How do Prometheus metrics and Instana's tracing relate once the integration is in place?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Metrics tell you something's wrong across the fleet; traces tell you which call made it wrong. Neither replaces the other.
Full Explanation
The correct choice says metrics and tracing are complementary: metrics supply aggregate trends already collected by the existing pipeline, while tracing explains individual request paths and root cause. Aggregate metrics reveal that behaviour has shifted; traces show the specific path a request took and where its time or failure originated. Using both is the point of consolidating them. The option saying imported metrics supersede tracing and tracing can then be disabled is incorrect because disabling tracing removes root-cause capability that metrics cannot provide. The option saying trace context is rewritten to use imported Prometheus labels is incorrect because trace context propagates request identity and is unrelated to metric labels. The option saying they are stored separately and cannot be viewed in the same context is incorrect because bringing the data into one platform so it can be viewed together is the reason for the integration. For the exam, describe the relationship as complementary and be able to say what each contributes.