Guage certainly seems wrong for DistributionResult. Yes, using a Histogram would be a welcome PR.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 12:58 PM Kyle Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > > What are the advantages of using a Histogram instead of a Gauge? > > Also, check out this design doc for adding histogram metrics to Beam if you > haven't already: http://s.apache.org/beam-metrics-api (Not sure what the > current status is.) > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:37 PM Richard Moorhead <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Beam's DistributionResult is implemented as a Gauge within the Flink runner. >> Can someone explain the rationale behind this? Would a PR to utilize a >> Histogram be acceptable?
