Metric Aggreation Methods

Metrics can be aggregated in various methods, depending on the way your aggregate your methods will depend on what the metric usage value is.

Sum

The sum aggregation method adds together the values from all the events and returns that is the usage value.

The count aggregation method counts the number of events during the time period and that is the usage value.

The latest aggregation method uses the latest event's value and that is the usage value.

The count unique aggregation method counts the number of events with unqiue values and that is the usage value.

The max aggregation method uses the event value that is the highest and that is the usage value.