/v1.6/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/templates/metric/><code>metric</code></a> and <a href=https://istio.io/v1.6/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/templates/logentry/><code>logentry</code></a> are two of the most essential templates used within Istio. They represent respectively the payload to report a single metric and a single log entry to appropriate backends.</p><h2 id=instances-attribute-mapping>Instances: attribute mapping</h2><p>You control which data is delivered to individual a