New Relic Metric Metric Payload Structure

{
  "type": "array",
  "description": "An array of metric data objects to be ingested",
  "name": "MetricPayload",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "description": "A container for a batch of metrics with optional shared attributes",
    "properties": {
      "common": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Shared attributes applied to all metrics in this data object unless overridden at the metric level",
        "properties": {
          "timestamp": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Unix timestamp in milliseconds for all metrics in this batch"
          },
          "interval.ms": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Default measurement interval in milliseconds for count and summary metrics"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Key-value pairs applied to all metrics in the batch. Values can be strings, numbers, or booleans."
          }
        }
      },
      "metrics": {
        "type": "array",
        "description": "Array of individual metric data points",
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "A single metric data point",
          "properties": {
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The metric name (e.g., cpu.usage.percent)"
            },
            "type": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The metric type",
              "enum": [
                "gauge",
                "count",
                "summary"
              ]
            },
            "value": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "The metric value. For gauge and count, a number. For summary, an object with count, sum, min, and max fields."
            },
            "timestamp": {
              "type": "integer",
              "description": "Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Overrides the common timestamp for this metric."
            },
            "interval.ms": {
              "type": "integer",
              "description": "Measurement interval in milliseconds. Required for count and summary types."
            },
            "attributes": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "Additional key-value attributes for this metric point"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "name",
            "type",
            "value"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "metrics"
    ]
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}