Metric IDs and code names

Available from 9.2.8. The api/sam/v2/software_instances and api/sam/v2/license_usage REST APIs return information about metric that is used by a product in the form of a unique metric ID or metric code name. Learn what is the relation between the metric ID and code name as well as what is the description of every metric.

Table 1. Metric ID, code name, and description
Metric ID Metric code name Metric description
-23352 SQL_SERVER_MICROSOFT_VIRTUAL_PROCESSOR_CORES Microsoft SQL Server Virtual Processor Cores
-13314 SQL_SERVER_MICROSOFT_PHYSICAL_PROCESSOR_CORES Microsoft SQL Server Physical Processor Cores
1285 WINDOWS_SERVER_MICROSOFT_VIRTUAL_PROCESSOR_CORES Microsoft Windows Server Virtual Processor Core
26683 WINDOWS_SERVER_MICROSOFT_PHYSICAL_PROCESSOR_CORES Microsoft Windows Server Physical Processor Core
30701 WINDOWS_SERVER_STANDARD_MICROSOFT_PHYSICAL_PROCESSOR_CORE Microsoft Windows Server Standard Physical Processor Core
-8413 FREE Free
5347 MONTHLY_API_CALL Monthly API call
19462 NAMED_USER Named User
10808 CLIENT_ACCESS_LICENSE Client Access License (CAL)
-29884 MANAGEMENT_LICENSE Management License (ML)
-32264 MILLION_EVENT Million Event
-31967 PROCESS Process
-24028 TIERED_DECIMAL_TERABYTES Tiered Decimal Terabyte Small
-19454 EMPLOYEE_USER Employee User
-16552 CONCURRENT_CONNECTION Concurrent Connection
-4347 EXTERNAL_USER External User
10251 RESOURCE_UNIT Resource Unit
22960 GIGABITS_PER_SECOND Gigabits per second
31139 INFREQUENT_USER Infrequent User
17346 ACTIVE_CONTAINER Active Container
-32603 CONCURRENT_USER Concurrent User
-32470 VU_VALUE_UNIT VU Value Unit
-32337 APPSERVER_CONNECTED AppServer Connected
-30184 LIMITED_USE_VIRTUAL_SERVER Limited Use Virtual Server
-29478 POPULATED_SOCKET Populated Socket
-27870 MANAGED_SWITCH Managed Switch
-27189 BED Bed
-26157 SWITCH Switch
-25214 TOKEN Token
-24771 AUTHORIZED_USER_SINGLE_INSTALL Authorized User Single Install
9.2.16 -24466 5000_FLOATING_USERS 5000 Floating Users
-24282 PRINTER Printer
-23594 ESTABLISHMENT Establishment
-21525 CURRENCY_VALUE_UNIT Currency Value Unit
-21171 MILLION_SPEND_CONVERSION_UNITS Million Spend Conversion Units
-18783 AUTHORIZED_USER Authorized User
-18750 PROCESSOR Processor
-18667 FEED Feed
-18577 STORAGE_CAPACITY_UNIT_(101-250) Storage Capacity Unit (101-250)
-17749 STORAGE_CAPACITY_UNIT_(751-1250) Storage Capacity Unit (751-1250)
-16893 TEN_MONTHLY_JOBS 10 Monthly Jobs
-16798 TERABYTE Terabyte
-16762 INSTALL_WITH_PAGES Install with up to <number> Pages
-15896 RESOURCE_VALUE_UNIT Resource Value Unit
-15529 INSTANCE Instance
-15520 CLIENT_USER Client User
-13938 STORE Stores
-13494 AUTHORIZED_USER_SINGLE_SESSION Authorized User Single Session
-13103 CLIENT_DEVICE Client Device
-12983 TRANSACTION Transaction
-11982 SIMULTANEOUS_SESSION Simultaneous Session
-11743 FILE File
-10658 TERMINAL Terminal
-10377 HOST_SERVER Host Server
-10210 PAGE Page
-9208 APPLIANCE_INSTALL Appliance Install
-8670 RACK Rack
-8617 MILLION_OF_SERVICE_UNIT_PER_HOURS Millions of Service Units per Hour
-8333 STORAGE_CAPACITY_UNIT_(251-500) Storage Capacity Unit (251-500)
-8152 STORAGE_DEVICE Storage Device
-7054 VIRTUAL_CORE_BASED <deprecated> Microsoft Virtual Core with SA
-6957 TIERED_TERABYTES Tiered Terabytes
-6399 PROCESSOR_DAY Processor Day
-5373 TIVOLI_MANAGEMENT_POINT Tivoli Management Point
-5368 STORAGE_CAPACITY_UNIT_(1-100) Storage Capacity Unit (1-100)
-5256 STORAGE_CAPACITY_UNIT_(501-750) Storage Capacity Unit (501-750)
-5048 ONE_M_ORDER_LINES 1 Million Order Lines
- 4563 ORACLE_PROCESSORS Oracle Processor Core
-4608 MANAGED_DEVICE Managed Device Oracle Core Based
9.2.16 -4050 ADDRESSABLE_DEVICE Addressable Device
-2984 LIMITED_USE_AUTHORIZED_USER Limited Use Authorized User
-2809 STORAGE_CAPACITY_UNIT_(2001+) Storage Capacity Unit (2001+)
-2758 FLOATING_USER_SINGLE_SESSION_SINGLE_INSTALL Floating User Single Session Single Install
-2583 SERVER_DEVICE Server
-2368 CLIENT Client
-1827 LIMITED_USE_MANAGED_SERVER Limited Managed Server Unit
1 INTERNAL_OTHER Unknown
3 PVU_FULL_CAP

Use this metric ID or code name to retrieve or set up thresholds of license metric utilization by using the api/sam/v2/license_usage REST API.

 PVU Full Capacity
4 PVU_SUB_CAP

Use this metric ID or code name to retrieve or set up thresholds of license metric utilization by using the api/sam/v2/license_usage REST API.

 PVU Subcapacity
5 INTERNAL_PVU

Use this metric ID or code name to retrieve information about the license metric that is assigned to a product by using the api/sam/v2/software_instances REST API.

 PVU
6 INTERNAL_RVU_MAPC

Use this metric ID or code name to retrieve information about the license metric that is assigned to a product by using the api/sam/v2/software_instances REST API.

 RVU MAPC
7 RVU_FULL_CAP

Use this metric ID or code name to retrieve or set up thresholds of license metric utilization by using the api/sam/v2/license_usage REST API.

 RVU MAPC Full Capacity
8 RVU_SUB_CAP

Use this metric ID or code name to retrieve or set up thresholds of license metric utilization by using the api/sam/v2/license_usage REST API.

 RVU MAPC Subcapacity
9 INTERNAL_INSTALL Install Seats
10 FLEXPOINT Flexpoint
488 TEN_AUTHORIZED_USER 10 Authorized User
526 MAILBOX Mailbox
865 VIRTUAL_SERVER Virtual Server
9.2.16 2110 500_FLOATING_USERS 500 Floating Users
2692 CONNECTOR_FOR_DEMAND_SIDE Connector for Demand-side
3058 CONNECTION Connection
3729 FLOATING_USER_SINGLE_INSTALL Floating User Single Install
3774 USER_VALUE_UNIT User Value Unit
9.2.16 3827 MANAGED_CONTAINER Managed Container
5264 REGISTERED_USER Registered User
5844 VIRTUAL_PROCESSOR_CORE Virtual Processor Core
5856 ELIGIBLE_PARTICIPANT Eligible Participant
6083 10_MANAGED_VIRTUAL_SERVERS 10 Managed Virtual Servers
6089 PER_TOKEN Per Token
6420 MANAGED_VIRTUAL_NETWORK_DEVICE Managed Virtual Network Device
9.2.16 6554 10000_FLOATING_USERS 10000 Floating Users
6967 APPLICATION Application
7057 MONTHLY_MILLION_RULES_DECISIONS Monthly Million Rules Decisions
7884 MILLION_SQUARE_FEET Million Square Feet
8321 LIMITED_USE_SOCKET Limited Use Socket
8604 INSTALL_WITH_3_AUTHORIZED_USERS Install with 3 Authorized Users
8843 CONCURRENT_SESSION Concurrent Session
9033 THOUSAND_ADDRESSABLE_DEVICES Thousand Addressable Devices
10157 CONNECTOR Connector
10310 PORT Port
10989 APPLICATION_INSTANCE Application Instance
11165 LINEAR_ASSET Linear Asset
11328 USER Users
12599 HUNDRED_THOUSAND_SQUARE_METERS Hundred Thousand Square Meters
13557 FLOATING_USER Floating User
14325 MONTHLY_THOUSAND_MANAGED_DECISION_ARTIFACTS Monthly Thousand Managed Decision Artifacts
14692 SINGLE_PHYSICAL_PROCESSOR_BASED Microsoft Single Processor
15006 FLOATING_USER_SINGLE_SESSION Floating User Single Session
15282 DECIMAL_TERABYTE Decimal Terabyte
16958 BASE_PROCESSOR Base Processors
17437 SERVER_LESS_THAN_1000 Server Less Than 1000 Nodes
17502 MANAGED_CHASSIS Managed Chassis
19131 MONTHLY_JOBS Monthly Order Request
20170 SOCKET Socket
20249 TICKETS Tickets
21058 SERVER_GREATER_OR_EQUAL_TO_1000 Server Greater Or Equal to 1000 Nodes
21426 NETWORK_NODE Network Node
9.2.1621610 1000_FLOATING_USERS 1000 Floating Users
21704 CONNECTOR_FOR_SUPPLY_SIDE Connector for Supply-side
21936 MANAGED_TERABYTE Managed Terabyte
22225 STORAGE_CAPACITY_UNIT_(1251-2000) Storage Capacity Unit (1251-2000)
22989 IDLE_STANDBY_SERVER Idle Standby Server
23720 PHYSICAL_CORE_BASED <deprecated> Microsoft Physical Core with SA
24179 MANAGED_CLIENT_DEVICES Managed Client Devices
9.2.16 26571 MONTHLY_HOUR Monthly Hour
27777 ASSET Asset
28226 GENERAL_PURPOSE_GRAPHICS_PROCESSING_UNIT General Purpose Graphics Proc Unit
28591 MANAGED_VIRTUAL_SERVER Managed Virtual Server
28953 INSTALL Install Instances
28967 MANAGED_SERVER Managed Server
29313 ADDRESSABLE_DEVICES Addressable Devices
31619 STG_TIER STG Tier
31705 SERVER_WITH_ONE_PROCESSOR Server with One Processor
31997 ADDITIONAL_PROCESSOR Additional Processor
32455 DUAL_PHYSICAL_PROCESSOR_BASED Microsoft Dual Processor