Dynatrace · Schema
MetricDescriptorCollection
A paginated collection of metric descriptors returned by the list metrics endpoint.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| nextPageKey | string | 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. |
| totalCount | integer | The total number of metrics available matching the query. |
| resolution | string | The resolution of the data if applicable. |
| metrics | array | The list of metric descriptors on this page. |
JSON Schema
{
"type": "object",
"description": "A paginated collection of metric descriptors returned by the list metrics endpoint.",
"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.",
"example": "example-value"
},
"totalCount": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The total number of metrics available matching the query.",
"format": "int64",
"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.",
"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": {}
}
],
"items": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Describes a single metric including its metadata, supported aggregations, entity dimensions, and default aggregation settings.",
"properties": {
"metricId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The fully qualified key of the metric, potentially including applied transformations. For example, builtin:host.cpu.usage:avg.",
"example": "abc123"
},
"displayName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The human-readable display name of the metric.",
"example": "Production Service"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A detailed description of what the metric measures.",
"example": "Example description."
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unit of the metric values. For example, Percent, Byte, MilliSecond.",
"example": "example-value"
},
"dduBillable": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether ingesting this metric consumes Davis Data Units (DDUs).",
"example": true
},
"created": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the metric was created.",
"format": "int64",
"example": 500
},
"lastWritten": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the metric was last written.",
"format": "int64",
"example": 500
},
"entityType": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The entity types that can be used to filter this metric, e.g., HOST, SERVICE, PROCESS_GROUP.",
"example": [
"STANDARD"
],
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"aggregationTypes": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The list of aggregation types supported for this metric. Valid values include min, max, sum, count, avg, median, and percentile.",
"example": [
"min"
],
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"min",
"max",
"sum",
"count",
"avg",
"median",
"percentile"
]
}
},
"dimensionDefinitions": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The list of dimension definitions for this metric. Each dimension provides a label for data splitting.",
"example": [
{
"key": "example-value",
"name": "Production Service",
"type": "STANDARD",
"displayName": "Production Service"
}
],
"items": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Defines a single dimension of a metric.",
"properties": {
"key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique key identifying this dimension.",
"example": "example-value"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The display name of the dimension.",
"example": "Production Service"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of the dimension. For example, ENTITY for entity dimensions or STRING for string dimensions.",
"example": "STANDARD"
},
"displayName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The human-readable display name of the dimension.",
"example": "Production Service"
}
}
}
},
"transformations": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The list of transformation expressions that can be applied to this metric using the metric selector.",
"example": [
"example-value"
],
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"defaultAggregation": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The default aggregation setting for the metric.",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The aggregation type to apply when no aggregation is specified in the query. For example, avg, sum, or max.",
"example": "min",
"enum": [
"min",
"max",
"sum",
"count",
"avg",
"median",
"percentile"
]
},
"parameter": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The parameter for the aggregation type, used for percentile aggregation to specify the percentile value (e.g., 95).",
"format": "double",
"example": 87.5
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"title": "MetricDescriptorCollection"
}