How to Transform Telemetry Data with the OpenTelemetry Transformation Language

This demonstration shows how to use the OpenTelemetry Transformation Language (OTTL) to transform, filter, and enrich telemetry in the OpenTelemetry Collector without changing application code. We walk through a sample Python application and OpenTelemetry configuration file, generate real traffic, and then analyze the results in Splunk Observability Cloud.

00:00 What is OTTL?

02:06 Sample app and OpenTelemetry configuration overview

08:18 Generate load

08:44 Analyze traces in Splunk Observability Cloud

12:57 Key takeaways

14:06 Conclusion