topic Re: Can you add multiple named entities when setting up a metric event? in Open Q&A

Multiple named entities when setting up a metric event

jstrick — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:59:00 GMT

I'm setting up a metric event based on a custom metric and I need to exclude multiple entities. When I attempt to add multiple entities, I get an error "Entity filter contains multiple filters of the same type 'NAME'". Is there a way to add multiple named entities to the filter to exclude them from the events?

Re: Can you add multiple named entities when setting up a metric event?

dannemca — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:38:21 GMT

What if you use a common tag between these entities and use it as exclude rule?

Re: Can you add multiple named entities when setting up a metric event?

jstrick — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 20:03:09 GMT

That's what support also suggested. I was just hoping there was a away exclude a list of entities that have dissimilar names without tags. The services aren't tagged for me to filter on. It sounds like I have to come up with a strategy to tag them to create the filter.

Re: Can you add multiple named entities when setting up a metric event?

dannemca — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 20:05:13 GMT

Using tags you will get rid of complex queries to maintain.

It is easier to include/exclude an entity to tags than edit a complex metric expression.