Note: Because distributions are a new metric type, they should be instrumented under new metric names during submission to Datadog.
After:
Note: Because distributions metric data is stored differently from other types, any metric name used for a distribution should not be used for any other metric types.
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If a metric was previously a non-distribution type and then submitted as a distribution, this can cause issues.
If a metric was previously distribution type and then submitted as a different type, this can also cause issues.
The previous note only hints towards the former.
What does this PR do? What is the motivation?
Before:
If a metric was previously a non-distribution type and then submitted as a distribution, this can cause issues. If a metric was previously distribution type and then submitted as a different type, this can also cause issues. The previous note only hints towards the former.
Motivation:
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