally, I want to utilize the events metric to see which exceptions were thrown in the dashboard at a glance.

I want to know what criteria is stored in the events metric.

If I want to store the exeption_type within a span in the events metric, is there a way to do that?

• Real error counts ~= 60
• Events{} metric`s count ~= 5

Thanks

[Frapschen]

If I want to store the exeption_type within a span in the events metric, is there a way to do that?
you can add span name into your event dimensions, then you can agg exeption_type within a specific span