[DOCS-12823] Add documentation for controlling Error Tracking ingestion#34460
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[DOCS-12823] Add documentation for controlling Error Tracking ingestion#34460
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Fixes DOCS-12823 This update addresses user feedback about lack of documentation on how to control which errors appear in Error Tracking. Users were confused about why all exceptions (including handled/expected ones) were appearing as Issues. Changes: - Added new 'Control which errors are tracked' section - Links to existing documentation on: - Manage Data Collection (inclusion/exclusion rules, rate limits) - Issue States (EXCLUDED status) - Ignoring Unwanted Resources (trace-level filtering) - Maintains concise approach by linking out rather than duplicating content Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What does this PR do? What is the motivation?
Fixes DOCS-12823
This PR addresses user feedback from a Hotjar survey about the APM Error Tracking page being "too complicated or unclear." The user complained that all exceptions in their Python app result in "Issues" in Datadog, and they couldn't find documentation on how to prevent every exception from becoming an Issue.
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Why this helps:
The documentation for controlling error ingestion exists but wasn't linked from the main Error Tracking page. Users experiencing "too many errors" couldn't discover the solution. This update makes that documentation discoverable.
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Additional notes
The existing documentation in
/error_tracking/manage_data_collection/already covers everything needed - this PR just adds discoverability by linking to it from the APM Error Tracking landing page.