Metrics Api V2 Metric Descriptor Collection Structure
A paginated collection of metric descriptors returned by the list metrics endpoint.
Type: objectProperties: 4
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MetricDescriptorCollection is a JSON Structure definition published by Dynatrace, describing 4 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dynatrace/refs/heads/main/json-structure/metrics-api-v2-metric-descriptor-collection-structure.json",
"description": "A paginated collection of metric descriptors returned by the list metrics endpoint.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"nextPageKey": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The cursor for the next page of results. Include this value as the nextPageKey query parameter in the next request. Null if there are no more results.",
"nullable": true,
"example": "example-value"
},
"totalCount": {
"type": "int64",
"description": "The total number of metrics available matching the query.",
"example": 500
},
"resolution": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The resolution of the data if applicable.",
"example": "example-value"
},
"metrics": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The list of metric descriptors on this page.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/MetricDescriptor"
},
"example": [
{
"metricId": "abc123",
"displayName": "Production Service",
"description": "Example description.",
"unit": "example-value",
"dduBillable": true,
"created": 500,
"lastWritten": 500,
"entityType": [
"STANDARD"
],
"aggregationTypes": [
"min"
],
"dimensionDefinitions": [
{
"key": "example-value",
"name": "Production Service",
"type": "STANDARD",
"displayName": "Production Service"
}
],
"transformations": [
"example-value"
],
"defaultAggregation": {}
}
]
}
},
"name": "MetricDescriptorCollection"
}
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