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Dogstatsd Distribution Example

AggregationDaemonDogStatsDLine ProtocolMetricsObservabilityOpen SourceStatsDTCPUDPWire Protocol

Dogstatsd Distribution Example is an example object payload from StatsD, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

wireparsednotes

Example Payload

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{
  "wire": "request.latency:42|d|#service:api,region:us-east-1",
  "parsed": {
    "bucket": "request.latency",
    "value": 42,
    "type": "distribution",
    "wireType": "d",
    "tags": {
      "service": "api",
      "region": "us-east-1"
    }
  },
  "notes": "DogStatsD distribution metric — `|d` is forwarded as raw values to Datadog for global aggregation, enabling cross-host percentiles. Distinct from `|h`, which aggregates locally per agent. Stripe Veneur uses t-digest sketches to implement an equivalent global aggregation outside Datadog."
}