title: Google Dataflow custom metrics not showing on Stackdriver
body: <p>I'm trying to get a deeper view on my dataflow jobs by measuring parts of it using <code>Metrics.counter</code> &amp; <code>Metrics.gauge</code> but I cannot find them on Stackdriver.</p>
  
  <p>I have a premium Stackdriver account and I can see those counters under the Custom Counters section on the Dataflow UI. </p>
  
  <p>I can see <code>droppedDueToLateness</code> 'custom' counter though on Stackdriver <a href="https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/29859eb54d05b96a9db477e7bb04537510273bd2/runners/core-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/LateDataDroppingDoFnRunner.java#L102" rel="nofollow noreferrer">that seems to be created via <code>Metrics.counter</code> as well</a>...</p>
  
  <p>Aside from that, there's something that could be helpful that is that when I navigate <a href="https://app.google.stackdriver.com/services/dataflow" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://app.google.stackdriver.com/services/dataflow</a> the message I get is this:
  "You do not have any resources of this type being monitored by Stackdriver." and that's weird as well. As if our Cloud Dataflow wasn't properly connected to Stackdriver, but, on the other hand. Some metrics are displayed and can be monitored such as System Lag, Watermark age, Elapsed time, Element count, etc...</p>
  
  <p>What am I missing?</p>
  
  <p>Regards</p>