# Creating metric filters
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The following procedure and examples show how to create metric filters.

**Topics**
+ [Create a metric filter for a log group](CreateMetricFilterProcedure.md)
+ [Example: Count log events](CountingLogEventsExample.md)
+ [Example: Count occurrences of a term](CountOccurrencesExample.md)
+ [Example: Count HTTP 404 codes](Counting404Responses.md)
+ [Example: Count HTTP 4xx codes](FindCountMetric.md)
+ [Example: Extract fields from an Apache log and assign dimensions](ExtractBytesExample.md)