How to find the Metric Family name to use in the OpenAPI Query Builder

Products

• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

How to find the Metric Family name to use in the OpenAPI Query Builder

Environment

Dx NetOps Performance Management any version

Resolution

Find Metric Family Names for QueryBuilder

• Navigate to an example device Data Aggregator device admin page.
  
  
• Take a look at the Polled Metric Families and corresponding Metrics for the Metric Family name.
  
  
• Find the internal name and remove Normalized and Info, and add "mf" suffix

The metric family names in the OpenAPI are shortened versions of the internal metric family names. The OpenAPI metric family names remove the prefix 'Normalized' and the suffix 'Info'. The capitalization is removed and the suffix 'mf' is added to the string. For example, the internal name of the Interface metric family is 'NormalizedPortInfo'. The OpenAPI metric family name is 'portmf'.

To see the internal metric family name, look up the name in Performance Center.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Administration, and click the Data Aggregator data source.
   
   
2. Expand Monitoring Configuration, and click Metric Families.
   
   
3. Hover over one of the column headings, and click the down arrow.
   
   
4. Expand the Columns menu, and select Internal Name.
   
   
5. The Internal Name column appears on the page.
   
   
6. Search for the metric family, and record the internal name. For example:
   
   

Additional Information

For further details, refer to the following section in our TechDocs:

TechDocs : DX NetOps CAPM 22.2 : Use the OpenAPI QueryBuilder