In New Relic, attributes are key-value pairs containing information that determines the properties of an event or transaction. These key-value pairs can help you gain greater insight into your application and query your data.
View and use attributes
Both default APM attributes and custom attributes for your C application appear in:
C-specific attributes
Important
Before creating custom attributes, review New Relic's list of reserved terms used by NRQL. Otherwise unexpected results may occur.
To add custom attributes to your C application, call one of the attribute functions in the C SDK API; for example, newrelic_add_attribute_double(). The key name for your custom attribute depends on what you specify when you call the function.
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