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Metric Indicesedit
By default, metrics are stored to indices of the format apm-[version]-metric-[date].
Example Documentsedit
Here’s what a metric document looks like when indexed in Elasticsearch:
{
"events": [
{
"@timestamp": "2017-05-30T18:53:42.281Z",
"byte_counter": 1,
"context": {
"process": {
"pid": 1234
},
"service": {
"agent": {
"name": "elastic-node",
"version": "3.14.0"
},
"language": {
"name": "ecmascript"
},
"name": "1234_service-12a3"
},
"tags": {
"code": 200,
"some": "abc",
"success": true
}
},
"dotted": {
"float": {
"gauge": 6.12
}
},
"double_gauge": 3.141592653589793,
"float_gauge": 9.16,
"integer_gauge": 42767,
"long_gauge": 3147483648,
"negative": {
"d": {
"o": {
"t": {
"t": {
"e": {
"d": -1022
}
}
}
}
}
},
"processor": {
"event": "metric",
"name": "metric"
},
"short_counter": 227
},
{
"@timestamp": "2017-05-30T18:53:42.281Z",
"context": {
"process": {
"pid": 1234
},
"service": {
"agent": {
"name": "elastic-node",
"version": "3.14.0"
},
"language": {
"name": "ecmascript"
},
"name": "1234_service-12a3"
}
},
"go": {
"memstats": {
"heap": {
"sys": {
"bytes": 6520832
}
}
}
},
"processor": {
"event": "metric",
"name": "metric"
}
}
]
}