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50 changes: 46 additions & 4 deletions signalfx-org-metrics/metrics.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ sf.org.numBadMetricMetricTimeSeriesCreateCallsByToken:
sf.org.numCustomMetrics:
brief: Number of custom metrics monitored
description: |
Number of custom metrics monitored by Infrastructure Monitoring. For billing purposes, 10 archived metrics are converted to 1 real-time metric, and 1 histogram metric is converted to 8 real-time metrics.
Number of custom metrics monitored by Infrastructure Monitoring. For billing purposes, 10 archived metrics are converted to 1 real-time metric, and 1 histogram metric is converted to 8 real-time metrics. Following the logic, 1 archived histogram metric is 8/10 of real-time metric.

* Dimension(s): `orgId`
* Data resolution: 10 minutes
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sf.org.numCustomMetricsByToken:
brief: Per token number of custom metrics monitored
description: |
One value per token; number of custom metrics monitored by Splunk Observability Cloud. For billing purposes, 10 archived metrics are converted to 1 real-time metric, and 1 histogram metric is converted to 8 real-time metrics.
One value per token; number of custom metrics monitored by Splunk Observability Cloud. For billing purposes, 10 archived metrics are converted to 1 real-time metric, and 1 histogram metric is converted to 8 real-time metrics. Following the logic, 1 archived histogram metric is 8/10 of real-time metric.

The sum of all the values might be less than the value of `sf.org.numCustomMetrics`.
To learn more, see [Metrics for values by token](#metrics-for-values-by-token).
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sf.org.numArchivedCustomMetricsByToken:
brief: The number of archived custom metrics stored per token
description: |
One value per token; number of archived custom metrics stored in Splunk Observability Cloud.
One value per token; the raw number of custom metrics that are stored in the archival route.
The sum of all the values might be less than the value of `sf.org.numArchivedCustomMetrics`.

* Dimension(s): `orgId`, `tokenId`
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sf.org.numHistogramCustomMetricsByToken:
brief: The number of histogram custom metrics received per token
description: |
One value per token; the number of histogram custom metrics received by Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring.
One value per token; the raw number of histogram custom metrics received by Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring.
The sum of all the values might be less than the value of `sf.org.numHistogramCustomMetrics`.

* Dimension(s): `orgId`, `tokenId`
* Data resolution: 10 minutes
metric_type: counter
title: sf.org.numHistogramCustomMetricsByToken

sf.org.numArchivedHistogramCustomMetrics:
brief: The number of histogram custom metrics stored as archived metrics
description: |
The raw number of histogram custom metrics that are stored in the archival route. To learn more about archived metrics, see Archived metrics in the Splunk documentation.

* Dimension(s): `orgId`
* Data resolution: 10 minutes
metric_type: counter
title: sf.org.numArchivedHistogramCustomMetrics

sf.org.numArchivedHistogramCustomMetricsByToken:
brief: The number of archived histogram custom metrics stored per token
description: |
One value per token; the raw number of histogram custom metrics that are stored in the archival route.
The sum of all the values might be less than the value of `sf.org.numArchivedHistogramCustomMetrics`.

* Dimension(s): `orgId`, `tokenId`
* Data resolution: 10 minutes
metric_type: counter
title: sf.org.numArchivedHistogramCustomMetricsByToken

sf.org.numBillableArchivedHistogramCustomMetrics:
brief: The number of billable archived histogram custom metrics
description: |
The number of billable histogram custom metrics stored in the archival route. 1 archived histogram custom metric counts as 8/10 real-time custom metric (as for billing purposes, 10 archived metrics are converted to 1 real-time metric, 1 histogram metric is converted to 8 real-time metrics).

* Dimension(s): `orgId`
* Data resolution: 10 minutes
metric_type: counter
title: sf.org.numBillableArchivedHistogramCustomMetrics

sf.org.numBillableArchivedHistogramCustomMetricsByToken:
brief: The number of billable archived histogram custom metrics stored per token
description: |
One value per token; the number of billable histogram custom metrics stored in the archival route. 1 archived histogram custom metric counts as 8/10 real-time custom metric (as for billing purposes, 10 archived metrics are converted to 1 real-time metric, 1 histogram metric is converted to 8 real-time metrics).
The sum of all the values might be less than the value of `sf.org.numBillableArchivedHistogramCustomMetrics`.

* Dimension(s): `orgId`, `tokenId`
* Data resolution: 10 minutes
metric_type: counter
title: sf.org.numBillableArchivedHistogramCustomMetricsByToken

sf.org.numArchivedDatapointsReceived:
brief: The number of data points received on the archival route
description: |
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