# Open Pipeline - using Preocessor created field as dimention on Metric

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/open-pipeline-using-preocessor-created-field-as-dimention-on-metric/50203>\
**Category:** Open Q&A\
**Tags:** openpipeline, dynatrace-managed\
**Created:** [February 11, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/open-pipeline-using-preocessor-created-field-as-dimention-on-metric/50203 "2025-02-11T13:19:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ANLTH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@ANLTH](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ANLTH)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/open-pipeline-using-preocessor-created-field-as-dimention-on-metric/50203/1 "2025-02-11T13:19:39Z")

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In an Open Pipeline, I have created a field “Synctime”, when extracting a Metric I have added the the new field as a Custom dimension, but it looks like the field is not added to the Metric as dimension?

Anyone who has experienced and solved the same?

Regards,

Anne-Lis

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**Author:** ![RohitBisht](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/rohitbisht/32/38577_2.png) [@RohitBisht](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/RohitBisht)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/open-pipeline-using-preocessor-created-field-as-dimention-on-metric/50203/2 "2025-02-13T03:37:26Z")

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Hi&nbsp;[@ANLTH](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/63301)&nbsp;,

When you run the DQL query in a notebook, do you see the data split(summarized) by the dimension you want there?

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**Author:** ![Fin\_Ubels](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/fin_ubels/32/18008_2.png) [@Fin\_Ubels](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Fin_Ubels)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/open-pipeline-using-preocessor-created-field-as-dimention-on-metric/50203/3 "2025-02-13T05:40:06Z")

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I was able to add a new field and then use it as a metric dimension in my own environment. Would you be able to share your configurations?

Without see the config, here is a couple of ideas for what could go wrong:

- field name misspelled on metric extraction
- matching condition for adding new field is excluding intended logs
- matching condition for the pipeline is excluding the intended logs

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**Author:** ![ANLTH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@ANLTH](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ANLTH)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/open-pipeline-using-preocessor-created-field-as-dimention-on-metric/50203/4 "2025-02-13T08:05:39Z")

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Hi

[@Fin\_Ubels](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/47376)&nbsp;I had attached a file showing the configuration.

[@RohitBisht](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/45903)&nbsp;No I was not able to see the field in the split.

Today though - the Synctime is there when displaying the Metric (in Metric app) and I am able to split by/filter on the field.

I have not made any changes - I must belive that someone&nbsp;@Dynatrace has - anyway I am happe I got my solution.