Link to metrics configuration from metrics page

elastic · Sep 16, 2021 · ebf003c · ebf003c
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 Metrics Records
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-At the end of a race, Rally stores all metrics records in its metrics store, `which is a dedicated Elasticsearch cluster <https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuration.html#reporting>`_ ie. not the cluster where Rally ran its benchmarks. Rally stores the metrics in the indices ``rally-metrics-*``. It will create a new index for each month.
+At the end of a race, Rally stores all metrics records in its metrics store. Metrics can be kept in memory or written to a dedicated Elasticsearch cluster (not the cluster where Rally ran its benchmarks). This can be configured in the `[reporting] section <https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuration.html#reporting>`_.
 
-Here is a typical metrics record::
+Rally stores the metrics in the indices ``rally-metrics-*``. It will create a new index for each month. Here is a typical metrics record::
 
 
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