# cSpell:ignore metricsgenerationprocessor
title: Metrics Generation Processor
registryType: processor
language: collector
tags:
  - go
  - processor
  - collector
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:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/processor/metricsgenerationprocessor
createdAt: 2022-10-26
package:
  registry: go-collector
  name: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/metricsgenerationprocessor
  version: v0.103.0
