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Error Log Flagged: The metric event is not properly structured

ericaooi
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Hi,

I am using Opentelemetry to push Prometheus metrics into Splunk index with metrics data type.
After pushing the metrics, the following error log prompts.

The metric event is not properly structured, source=XXX, sourcetype=XXX, host=XXX, index=XXX. Metric event data without a metric name and properly formatted numerical values are invalid and cannot be indexed. Ensure the input metric data is not malformed, have one or more keys of the form "metric_name:<metric>" (e.g..."metric_name:cpu.idle") with corresponding floating point values.


May I know what is causing this issue and how can I solve it, please?

Thank you.

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