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[sqlqueryreceiver] - add optional static_attributes to metrics. #11868

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Each _metric_ in the configuration will produce one OTel metric per row returned
* `aggregation` (optional): only applicable for `data_type=sum`; can be `cumulative` or `delta`; defaults to `cumulative`.
* `description` (optional): the description applied to the metric.
* `unit` (optional): the units applied to the metric.
* `static_attributes` (optional): static attributes applied to the metrics
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### Example

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- metric_name: movie.genres
value_column: "count"
attribute_columns: [ "genre" ]
static_attributes:
dbinstance: mydbinstance
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What if I want to set an attribute to true? How will we add this if we need it in a backwards compatible way?

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Im not sure what you are asking. It only takes string values. Any non string values would likely cause an issue or be converted to a string.

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The @mx-psi's point is that if we want to add attributes with different value types, we won't be able to do that without breaking existing configuration interface. So it's better to design it better in advance. Maybe something like:

static_attributes: 
  - key: dbinstance
    string_value: mydbinstance

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Are we still applying this configuration interface ^ ? @mx-psi what do you think bout it?

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I think changing StaticAttributes to map[string]interface{} and then doing:

for k, v := range cfg.StaticAttributes {
     switch v.(type) {
         case string:
	     attrs.InsertString(k, v)
          // ... other cases here, or even just a default that returns an error saying non-string is not supported
     }

Should work, and we don't have to complicate the configuration schema. Does that make sense?

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Our config provider definitely allows doing that: https://go.dev/play/p/CsyC3KuTer5

The yes/no case is an interesting edge case. The YAML package we use documents this explicitly here, in this case it will be a string since the field we unmarshal into is not a bool (see playground above). I think that's an acceptable behavior for me (but I understand if you feel otherwise).

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I'm ok with this approach. @Konig-Corey can you please keep existing interface but make sure that only string values are accepted for now. Later we can add support for other types if needed

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After giving it a second thought, I would say I'd rather prefer explicit type definition in yaml config rather than relying on implying type from the value. As a user, I would rather be explicit about what type of values I will get, instead of figuring out what's the parsing logic to make sure that attribute has a type that I want. I don't think users will be setting many static attributes, usually one or two per metric, having another line in the settings per attribute is not a big overhead IMO.

Specifying attributes in a list also makes the emitted metric with attributes in predictable order.

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I guess not everyone has the same familiarity with YAML's quirkiness so that's a good argument.

Another reason I did not mention before to favor the map approach is that we sort-of have that on core here. I don't feel very strongly in favor of either implementation, but we should probably be consistent on both places. I don't want to drag this on forever, so I am fine with trying the explicit type here and then deciding which one we like the most.

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Makes sense, let's keep the same approach in this processor. I believe we can keep existing config behavior, given that the component is in alpha state. We can add restriction to string only attribute later.

```

Given a `movie` table with three rows:
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NumberDataPoints #0
Data point attributes:
-> genre: STRING(sci-fi)
-> dbinstance: STRING(mydbinstance)
Value: 2

Metric #1
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NumberDataPoints #0
Data point attributes:
-> genre: STRING(action)
-> dbinstance: STRING(mydbinstance)
Value: 1
```
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Expand Up @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ type MetricCfg struct {
Aggregation MetricAggregation `mapstructure:"aggregation"`
Unit string `mapstructure:"unit"`
Description string `mapstructure:"description"`
StaticAttributes map[string]string `mapstructure:"static_attributes"`
}

func (c MetricCfg) Validate() error {
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assert.Equal(t, false, metric.Monotonic)
assert.Equal(t, MetricDataTypeSum, metric.DataType)
assert.Equal(t, MetricValueTypeInt, metric.ValueType)
assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}, metric.StaticAttributes)
assert.Equal(t, MetricAggregationCumulative, metric.Aggregation)
}

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Expand Up @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ func rowToMetric(row metricRow, cfg MetricCfg, dest pmetric.Metric) error {
return fmt.Errorf("rowToMetric: attribute_column not found: '%s'", columnName)
}
}
for k, v := range cfg.StaticAttributes {
attrs.InsertString(k, v)
}
return nil
}

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/testdata/config.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ receivers:
value_type: int
monotonic: false
aggregation: cumulative
static_attributes:
foo: bar
exporters:
nop:
service:
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions unreleased/sqlqueryreceiver-tags.yaml
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# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
change_type: enhancement

# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
component: sqlqueryreceiver

# A brief description of the change
note: Add static_attributes optional configuration to allow adding attributes/tags to queried metrics.

# One or more tracking issues related to the change
issues: [11868]