Cardinality

Turkish equivalent: KardinaliteDomain: Observability

The number of distinct values present in a telemetry attribute or label dimension, a major determinant of observability storage and query cost.

Measurement and Interpretation Boundary

Telemetry cardinality refers to distinct label or attribute values, not simply the number of emitted metric samples.

Source

  • https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/metrics/

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