A metric category specifies one type of metric data that can be measured and calculated for a set of associated metrics.
Examples of metric categories--
- Application Availability - Platform availability - Bandwidth percentage
One metric category may have an associated set of metrics. Which metric is used to measure the category is defined by the associated schema.
Typically, a metric category like Application Availability will have different metrics defined for different schemas. Each of these metrics will use a collector to collect data and may have different attribute specifications.
The Application Availability metric category has 4 types of metrics associated with separate schemas. Each of these metrics uses the same collector, but they have different attribute specifications in that the component attribute values for each metric is different. This is used during resource assignment so that the metric instance has all the associated components.
| Column Name | Column Datatype | Column Null Option | Column Comment |
| metric_category_id | integer | not null | Unique identity identifying the metric category |
| metric_type | integer | with null | Metric cateogryattribute to control the metric request
creation user interface restrictions for the metric.
Supported values are: 0 - Do not display component selection and display target host selection 1 - Allow only one component selection and display target host selection 2 - Allow multiple component selection and display target host selection 3 - Force all components to be selected and display target host selection 4 - (reserved) 5 - Do not display component and target host selections 6 - Allow only one component selection and do not display target host selection 7 - Allow multiple component selection and do not display target host selection 8 - Force all components to be selected and do not display target host selection |
| metric_version | integer | with null | Versioning info |
| name | nvarchar(100) | with null | Name of the metric category |
| comment | nvarchar(64) | with null | Comment |
| real_time_metric | integer | with null | attribute that identifies whether or not this is a realtime
metric. Supported values are:
1 - realtime metric 0 - non - realtime metric |
| reporting_interval | integer | with null | The reporting interval is used to determine how frequently aggregation occurs. This value in conjunction whit the report_interval_unit determine the length of the period between aggregations |
| sample_interval | integer | with null | Attribute that represents the polling interval of the data collector for this metric category |
| threshold | float | with null | The threshold value |
| user_dependent | integer | with null | Attribute that identifies whether or not this metric is user-based. Supported values are: 1 - user dependent metric 0 - non - user dependent metric |
| charge_type | integer | with null | Attribute used by iCan Bill to determine if the metric
provides for chargeback.
1 indicates chargeback metric 0 indicates non-chargeback metric. |
| meter_gui_config_id | varchar(50) | with null | Attribute specifying the meter_gui_config object ID used by the metering backend to determine how the metric should be provisioned |
| unit_type_id | integer | with null | Identifies the unit type for the metrics of this category. |
| metric_analyzer_id | integer | with null | Identity of the metric analyzer used to analyze data for this metric category |
Product Name: Unicenter Service Management
Table Type: Table
Relationships:
| Primary Key | Related Table | Related Column |
| metric_category_id | usm_link_schema_metric_category | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_link_schema_inst_metric_cat | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_link_metric_scope | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_link_event_metric_category | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_link_analyze_funct_metr_cat | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_slo_template | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_slo_instance | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_sm_event | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_metric | metric_category_id |
| metric_category_id | usm_metric_instance | metric_category_id |