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Mention otelcol.processor.deltatocumulative in the otelcol.exporter.prometheus docs (#1227)
* Mention delta metric conversion in otelcol.exporter.prometheus docs. * Update docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol.exporter.prometheus.md Co-authored-by: Clayton Cornell <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Clayton Cornell <[email protected]>
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The following are dropped during the conversion process:
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* Metrics that use the delta aggregation temporality
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* Metrics that use the delta aggregation temporality.
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{{< admonition type="note" >}}
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Prometheus does not natively support delta metrics.
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If your {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} instance ingests delta OTLP metrics, you can convert them to cumulative OTLP metrics with [`otelcol.processor.deltatocumulative`][otelcol.processor.deltatocumulative] before you use `otelcol.exporter.prometheus`.
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[otelcol.processor.deltatocumulative]: ../otelcol.processor.deltatocumulative
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{{< /admonition >}}
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## Component health
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