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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-4116:
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Github user tillrohrmann commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2158#discussion_r68931051
--- Diff: docs/apis/common/index.md ---
@@ -1350,3 +1350,211 @@ You may specify program arguments before the job is
executed. The plan visualiza
the execution plan before executing the Flink job.
{% top %}
+
+Metrics
+-------------------
+
+Flink exposes a metric system that allows users gather and expose metrics
to external systems.
+
+### Registering metrics
+
+You can access the metric system from any user function that extends
[RichFunction]({{ site.baseurl }}/apis/common/index.html#rich-functions) by
calling getRuntimeContext().getMetricGroup().
+This method returns a MetricGroup object on which you can create and
register new metrics.
+
+If you want to count the number of records your user function has received
you could use a Counter like this:
+
+{% highlight java %}
+
+public class MyMapper extends RichMapFunction<String, Integer> {
+ private Counter counter;
+
+ @Override
+ public void open(Configuration config) {
+ // create and register a counter
+ this.counter =
getRuntimeContext().getMetricGroup().counter("myCounter");
+ ...
+ }
+
+ @public Integer map(String value) throws Exception {
+ // increment counter
+ this.counter.inc();
+ ...
+ }
+}
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Metric types
+
+Flink supports Counters, Gauges and Histograms.
+
+A Counter is used to count something. The current value can be in- or
decremented using `inc([long n])` or `dec([long n])`.
+You can create and registers a Counter by calling `counter(String name)`
on a MetricGroup. Alternatively, you can pass an instance of your own Counter
implementation along with the name.
+
+A Gauge provides a value of any type on demand. In order to use a Gauge
you must first create a class that implements the
`org.apache.flink.metrics.Gauge` interface.
+There is not restriction for the type of the returned value.
+You can register a gauge by calling `gauge(String name, Gauge gauge)` on a
MetricGroup.
+
+A Histogram measure the distribution of long values.
+You can register one by calling histogram(String name, Histogram
histogram) on a MetricGroup.
+
+Flink only provides an interface for Histograms, but offers a Wrapper that
allows usage of Codahale/DropWizard Histograms.
(org.apache.flink.dropwizard.metrics.DropWizardHistogramWrapper)
+
+### Scope
+
+Every registered metric has an automatically assigned scope which
represent the entities it is tied to. By default a metric that is registered in
a user function will be scoped to the Operator in which the function runs, the
Task/Job it belongs to and the TaskManager/Host it is executed on. This is
referred to as the "system scope".
+
+You can define an additonal "user scope" by calling the
MetricGroup#addGroup((int/String) name) method.
+
+{% highlight java %}
+
+counter2 =
getRuntimeContext().getMetricGroup().addGroup("MyMetrics").counter("myCounter2");
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The name under which a metric is exported is based on both scopes and the
name passed in the `counter() call. The order is always
\<system_scope>\<user_scope>\<name>.
--- End diff --
Hmm I think you're right, since the periods won't probably be rendered
differently. But you could put the whole name in quotation marks. Then it
should be clear.
> Document metrics
> ----------------
>
> Key: FLINK-4116
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-4116
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Documentation, Metrics
> Affects Versions: 1.1.0
> Reporter: Chesnay Schepler
> Assignee: Chesnay Schepler
> Fix For: 1.1.0
>
>
> The metric system is currently not documented, which should be fixed before
> the 1.1 release.
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