diff --git a/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/collector_config_maps.go b/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/collector_config_maps.go
index 9ad559f2..50b1b987 100644
--- a/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/collector_config_maps.go
+++ b/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/collector_config_maps.go
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ func (ct *customTransforms) HasLogTransforms() bool {
 }
 
 type collectorConfigurationTemplateValues struct {
-	Exporters                                        []OtlpExporter
+	ExportersDefault                                 []OtlpExporter
+	ExportersRouted                                  []OtlpExporter
 	SendBatchMaxSize                                 *uint32
 	KubernetesInfrastructureMetricsCollectionEnabled bool
 	CollectPodLabelsAndAnnotationsEnabled            bool
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ func assembleCollectorConfigMap(
 	if forDeletion {
 		configMapData = map[string]string{}
 	} else {
-		exporters, err := ConvertExportSettingsToExporterList(config.Export)
+		exporterMap, err := ConvertExportSettingsToExporterMap(config.Export)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s %w", commonExportErrorPrefix, err)
 		}
@@ -208,7 +209,8 @@ func assembleCollectorConfigMap(
 
 		collectorConfiguration, err := renderCollectorConfiguration(template,
 			&collectorConfigurationTemplateValues{
-				Exporters:        exporters,
+				ExportersDefault: exporterMap["default"],
+				ExportersRouted:  exporterMap["routed"],
 				SendBatchMaxSize: config.SendBatchMaxSize,
 				KubernetesInfrastructureMetricsCollectionEnabled: config.KubernetesInfrastructureMetricsCollectionEnabled,
 				CollectPodLabelsAndAnnotationsEnabled:            config.CollectPodLabelsAndAnnotationsEnabled,
@@ -432,8 +434,9 @@ func compareErrorMode(
 	return errorMode1
 }
 
-func ConvertExportSettingsToExporterList(export dash0common.Export) ([]OtlpExporter, error) {
-	var exporters []OtlpExporter
+func ConvertExportSettingsToExporterMap(export dash0common.Export) (map[string][]OtlpExporter, error) {
+	exporterMap := make(map[string][]OtlpExporter)
+	exporterMap["default"] = []OtlpExporter{}
 
 	if export.Dash0 == nil && export.Grpc == nil && export.Http == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s no exporter configuration found", commonExportErrorPrefix)
@@ -454,13 +457,26 @@ func ConvertExportSettingsToExporterList(export dash0common.Export) ([]OtlpExpor
 				Value: d0.Dataset,
 			})
 		}
-		dash0Exporter := OtlpExporter{
-			Name:     "otlp/dash0",
+		dash0ExporterDefault := OtlpExporter{
+			Name:     "otlp/dash0/_default",
 			Endpoint: export.Dash0.Endpoint,
 			Headers:  headers,
 		}
-		setGrpcTlsFromPrefix(export.Dash0.Endpoint, &dash0Exporter)
-		exporters = append(exporters, dash0Exporter)
+		setGrpcTlsFromPrefix(export.Dash0.Endpoint, &dash0ExporterDefault)
+		exporterMap["default"] = append(exporterMap["default"], dash0ExporterDefault)
+
+		headersRouted := headers
+		headersRouted = append(headersRouted, dash0common.Header{
+			Name:  util.Dash0DatasetHeaderName,
+			Value: "routed",
+		})
+		dash0ExporterForRoutedNamespace := OtlpExporter{
+			Name:     "otlp/dash0/routed-namespace",
+			Endpoint: export.Dash0.Endpoint,
+			Headers:  headersRouted,
+		}
+		setGrpcTlsFromPrefix(export.Dash0.Endpoint, &dash0ExporterForRoutedNamespace)
+		exporterMap["routed"] = []OtlpExporter{dash0ExporterForRoutedNamespace}
 	}
 
 	if export.Grpc != nil {
@@ -482,7 +498,7 @@ func ConvertExportSettingsToExporterList(export dash0common.Export) ([]OtlpExpor
 		if len(grpc.Headers) > 0 {
 			grpcExporter.Headers = grpc.Headers
 		}
-		exporters = append(exporters, grpcExporter)
+		exporterMap["default"] = append(exporterMap["default"], grpcExporter)
 	}
 
 	if export.Http != nil {
@@ -503,10 +519,10 @@ func ConvertExportSettingsToExporterList(export dash0common.Export) ([]OtlpExpor
 		if len(http.Headers) > 0 {
 			httpExporter.Headers = http.Headers
 		}
-		exporters = append(exporters, httpExporter)
+		exporterMap["default"] = append(exporterMap["default"], httpExporter)
 	}
 
-	return exporters, nil
+	return exporterMap, nil
 }
 
 func renderCollectorConfiguration(
diff --git a/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/daemonset.config.yaml.template b/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/daemonset.config.yaml.template
index d0c02106..ba51bac6 100644
--- a/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/daemonset.config.yaml.template
+++ b/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/daemonset.config.yaml.template
@@ -28,6 +28,34 @@ connectors:
   forward/metrics/prometheus: {}
   forward/logs: {}
 
+  routing/traces:
+{{- if .ExportersDefault }}
+    default_pipelines: [traces/export/_default]
+{{- end }}
+    error_mode: ignore
+    table:
+      - context: resource
+        condition: attributes["k8s.namespace.name"] == "routed-namespace"
+        pipelines: [traces/export/routed-namespace]
+  routing/metrics:
+{{- if .ExportersDefault }}
+    default_pipelines: [metrics/export/_default]
+{{- end }}
+    error_mode: ignore
+    table:
+      - context: resource
+        condition: attributes["k8s.namespace.name"] == "routed-namespace"
+        pipelines: [metrics/export/routed-namespace]
+  routing/logs:
+{{- if .ExportersDefault }}
+    default_pipelines: [logs/export/_default]
+{{- end }}
+    error_mode: ignore
+    table:
+      - context: resource
+        condition: attributes["k8s.namespace.name"] == "routed-namespace"
+        pipelines: [logs/export/routed-namespace]
+
 
 receivers:
   otlp:
@@ -634,7 +662,24 @@ exporters:
 {{ else if .DevelopmentMode }}
   debug: {}
 {{- end }}
-{{- range $i, $exporter := .Exporters }}
+{{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersDefault }}
+  {{ $exporter.Name }}:
+    endpoint: "{{ $exporter.Endpoint }}"
+{{- if $exporter.Insecure }}
+    tls:
+      insecure: true
+{{ end }}
+{{- if $exporter.Headers }}
+    headers:
+{{- range $i, $header := $exporter.Headers }}
+      "{{ $header.Name }}": "{{ $header.Value }}"
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if $exporter.Encoding }}
+    encoding: "{{ $exporter.Encoding }}"
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersRouted }}
   {{ $exporter.Name }}:
     endpoint: "{{ $exporter.Endpoint }}"
 {{- if $exporter.Insecure }}
@@ -661,7 +706,8 @@ service:
   - health_check
   - file_storage/filelogreceiver_offsets
   pipelines:
-    traces/downstream:
+
+    traces:
       receivers:
       - otlp
       processors:
@@ -680,10 +726,29 @@ service:
       - memory_limiter
       - batch
       exporters:
+      - routing/traces
+
+    {{- if .ExportersDefault }}
+    traces/export/_default:
+      receivers:
+       - routing/traces
+      exporters:
+      {{- if (or .DevelopmentMode .DebugVerbosityDetailed) }}
+      - debug
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersDefault }}
+      - {{ $exporter.Name }}
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+
+    traces/export/routed-namespace:
+      receivers:
+       - routing/traces
+      exporters:
       {{- if (or .DevelopmentMode .DebugVerbosityDetailed) }}
       - debug
       {{- end }}
-      {{- range $i, $exporter := .Exporters }}
+      {{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersRouted }}
       - {{ $exporter.Name }}
       {{- end }}
 
@@ -697,7 +762,7 @@ service:
       - forward/metrics/prometheus
 {{- end }}
 
-    metrics/downstream:
+    metrics:
       receivers:
       - otlp
 {{- if .KubeletStatsReceiverConfig.Enabled }}
@@ -728,10 +793,29 @@ service:
       - memory_limiter
       - batch
       exporters:
+      - routing/metrics
+
+    {{- if .ExportersDefault }}
+    metrics/export/_default:
+      receivers:
+       - routing/metrics
+      exporters:
       {{- if (or .DevelopmentMode .DebugVerbosityDetailed) }}
       - debug
       {{- end }}
-      {{- range $i, $exporter := .Exporters }}
+      {{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersDefault }}
+      - {{ $exporter.Name }}
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+
+    metrics/export/routed-namespace:
+      receivers:
+       - routing/metrics
+      exporters:
+      {{- if (or .DevelopmentMode .DebugVerbosityDetailed) }}
+      - debug
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersRouted }}
       - {{ $exporter.Name }}
       {{- end }}
 
@@ -754,7 +838,7 @@ service:
       - forward/logs
 {{- end }}
 
-    logs/downstream:
+    logs:
       receivers:
       - forward/logs
       processors:
@@ -772,10 +856,29 @@ service:
       - memory_limiter
       - batch
       exporters:
+      - routing/logs
+
+    {{- if .ExportersDefault }}
+    logs/export/_default:
+      receivers:
+       - routing/logs
+      exporters:
+      {{- if (or .DevelopmentMode .DebugVerbosityDetailed) }}
+      - debug
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersDefault }}
+      - {{ $exporter.Name }}
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+
+    logs/export/routed-namespace:
+      receivers:
+       - routing/logs
+      exporters:
       {{- if (or .DevelopmentMode .DebugVerbosityDetailed) }}
       - debug
       {{- end }}
-      {{- range $i, $exporter := .Exporters }}
+      {{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersRouted }}
       - {{ $exporter.Name }}
       {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/deployment.config.yaml.template b/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/deployment.config.yaml.template
index 17908643..5befdb9a 100644
--- a/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/deployment.config.yaml.template
+++ b/internal/collectors/otelcolresources/deployment.config.yaml.template
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ exporters:
 {{ else if .DevelopmentMode }}
   debug: {}
 {{- end }}
-{{- range $i, $exporter := .Exporters }}
+{{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersDefault }}
   {{ $exporter.Name }}:
     endpoint: "{{ $exporter.Endpoint }}"
     {{- if $exporter.Insecure }}
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ service:
       {{- if (or .DevelopmentMode .DebugVerbosityDetailed) }}
       - debug
       {{- end }}
-      {{- range $i, $exporter := .Exporters }}
+      {{- range $i, $exporter := .ExportersDefault }}
       - {{ $exporter.Name }}
       {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/test-resources/bin/lib/util b/test-resources/bin/lib/util
index d1e42a8f..8575c0c1 100644
--- a/test-resources/bin/lib/util
+++ b/test-resources/bin/lib/util
@@ -619,12 +619,17 @@ install_monitoring_resource() {
   if [[ "$additional_namespaces" = "true" ]]; then
     kubectl apply -n test-namespace-2 -f test-resources/customresources/dash0monitoring/dash0monitoring-2.yaml
     kubectl apply -n test-namespace-3 -f test-resources/customresources/dash0monitoring/dash0monitoring-3.yaml
+    # TODO remove later
+    kubectl apply -n routed-namespace -f test-resources/customresources/dash0monitoring/dash0monitoring.yaml
   fi
 
   echo "waiting for the monitoring resource to become available"
   kubectl wait --namespace ${target_namespace} dash0monitorings.operator.dash0.com/dash0-monitoring-resource --for condition=Available
   if [[ "$additional_namespaces" = "true" ]]; then
     kubectl wait --namespace test-namespace-2 dash0monitorings.operator.dash0.com/dash0-monitoring-resource --for condition=Available
+    kubectl wait --namespace test-namespace-3 dash0monitorings.operator.dash0.com/dash0-monitoring-resource --for condition=Available
+    # TODO remove later
+    kubectl wait --namespace routed-namespace dash0monitorings.operator.dash0.com/dash0-monitoring-resource --for condition=Available
   fi
 }
 
@@ -667,6 +672,16 @@ deploy_application_under_monitoring() {
         "$test_app_nodejs_image_tag" \
         "$test_app_nodejs_image_pull_policy" \
         "$extraValues"
+      # TODO remove later
+      helm_install_test_application \
+        test-resources/node.js/express/dash0-operator-test-app-nodejs \
+        test-app-nodejs-routed \
+        routed-namespace \
+        replicaset \
+        "$test_app_nodejs_image_repository" \
+        "$test_app_nodejs_image_tag" \
+        "$test_app_nodejs_image_pull_policy" \
+        "$extraValues"
     fi
   elif [[ "${runtime_under_test:-}" = "jvm" ]]; then
     build_test_application test-app-image-jvm
@@ -699,6 +714,16 @@ deploy_application_under_monitoring() {
         "$test_app_jvm_image_tag" \
         "$test_app_jvm_image_pull_policy" \
         "$extraValues"
+      # TODO remove later
+      helm_install_test_application \
+        "test-resources/jvm/spring-boot/dash0-operator-test-app-jvm" \
+        "test-app-jvm-routed" \
+        "routed-namespace" \
+        "replicaset" \
+        "$test_app_jvm_image_repository" \
+        "$test_app_jvm_image_tag" \
+        "$test_app_jvm_image_pull_policy" \
+        "$extraValues"
     fi
   elif [[ "${runtime_under_test:-}" = "dotnet" ]]; then
     build_test_application test-app-image-dotnet
@@ -731,6 +756,16 @@ deploy_application_under_monitoring() {
         "$test_app_dotnet_image_tag" \
         "$test_app_dotnet_image_pull_policy" \
         "$extraValues"
+      # TODO remove later
+      helm_install_test_application \
+        "test-resources/dotnet/dash0-operator-test-app-dotnet" \
+        "test-app-dotnet-routed" \
+        "routed-namespace" \
+        "replicaset" \
+        "$test_app_dotnet_image_repository" \
+        "$test_app_dotnet_image_tag" \
+        "$test_app_dotnet_image_pull_policy" \
+        "$extraValues"
     fi
   elif [[ "${runtime_under_test:-}" = "python" ]]; then
     build_test_application test-app-image-python
@@ -763,6 +798,16 @@ deploy_application_under_monitoring() {
         "$test_app_python_image_tag" \
         "$test_app_python_image_pull_policy" \
         "$extraValues"
+      # TODO remove later
+      helm_install_test_application \
+        "test-resources/python/flask/dash0-operator-test-app-python" \
+        "test-app-python-routed" \
+        "routed-namespace" \
+        "replicaset" \
+        "$test_app_python_image_repository" \
+        "$test_app_python_image_tag" \
+        "$test_app_python_image_pull_policy" \
+        "$extraValues"
     fi
   else
     echo "Error: unknown runtime: $runtime_under_test"
diff --git a/test-resources/bin/test-cleanup.sh b/test-resources/bin/test-cleanup.sh
index fac5b499..7f43940d 100755
--- a/test-resources/bin/test-cleanup.sh
+++ b/test-resources/bin/test-cleanup.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ helm uninstall --namespace "$target_namespace" prometheus-crds --ignore-not-foun
 kubectl delete -n "$target_namespace" -f test-resources/customresources/dash0monitoring/dash0monitoring.yaml --wait=false || true
 kubectl delete -n test-namespace-2 -f test-resources/customresources/dash0monitoring/dash0monitoring.yaml --wait=false || true
 kubectl delete -n test-namespace-3 -f test-resources/customresources/dash0monitoring/dash0monitoring.yaml --wait=false || true
+kubectl delete -n routed-namespace -f test-resources/customresources/dash0monitoring/dash0monitoring.yaml --wait=false || true
 sleep 1
 # If the cluster is in a bad state because an operator image has been deployed that terminates abruptly, the monitoring
 # resource's finalizer will block the deletion of the monitoring resource, and thus also the deletion of the
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ fi
 if [[ "${delete_namespaces}" = "true" ]]; then
   kubectl delete ns test-namespace-2 --ignore-not-found
   kubectl delete ns test-namespace-3 --ignore-not-found
+  kubectl delete ns routed-namespace --ignore-not-found
 fi
 
 helm uninstall --namespace "$operator_namespace" dash0-operator --timeout 30s || true
diff --git a/test-resources/bin/test-scenario-01-aum-operator-cr.sh b/test-resources/bin/test-scenario-01-aum-operator-cr.sh
index 87d57f63..fda15e8e 100755
--- a/test-resources/bin/test-scenario-01-aum-operator-cr.sh
+++ b/test-resources/bin/test-scenario-01-aum-operator-cr.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ ensure_namespace_exists "${target_namespace}"
 if [[ "$additional_namespaces" = "true" ]]; then
   ensure_namespace_exists test-namespace-2
   ensure_namespace_exists test-namespace-3
+  ensure_namespace_exists routed-namespace
 fi
 finish_step
 
diff --git a/test-resources/bin/test-scenario-02-operator-cr-aum.sh b/test-resources/bin/test-scenario-02-operator-cr-aum.sh
index 61097397..3995817c 100755
--- a/test-resources/bin/test-scenario-02-operator-cr-aum.sh
+++ b/test-resources/bin/test-scenario-02-operator-cr-aum.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ ensure_namespace_exists "${target_namespace}"
 if [[ "$additional_namespaces" = "true" ]]; then
   ensure_namespace_exists test-namespace-2
   ensure_namespace_exists test-namespace-3
+  ensure_namespace_exists routed-namespace
 fi
 finish_step
 
diff --git a/test-resources/bin/util b/test-resources/bin/util
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b