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.