---
title: "Create Metric"
method: POST
path: "/metrics"
tags: ["Metrics"]
---

# Create Metric

`POST /metrics`

## Request body

- CreateMetricRequestData
  - `name` string, required
  - `suffix` string, required
  - `calc_type` 0 | 1
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `default_value` number, nullable
  - `display_chart` boolean, nullable
  - `threshold` integer, nullable
  - `places` integer, nullable
  - `tags` string[]

## Response `200`

`Metric`

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthenticated
- `403` — Authorization error
- `422` — Validation error

## Changes

- **2026-08-25** `96314e3ca8ef` — 3 breaking, 2 warning, 3 info
  - the `included/items/` response's property type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `200`
  - removed the required property `included/items/id` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the required property `included/items/type` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `included/items/attributes` from the response with the `200` status
  - …4 more
- **2026-07-27** `09d2b7258b3c` — 5 breaking
  - the `data/attributes/default_value` response's property type/format changed from `string, null`/`` to `object, null`/`` for status `200`
  - the `data/attributes/display_chart` response's property type/format changed from `boolean`/`` to `integer`/`` for status `200`
  - the `included/items/attributes/calculated_value` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `number`/`` for status `200`
  - the `included/items/attributes/created/human` response's property type/format changed from `null`/`` to `string, null`/`` for status `200`
  - …1 more
- **2026-07-21** `833ac595fa80` — 2 warning
  - the `places` request property's max was set to `4.00`
  - the `places` request property's min was set to `0.00`
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/cachethq/apis/cachet/changes/metrics/post.md)

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