---
title: Prometheus typed metrics fields
description: Stats scraped from a Prometheus endpoint. 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/exported-fields-prometheus-xpack
products:
  - Beats
  - Metricbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# 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>