Metric sets
Metric sets are groupings of metrics evaluated either at the account, basin, or stream level. For example, the account-levelactive-basins metric set can be obtained with:
Common parameters
setspecifies the requested metric setstartandendtimestamps, in Unix epoch seconds- The time period specified should not exceed 30 days
- The
endtimestamp should not be in the future (though some leeway is given to accommodate clock differences)
intervalrepresents a duration for use by metric sets that return timeseries- for
accumulation, this specifies the requested bucket length, or the window of time which the relevant value is an aggregation over - for
gauge, this specifies the unit to divide thestart/endperiod into, and the timeseries will reflect a momentary reading at each of these divisions of time
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Metric types
scalar
Represents a single numeric value. Can represent a summary, or aggregation, if the metric set requires a start and end period, or an instantaneous value if not.
accumulation
Timeseries where each (epoch, value) tuple represents an aggregation value for a bucket of time beginning at the epoch, lasting for the specified bucket_length.
Buckets within the time period which have no data will be omitted (unlike with GaugeTimeseries).
gauge
Timeseries where each (epoch, value) tuple represents a momentary reading of a value, at the specified epoch instance.
Gauge timeseries will contain entries for every interval within the requested time period.
label
A set of string labels representing a set. It can represent a summary or aggregation if the metric set requires a start and end period, or an instantaneous set if not.

