# View OpenTelemetry metrics

> View OpenTelemetry metrics - View OpenTelemetry metrics and configure external metrics monitoring.

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## Primary page

- [View OpenTelemetry metrics](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/monitoring-ui/otel-metrics-wapi.html.md): Full documentation for this topic (Markdown sidecar).

## Sections on this page

- [Select OTel metrics](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/monitoring-ui/otel-metrics-wapi.html.md#select-otel-metrics): In-page section heading.
- [Edit OTel metrics](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/monitoring-ui/otel-metrics-wapi.html.md#edit-otel-metrics): In-page section heading.

## Related documentation

- [Workload API](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/index.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Monitor telemetry and health](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/index.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Monitor deployed Workloads](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/monitoring-ui/index.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Configure OTel retention](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/otel-retention.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Monitoring concepts: Retention summary](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/monitoring-concepts.html.md#retention-summary): Linked from this page.
- [DataRobot Moderations library](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/instrument-with-otel.html.md#add-datarobot-moderations-optional): Linked from this page.

## Documentation content

The OTel metrics tab provides comprehensive OpenTelemetry (OTel) metrics monitoring capabilities for your Workload, enabling centralized observability by visualizing external metrics from your applications and agentic workflows alongside DataRobot's native metrics, all in OTel-compliant format for export to third-party observability tools.

> [!NOTE] Retention
> Retention is configured at the organization level by a system administrator and applies to all users in the organization. If a policy isn't set explicitly, trial organizations use a 14-day policy and paying organizations use a 30-day policy. Administrators can set retention per signal type (traces, logs, or metrics) to 14, 30, 60, 90, 180, or 360 days.

To view or change your organization's retention settings, see [Configure OTel retention](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/otel-retention.html.md).
    After the retention window elapses, metrics data is automatically deleted. Retention applies the same way to Workloads backed by `draft` and `locked` artifacts—see [Monitoring concepts: Retention summary](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/monitoring-concepts.html.md#retention-summary).

To access OTel metrics for a Workload, on the Deployed Workloads tab, locate and click the Workload, click the Monitoring tab, and then click OTel metrics.

> [!TIP] DataRobot Moderations metrics
> If your Workload uses the [DataRobot Moderations library](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workload-api/monitor-workloads/instrument-with-otel.html.md#add-datarobot-moderations-optional), guard evaluation results are emitted as OTel metrics with the `datarobot.moderations.*` prefix. These appear in the Customize tiles dialog and can be added to the dashboard like any other metric.

## Select OTel metrics

The OTel metrics tab can display up to 50 metrics. A customization dialog box displays all available metrics and supports searching by metric name. From this list, select the most important metrics for the dashboard.

To select an OTel metric:

1. On theMonitoring > OTel metricstab, click+ Select OTel metrics(orCustomize tilesif metrics are already added). No metrics on the dashboardMetrics on the dashboard
2. In theCustomize tilesdialog box, in theMetricslist, do any of the following:
3. To add more metrics, click+ Add another metricand repeat the previous step. Select up to 50 OTel metrics to display for the Workload. Remove and reorder metricsClick the up arrowand down arrowicons to reorder the metrics on the dashboard. Click the remove iconto remove a metric from the dashboard.
4. ClickSaveto update theOTel metricsdashboard configuration and review the metric visualizations. Supported time resolution settingsThe supported time resolution settings for OTel metric visualization areMinutes,Hourly,Daily, andWeekly.

## Edit OTel metrics

The OTel metrics tab enables the customization of how individual metrics are displayed and aggregated on your monitoring dashboard. After selecting metrics to monitor, fine-tune their presentation by editing display names, choosing aggregation methods, and toggling between trend charts and summary values.

To edit an OTel metric:

1. On theMonitoring > OTel metricstab, with metrics already added, click the edit iconin the upper-right corner of a tile.
2. In theEdit metricdialog box, configure the following settings: Counter/gaugeHistogram SettingDescriptionDisplay nameDefines the name displayed on the dashboard tile and chart. The original name is preserved as theKey name, or the name defined in the monitored system.Aggregation typeSets the mathematical method for summarizing OTel metric data points across a given time period. The default aggregation depends on the metric type:Histogram(default for histograms) orAverage(default for counters/gauges). Available aggregation methods:Histogram: Displays the distribution of values as a histogram.Percentile: Calculates percentile values from the metric data.Average: The average of all reported values for the metric within the time period.Sum: The total of all reported values for the metric within the time period.Minimum: The lowest value reported for the metric within the time period.Maximum: The highest value reported for the metric within the time period.Percentile(Available whenHistogramorPercentileaggregation type is selected) Specifies the percentile value to calculate, ranging from 0 to 1. The default value is 0.5 (fiftieth percentile).Show metric values over timeToggle the display of an OTel metric between an "over time" chart for trend analysis and a single, summarized numeric value for an at-a-glance summary. When this setting is disabled, the chart cannot be displayed.
3. To save the new metric settings, clickEdit.