diff --git a/processor/filterprocessor/README.md b/processor/filterprocessor/README.md index 06faa19921de..55de2077a5c2 100644 --- a/processor/filterprocessor/README.md +++ b/processor/filterprocessor/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The filter processor can be configured to include or exclude: or based on other metric attributes in the case of the `expr` match type. Please refer to [config.go](./config.go) for the config spec. -It takes a pipeline type, of which `logs` and `metrics` are supported, followed +It takes a pipeline type, of which `logs` `metrics`, and `traces` are supported, followed by an action: - `include`: Any names NOT matching filters are excluded from remainder of pipeline @@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ In case the no metric names are provided, `matric_names` being empty, the filter ### Filter Spans from Traces ```diff -- This plugin has the ability to drop individual spans or whole traces. The good news is you define the rules. +- This pipeline is able to drop spans and whole traces, that means your traces will be incomplete in your visualizaiton tool. Why would wont want this you may ask? +Auto instrument 600 java-redis-clients and tell me how quickly your tracing platform goes to tis knees. +Also, DO NOT TRLY ON THIS PLUGIN FOR PCI/Sox/HIPPA etc. If the data has already gotten this far in the pipeline you have a larger root problem. ``` See the documentation in the [attribute processor](../attributesprocessor/README.md) for syntax