Changes to which type of metadata result in a new metric time series?

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Options

• ADimensions
• BProperties
• CSources
• DTags

• A
  91% (49)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  6% (3)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Dimensions are metadata in the form of key-value pairs that are sent along with the metrics at the time of ingest. They provide additional information about the metric, such as the name of the host that sent the metric, or the location of the server. Along with the metric name, they uniquely identify a metric time series (MTS). Changes to dimensions result in a new MTS, because they create a different combination of metric name and dimensions. For example, if you change the hostname dimension from host1 to host, you will create a new MTS for the same metric name. Properties, sources, and tags are other types of metadata that can be applied to existing MTSes after ingest. They do not contribute to uniquely identify an MTS, and they do not create a new MTS when changed.

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