OpenTelemetry Collector Processors
Processors are run on data between being received and being exported. Processors are optional though some are recommended. There are a large number of processors included in the OpenTelemetry contrib Collector.
%%{ init:{ "theme":"base", "themeVariables": { "primaryColor": "#ffffff", "clusterBkg": "#eff2fb", "defaultLinkColor": "#333333" } } }%% flowchart LR; style Processors fill:#e20082,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px,color:#fff subgraph Collector A[OTLP] --> M(Receivers) B[JAEGER] --> M(Receivers) C[Prometheus] --> M(Receivers) end subgraph Processors M(Receivers) --> H(Filters, Attributes, etc) E(Extensions) end subgraph Exporters H(Filters, Attributes, etc) --> S(OTLP) H(Filters, Attributes, etc) --> T(JAEGER) H(Filters, Attributes, etc) --> U(Prometheus) end