diff --git a/content/en/getting_started/tagging/assigning_tags.md b/content/en/getting_started/tagging/assigning_tags.md index a784032f630fa..982082c178cfd 100644 --- a/content/en/getting_started/tagging/assigning_tags.md +++ b/content/en/getting_started/tagging/assigning_tags.md @@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ There are two environment variables that set tag cardinality: `DD_CHECKS_TAG_CAR Depending on the cardinality, there is a different set of out-of-the box tags for [Kubernetes and OpenShift][7], and for [Docker, Rancher, and Mesos][8]. For ECS and Fargate, setting the variable to `orchestrator` adds the `task_arn` tag. +**Notes**: +- Sending container tags for DogStatsD metrics may create more metrics (one per container instead of one per host). This may impact your custom metrics billing. +- In metrics, timestamps are rounded to the nearest second. If any points have the same timestamp, the latest point overwrites the previous ones. Setting higher cardinality may help prevent this issue. + #### Traces The Datadog tracer can be configured with environment variables, system properties, or through configuration in code. The [Datadog tracing setup][9] documentation has information on tagging options and configuration for each tracer. You can also follow the [unified service tagging][2] documentation to configure your tracer for unified service tagging.