> ## Documentation Index
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# Prometheus Destination

> Export metrics via Prometheus Remote-Write from Sawmills. Configure endpoint URL, namespace prefix, external labels, headers, and batch size.

## Supported Data Types:

📈 **Metrics**

## Configuration

| Field     | Type   | Default | Required | Description                                   |
| :-------- | :----- | :------ | :------- | :-------------------------------------------- |
| Name      | String | none    | true     | Unique identifier within Sawmills.            |
| Endpoint  | String | none    | true     | The target URL to send Prometheus data to.    |
| Namespace | String | none    | true     | Prefix attached to each exported metric name. |

### Advanced Options

| Field                      | Type    | Default | Required                                                                                                                                                          | Description |
| :------------------------- | :------ | :------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------- |
| **Additional Headers**     | none    | No      | Additional headers attached to each HTTP request.                                                                                                                 |             |
| **External Labels**        | none    | No      | Map of labels names and values to be attached to each metric data point..                                                                                         |             |
| **Timeout (seconds)**      | 30      | Yes     | Seconds to wait per individual attempt to send data to a backend.                                                                                                 |             |
| **Max Batch Size (bytes)** | 3000000 | Yes     | Maximum size of a batch of samples to be sent to the remote write endpoint. If the batch size is larger than this value, it will be split into multiple batches.. |             |

<Note>Note the following headers cannot be changed: **Content-Encoding**, **Content-Type**, **X-Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version**, and **User-Agent**..</Note>