---
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

## Response `200`

`Metric`

- object
  - `data` Metric, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `type` 'metrics', required
    - `attributes` object
      - `id` integer, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `suffix` string, required
      - `description` string, nullable, required
      - `default_value` string, nullable, required
      - `calc_type` 0 | 1, required
      - `display_chart` boolean, required
      - `places` integer, required
      - `default_view` 0 | 1 | 2 | 3, required
      - `threshold` integer, required
      - `order` integer, required
      - `visible` 0 | 1 | 2, required
      - `created` object, required
        - `human` string, required
        - `string` string, required
      - `updated` object, required
        - `human` string, required
        - `string` string, required
    - `relationships` object
      - `points` object
        - `data` MetricPoint[], required
          - `id` string, required
          - `type` 'metricPoints', required
          - `attributes` object
            - `id` integer, required
            - `metric_id` integer, required
            - `calculated_value` string, required
            - `value` number, required
            - `counter` integer, required
            - `created` object, required
              - …
            - `updated` object, required
              - …
          - `relationships` object
            - `metric` object
              - …

## Other responses

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

## Changes

- **2025-06-02** `9ad32c73fe39` — 14 breaking, 9 warning
  - the response property `data/attributes/default_value` became nullable for the status `200`
  - the response property `data/attributes/description` became nullable for the status `200`
  - the `data/attributes/calc_type` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `integer`/`` for status `200`
  - the `data/attributes/default_view` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `integer`/`` for status `200`
  - …19 more

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

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