Metric categories

Learn about metric categories in Splunk Observability Cloud.

Metric categories

The following metric categories are used in Splunk Observability cloud:

Billing class

Metrics included

Custom metrics

Metrics reported to Splunk Observability Cloud outside of those reported by default, such as host, container, or bundled metrics. Custom metrics might result in increased data ingest costs.

APM Monitoring MetricSets

Includes metrics from APM Monitoring MetricSets. See Learn about Monitoring MetricSets in Splunk APM for more information.

RUM Monitoring MetricSets

Includes metrics from RUM Monitoring MetricSets. See Filter and troubleshoot with custom tags for more information.

Default/bundled metrics (Infrastructure)

  • Host

  • Container

  • Bundled

  • Additional metrics sent through infrastructure monitoring public cloud integrations that aren’t attributed to specific hosts or containers.

Default/bundled metrics (Application)

  • APM host

  • APM container

  • APM identity

  • APM bundled

  • Tracing

  • Runtime

  • Synthetics

Other metrics

Internal metrics
Note: In subscription plans based on metric time series (MTS), all metrics are categorized as custom metrics and billed accordingly.
Note: Usage analytics doesn’t support APM Monitoring MetricSets, RUM Monitoring MetricSets so you can’t view these metrics in usage analytics. To learn more about usage analytics, see Analyze your metric usage in Splunk Observability Cloud.

Identify and track the category of a metric

In host-based plans, the category of a metric might impact billing.

To keep track of the type of metrics you're ingesting, use Usage Analytics.

Track specific org metrics with custom metric information. See more in View organization metrics for Splunk Observability Cloud.