Metric categories

Learn about metric categories in Splunk Observability Cloud.

Available categories and billing details

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.
APM Troubleshooting MetricSets See Learn about Troubleshooting MetricSets in Splunk APM

RUM Monitoring MetricSets

Includes metrics from RUM Monitoring MetricSets. See Filter and troubleshoot with custom tags for more information.
RUM Troubleshooting MetricSets See Learn about MetricSets in Splunk RUM
AI Agent Monitoring metrics

  • AI span metrics (including request, error, and duration metrics)

  • Evaluations

  • Tokens

  • Costs

See Introduction to Splunk AI Agent Monitoring 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 and RUM Troubleshooting and 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.