Cachet allows you to track arbitrary metrics on your status page. A metric can represent anything measurable, such as the number of users on your platform, the number of requests per second or even random things like the number of teas brewed.

A metric consists of:

• Name: The name of the metric, e.g. Users Online.
• Suffix: The suffix of the metric, e.g. users.
• Description: A description of the metric, e.g. The number of users currently online.
• Default View: How to display the metric, e.g. Last hour, Today, Week, Month.
• Default Value: The default value of the metric when missing points, e.g. 0.
• Display Chart: Plot the metric in a chart on the status page, this can be enabled or disabled.
• Places: The number of decimal places to display.
• Metric Type: The type of calculation to perform on the metric, e.g. sum or average.
• Threshold: The threshold determines when a new point should be created or the last point updated.
• Visible: Whether the metric is visible to users, guests or always hidden.

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Metric Points

A metric is made up of multiple points which are added over time. Each point consists of:

• Value: The value of the metric at this point in time.
• Timestamp: The time the metric was recorded.

For performance, if a metric point is created within the threshold of an existing point, the existing point will be updated with the new value.