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Update metrics supplementary guidelines to use the term Additive Prop…
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utpilla committed Jul 13, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ Here is one way of choosing the correct instrument:
* I want to **record** or **time** something, and the **statistics** about this
thing are likely to be meaningful - use a [Histogram](./api.md#histogram).
* I want to **measure** something (by reporting an absolute value):
* If it makes NO sense to add up the values across different sets of attributes, use
* If the measurement values are [non-additive](#additive-property), use
an [Asynchronous Gauge](./api.md#asynchronous-gauge).
* If it makes sense to add up the values across different sets of attributes:
* If the measurement values are [additive](#additive-property):
* If the value is monotonically increasing - use an [Asynchronous
Counter](./api.md#asynchronous-counter).
* If the value is NOT monotonically increasing - use an [Asynchronous
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