[mdatagen] allow filtering out metrics based on resource attributes

.chloggen/mdatagen-filter.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# 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. otlpreceiver)
+component: "cmd/metadatagen"
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "support excluding some metrics based on string and regexes in resource_attributes"
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [9661]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]

cmd/mdatagen/go.mod

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.98.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider v0.98.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.98.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/filter v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.5.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.98.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.98.0
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../confmap
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider => ../../confmap/provider/fileprovider
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/filter => ../../filter
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata

cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml

@@ -57,3 +57,85 @@ none_set:
       enabled: false
     string.resource.attr_to_be_removed:
       enabled: false
+filter_set_include:
+  metrics:
+    default.metric:
+      enabled: true
+    default.metric.to_be_removed:
+      enabled: true
+    metric.input_type:
+      enabled: true
+    optional.metric:
+      enabled: true
+    optional.metric.empty_unit:
+      enabled: true
+  resource_attributes:
+    map.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+    optional.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+      include:
+        - regexp: ".*"
+    slice.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+    string.enum.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+      include:
+        - regexp: ".*"
+    string.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+      include:
+        - regexp: ".*"
+    string.resource.attr_disable_warning:
+      enabled: true
+      include:
+        - regexp: ".*"
+    string.resource.attr_remove_warning:
+      enabled: true
+      include:
+        - regexp: ".*"
+    string.resource.attr_to_be_removed:
+      enabled: true
+      include:
+        - regexp: ".*"
+filter_set_exclude:
+  metrics:
+    default.metric:
+      enabled: true
+    default.metric.to_be_removed:
+      enabled: true
+    metric.input_type:
+      enabled: true
+    optional.metric:
+      enabled: true
+    optional.metric.empty_unit:
+      enabled: true
+  resource_attributes:
+    map.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+    optional.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+      exclude:
+        - strict: "optional.resource.attr-val"
+    slice.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+    string.enum.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+      exclude:
+        - strict: "one"
+    string.resource.attr:
+      enabled: true
+      exclude:
+        - strict: "string.resource.attr-val"
+    string.resource.attr_disable_warning:
+      enabled: true
+      exclude:
+        - strict: "string.resource.attr_disable_warning-val"
+    string.resource.attr_remove_warning:
+      enabled: true
+      exclude:
+        - strict: "string.resource.attr_remove_warning-val"
+    string.resource.attr_to_be_removed:
+      enabled: true
+      exclude:
+        - strict: "string.resource.attr_to_be_removed-val"

cmd/mdatagen/loader.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/filter"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 )
 
@@ -153,6 +154,10 @@ type attribute struct {
 	NameOverride string `mapstructure:"name_override"`
 	// Enabled defines whether the attribute is enabled by default.
 	Enabled bool `mapstructure:"enabled"`
+	// Include can be used to filter attributes.
+	Include []filter.Config `mapstructure:"include"`
+	// Include can be used to filter attributes.
+	Exclude []filter.Config `mapstructure:"exclude"`
 	// Enum can optionally describe the set of values to which the attribute can belong.
 	Enum []string `mapstructure:"enum"`
 	// Type is an attribute type.

cmd/mdatagen/templates/config.go.tmpl

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ package {{ .Package }}
 {{ if or .Metrics .ResourceAttributes -}}
 import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap"
 {{- end }}
-
+{{ if .ResourceAttributes -}}
+import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/filter"
+{{- end }}
 {{ if .Metrics -}}
 
 // MetricConfig provides common config for a particular metric.
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ func DefaultMetricsConfig() MetricsConfig {
 // ResourceAttributeConfig provides common config for a particular resource attribute.
 type ResourceAttributeConfig struct {
 	Enabled bool `mapstructure:"enabled"`
+	Include []filter.Config `mapstructure:"include"`
+	Exclude []filter.Config `mapstructure:"exclude"`
 
 	enabledSetByUser bool
 }