> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cachethq.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Metrics

> Learn how to manage metrics in Cachet.

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.

## 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.