Category Types


Category Types Meaning
UNDEFINED Ignored
NOTAPPLICABLE Ignored
KEY Columns that uniquely identify instances of an object.
ATTRIBUTE Static definitions or values, such as the OS name, version, release, physical memory, and CPU clock speed.
DELTA Show the activity during the last interval, such as intervalized counts,rates, and utilizations.
GAUGE Numeric value that shows the current use or value at the time of the observation, such as the run queue, number of users, and files system space utilization.
COUNTER Cumulative counts of activity, such as CPU times, physical IOs, paging, network packet counts, and interrupts.