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title: "Metric"
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## Fields

| Field                                                                                                                         | Type                                                                                                                          | Required                                                                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                   | Example                                                                                                                       |
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| `display_format`                                                                                                              | [operations.DisplayFormat](../operations/displayformat.mdx)                                                                    | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                            | How this metric value should be formatted for display (e.g. percent → multiply by 100 and append %, currency → prefix with $) | number                                                                                                                        |
| `display_label`                                                                                                               | *str*                                                                                                                         | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                            | Human-readable label                                                                                                          | Request Count                                                                                                                 |
| `is_rate`                                                                                                                     | *bool*                                                                                                                        | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                            | Whether this metric is a rate/ratio (averaged, not summed)                                                                    |                                                                                                                               |
| `name`                                                                                                                        | *str*                                                                                                                         | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                            | Metric identifier used in query requests                                                                                      | request_count                                                                                                                 |