@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ example, a count of errors or completed tasks.
Only numeric and `aggregate_metric_double` fields support the `counter` metric
type.
+NOTE: Counter fields do come with a limitation in aggregations. Only the following aggregations are supported with the `counter` field: `rate`, `histogram`, `range`, `min`, `max`, `top_metrics` and `variable_width_histogram`.
+
// tag::time-series-metric-gauge[]
`gauge`:: A number that can increase or decrease. For example, a temperature or