You can view all metrics reporting to a project on the Metric details page in Project settings.
The page displays metrics and their metadata, including descriptions, units, and last-edited dates:
Cloud Observability uses that metadata to provide context in the metric charts. For example, you can see the units for a metric from a chart tooltip and also in the corresponding tables.
You can view, add, and change a metric’s details from the Metric details page or directly from a chart.
The Metrics details page shows information in a table and panel. Click the tabs below to learn more.
To access the Metric details table, click Project settings > Metric details. The table shows the following information:
nanoseconds
, nanosecond
, nanos
, or ns
microseconds
, microsecond
, micros
, or µs
milliseconds
, millisecond
, millis
, or ms
seconds
or second
percent
Displays percentiles in decimal format. For example, 20%
is 0.2
.percent_hundred
Displays percentiles in whole numbers. For example, 20%
is 20
.ops_s
(operations per second)byte
or bytes
unitless
No unit formatting, just numbers (overrides default units)To access the Metric details panel, click Project settings > Metric details, and then click any metric. The panel shows the following information:
Follow these steps to view and edit details for all the metrics reporting to a project:
In Cloud Observability, click Project settings > Metric details.
Cloud Observability displays all metrics currently reporting to this project in a table. By default, they’re listed alphabetically. You can sort by any column.
Use the Search field or scroll to find a metric. Click into a row to open the Metric Details panel.
In the panel’s Details tab, add/edit the Unit or Description fields and click Save changes.
You can apply your changes to all Cloud Observability projects in your organization that the metric is reporting to.
You can view and edit metric details directly from a chart in either a dashboard or an alert.
Open either a chart (expand or click to edit from a dashboard) or an alert, and expand the Query section.
In the Metric Name field, click the info icon.
The Metric Details panel opens.
In the panel’s Details tab, add/edit the Unit or Description fields and click Save changes.
You can apply your changes to all Cloud Observability projects in your organization that the metric is reporting to.
When you make any changes to metric details, by default the changes are made only to the current project. If you want the change to affect all Cloud Observability projects in your organization that the metric is reporting to, before saving, click Apply changes to all projects.
Updated Apr 7, 2023