Manage trace volume and derived metrics at the stage that owns each decision. Sampling selects traces before forwarding; ingestion controls monitor tenant usage; retention removes stored spans by age; span metrics aggregate selected span data into metrics.

Pipeline topics

• Sampling controls which traces are forwarded.
• Ingestion Controls covers tenant usage limits and notifications.
• Retention Filters explains age-based trace retention and its limits.
• Span-Based Metrics covers built-in and configurable derived metrics.

For tenant values, permissions, and defaults, see Data Retention, Limits and Quotas. Confirm release-specific configuration with the OpsRamp administrator before changing production settings.