Metrics Data Schema

In VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance each metric type includes metadata that defines and describes the characteristics of each metric collected.

The following is the JSON definition table for the standard parameters within each metric:

Field	Context	Format	Description
Instance	All	String	Instance name of the object to which these metrics are associated with.
MetricType	All	String	Type of the metrics.
Timestamp	All	Long	Timestamp in epoch milliseconds when the metric was collected.
ProcessedTimestamp	All	Long	Timestamp in epoch milliseconds when the metric from the underlying source was processed.
Type	All	String	Type of the instance or object to which these metrics are associated with.
Metrics	All	Object	Set of Key-Value pairs of type String-Float, representing the metric name and metric value respectively.
Properties	All	Object	Set of Key-Value pairs of type String-String, representing the name and value of properties associated with the metrics.
Tags	All	Object	Set of Key-Value pairs of type String-String, representing the name and value of tags associated with the metrics.