While sensitive data can be helpful for diagnosis and troubleshooting, security considerations may require filtering certain information. Data filtering can be done at the agent level or the Collector level. This page includes the recommended configurations to filter the sensitive data at the Collector level. Sensitive data such as identity, credit card information, or email addresses require special data management to ensure data protection and compliance with industry standards.

Sensitive data sent to Splunk AppDynamics can be removed using the Splunk AppDynamics Distribution for OpenTelemetry Collector or the OpenTelemetry Collector. To filter the sensitive data using the Collector, perform the following steps:

1. Add the required processors to the Collector's configuration file. The processors allow you to delete, redact, or hash specific attributes.
2. Activate the processor functionality by modifying the appropriate service | pipelines .

The processors available for filtering sensitive data are:

• attributes
• redaction
• transform