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Adaptive Metrics plugin

Adaptive Metrics’s recommended rules identify which metrics to aggregate based on usage within your cloud environment.

To access the Adaptive Metrics plugin in Grafana Cloud, go to Home > Administration > Cost management > Metrics > Adaptive Metrics.

If you have already applied recommended rules, the Overview tab shows the date and time when recommended rules were last generated. For more information, refer to Time when recommendations for aggregations were last generated.

The Rules tab lets you manage rule recommendations.

The Configuration tab lets you configure recommendation exemptions.

To understand how recommended rules work, refer to Understand recommended rules for metrics aggregation.

Manage rule recommendations

You can add, keep, remove, or update recommended rules.

1. From the Adaptive Metrics plugin, click the Rules tab.

   A list of rule recommendations appears.

2. (Optional) To filter the rules list for a specific metric, type part of the metric name under Filter.

3. Under Recommendation type, select the type of rule recommendations you want to view. Available rule recommendation types include Add, Keep, Remove, and Update.

   The rules list updates based on the type you select.

4. To review the details of a recommended rule, including the Recommended rule information and Metric usage stats, expand the rule from the rules list.

5. Select which recommendations you want to apply or select Apply all recommendations.

   A confirmation dialog box showing your updates appears.

6. To confirm your rule updates, click Apply.

   Note

   Applying a rule from its expanded view doesn’t display a confirmation dialog box.