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Like other metric types, such as GAUGE or HISTOGRAM, the DISTRIBUTION metric type has the following aggregations available: `count`, `min`, `max`, `sum`, and `avg`. Distribution metrics are initially tagged the same way as other metrics (with custom tags set in the code).

Additional percentile aggregations (`p50`, `p75`, `p90`, `p95`, `p99`) can be added to distribution metrics. If you were to add percentile aggregations to your distribution metric in-app, the following five additional aggregations are available for query:
Additional percentile aggregations (`p50`, `p75`, `p90`, `p95`, `p99`) can be added to distribution metrics from the metric's [details sidepanel][2]. If you were to add percentile aggregations to your distribution metric in-app, the following five additional aggregations are available for query:

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**Note**: The exclusion of tags is not supported in the allowlist-based customization of tags. Adding tags starting with `!` is not accepted.

[1]: /metrics/metrics-without-limits/
[2]: /metrics/summary/#metric-details-sidepanel
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