﻿---
title: Prometheus typed metrics fields
description: Stats scraped from a Prometheus endpoint. 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/metricbeat/exported-fields-prometheus-xpack
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available in 9.0+
---

# Prometheus typed metrics fields
Stats scraped from a Prometheus endpoint.
<definitions>
  <definition term="prometheus.*.value">
    Prometheus gauge metric
    type: object
  </definition>
  <definition term="prometheus.*.counter">
    Prometheus counter metric
    type: object
  </definition>
  <definition term="prometheus.*.rate">
    Prometheus rated counter metric
    type: object
  </definition>
  <definition term="prometheus.*.histogram">
    Prometheus histogram metric - release: ga
    type: object
  </definition>
</definitions>