metric-data
===============

Description
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The set of aggregated data returned for a metric. For information about metrics, see `Metrics Overview <https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/Monitoring/Concepts/monitoringoverview.htm#MetricsOverview>`__.

Limits information for returned data follows.

* Data points: 100,000. * Metric streams* within data points: 2,000. * Time range returned for 1-day resolution: 90 days. * Time range returned for 1-hour resolution: 90 days. * Time range returned for 5-minute resolution: 30 days. * Time range returned for 1-minute resolution: 7 days.

*A metric stream is an individual set of aggregated data for a metric with zero or more dimension values. Metric streams cannot be aggregated across metric groups. A metric group is the combination of a given metric, metric namespace, and tenancy for the purpose of determining limits. For more information about metric-related concepts, see `Monitoring Concepts <https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/Monitoring/Concepts/monitoringoverview.htm#concepts>`__.

Available Commands
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* :doc:`post </cmdref/monitoring/metric-data/post>`
* :doc:`summarize-metrics-data </cmdref/monitoring/metric-data/summarize-metrics-data>`

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    /cmdref/monitoring/metric-data/post
    /cmdref/monitoring/metric-data/summarize-metrics-data