title: Metrics Generation Processor
registryType: processor
isThirdParty: false
language: collector
tags:
  - go
  - processor
  - collector
repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/processor/metricsgenerationprocessor
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  The metrics generation processor can be used to create new metrics using
  existing metrics following a given rule. Currently it supports following two
  approaches for creating a new metric.
authors: OpenTelemetry Authors
otVersion: latest
