From 1d532f609b950b0b05802794963d7d238f3ac982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tigran Najaryan <4194920+tigrannajaryan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:44:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [exporter/splunkhec] Deprecate otel_to_hec_fields.name
 setting (#7560)

The LogRecord Name field [is removed](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/2271) from the specification and is [going to be removed](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/pull/357) from the OTLP.
---
 CHANGELOG.md                           | 4 ++++
 exporter/splunkhecexporter/exporter.go | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a45870bd0992..f84c57f21a23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 - `resourcetotelemetry`: Ensure resource attributes are added to summary
   and exponential histogram data points. (#7523)
 
+## Deprecations
+
+- Deprecated otel_to_hec_fields.name setting from splunkhec exporter. (#7560)
+
 ## v0.43.0
 
 ## 💡 Enhancements 💡
diff --git a/exporter/splunkhecexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/splunkhecexporter/exporter.go
index 703a24638641..4d928584e034 100644
--- a/exporter/splunkhecexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/splunkhecexporter/exporter.go
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ func createExporter(
 		config.SplunkAppVersion = buildinfo.Version
 	}
 
+	if config.HecFields.Name != "" {
+		logger.Warn("otel_to_hec_fields.name setting is deprecated and will be removed soon.")
+	}
+
 	options, err := config.getOptionsFromConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil,