Dynatrace · Schema

MetricDescriptor

Describes a single metric including its metadata, supported aggregations, entity dimensions, and default aggregation settings.

AI OperationsAnalyticsAPMApplication Performance MonitoringApplication SecurityAutomationCloud MonitoringDigital Experience ManagementIntelligenceObservability

Properties

Name Type Description
metricId string The fully qualified key of the metric, potentially including applied transformations. For example, builtin:host.cpu.usage:avg.
displayName string The human-readable display name of the metric.
description string A detailed description of what the metric measures.
unit string The unit of the metric values. For example, Percent, Byte, MilliSecond.
dduBillable boolean Whether ingesting this metric consumes Davis Data Units (DDUs).
created integer The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the metric was created.
lastWritten integer The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the metric was last written.
entityType array The entity types that can be used to filter this metric, e.g., HOST, SERVICE, PROCESS_GROUP.
aggregationTypes array The list of aggregation types supported for this metric. Valid values include min, max, sum, count, avg, median, and percentile.
dimensionDefinitions array The list of dimension definitions for this metric. Each dimension provides a label for data splitting.
transformations array The list of transformation expressions that can be applied to this metric using the metric selector.
defaultAggregation object
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