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Metric Types

Metric Types is a standard configuration interface for adding, editing, and removing the different Metric Types that are available to poll, their description, and their graph display properties.

Refer to the Standard Configuration Interface guide for details on interacting with the grid and form.

This user interface calls REST methods from api/metric/types.

The UI path for this interface is Configuration -> Metrics -> Metric Types.

Form Fields

  • Name - The name of the metric type.

  • Metric Group - The metric group that the metric type will be a member of.

  • Format - The formatting type of the metric data.

  • Unit Name - Unit of the metric type, i.e. Seconds, Errors, Bits per Second, etc.

  • Abbreviation Name - The abbreviated name of the metric type.

  • Value Type - Type of value to be stored in the metrics of this type. Determines initial Maximum.

    • Raw sets no maximum.

    • Utilization sets maximum to 100.

  • Unit Division - The unit division to use when displaying the data.

  • Direction - TopN direction.

  • TopN Type - The TopN type to calculate.

  • TopN Scope - The TopN scope to use, if any.

Best Practice

  • Utilization metrics and metrics that utilize a TopN Scope must have a maximum value set in order to calculate the Utilization and TopN values.

  • The ID of the Metric Type is the unique ID for a particular metric type and is needed when crafting rules.

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Default Metric Types

  • Apache Accesses

  • Apache Bandwidth

  • Apache CPU Utilization

  • Apache Request Rate

  • Apache Traffic

  • Apache Workers

  • Average Db Time

  • Average Poll Time

  • Battery Capacity

  • Battery Status

  • CPU Context Switches

  • CPU Load Average

  • CPU Status

  • CPU Utilization

  • Current

  • Custom

  • Database Inbound Traffic

  • Database Outbound Traffic

  • Database Queue Length

  • Db Bytes

  • Db Connection Count

  • Db File I/O Operations

  • Db File I/O Operations Rate

  • Db Lock Count

  • Db Page Count

  • Db Page Rate

  • Db Processes

  • Db Query Count

  • Db Row Operation Rate

  • Db Row Operations

  • Db Sync Time

  • Db Thread Count

  • Db Time

  • Disk Free

  • Disk IO Ops

  • Disk IO Read Data

  • Disk IO Read OPS

  • Disk IO Utilization

  • Disk IO Write Data

  • Disk IO Write OPS

  • Disk Read Rate

  • Disk Used

  • Disk Utilization

  • Disk Write Rate

  • DNS Inbound Traffic

  • DNS Outbound Traffic

  • Fan Speed

  • Fan Status

  • FTP Inbound Traffic

  • FTP Outbound Traffic

  • ICMP Inbound Traffic

  • ICMP Outbound Traffic

  • Interface Inbound Bandwidth

  • Interface Inbound Discards

  • Interface Inbound Errors

  • Interface Outbound Bandwidth

  • Interface Outbound Discards

  • Interface Outbound Errors

  • Latency

  • Link Jitter

  • Link MOS

  • Link Packet Loss

  • Link Packet Loss DstSrc

  • Link Packet Loss SrcDst

  • Link RFactor

  • Link RTT

  • Mail Inbound Traffic

  • Mail Outbound Traffic

  • Memory Available

  • Memory Buffered

  • Memory Cached

  • Memory Free

  • Memory Shared

  • Memory Used

  • Memory Utilization

  • Microsoft Inbound Traffic

  • Microsoft Outbound Traffic

  • Num TCP Connections

  • Number of Processes

  • Number of Users

  • Packet Loss

  • Ping Jitter

  • Ping Jitter Utilization

  • Poll Duration

  • Poll Queue Length

  • Polled Devices

  • Power

  • Power Supply Status

  • Process CPU Used

  • Process Memory Used

  • Process Status

  • Remote Access Inbound Traffic

  • Remote Access Outbound Traffic

  • Response Times

  • Routing Protocols Inbound Traffic

  • Routing Protocols Outbound Traffic

  • Service Availability

  • Swap Memory Free

  • Swap Memory Used

  • System Uptime

  • Temperature

  • Temperature Status

  • Voltage

  • VPN Inbound Traffic

  • VPN Outbound Traffic

  • WWW Inbound Traffic

  • WWW Outbound Traffic