provider Metrics GET /api/v2/metrics/{metric_name}/estimate
@utdk/datadog /api/v2/metrics/{metric_name}/estimate
Tag Configuration Cardinality Estimator
Returns the estimated cardinality for a metric with a given tag, percentile and number of aggregations configuration using Metrics without Limits™.
metric_name path required
The name of the metric.
string
filter[groups] query
Filtered tag keys that the metric is configured to query with.
string
filter[hours_ago] query
The number of hours of look back (from now) to estimate cardinality with. If unspecified, it defaults to 0 hours.
integer
filter[num_aggregations] query
Deprecated. Number of aggregations has no impact on volume.
integer
filter[pct] query
A boolean, for distribution metrics only, to estimate cardinality if the metric includes additional percentile aggregators.
boolean
filter[timespan_h] query
A window, in hours, from the look back to estimate cardinality with. The minimum and default is 1 hour.
integer

Try it

Authentication
Configure credentials for Datadog API V2 Collection
Gateway
The gateway proxies requests and injects credentials server-side. Configure credentials above, then enter your gateway URL.

Saved automatically to browser storage.

estimatemetricsoutputseries
GET/api/v2/metrics/{metric_name}/estimate
Returns the estimated cardinality for a metric with a given tag, percentile and number of aggregations configuration using Metrics without Limits™.

Parameters

required

The name of the metric.

Filtered tag keys that the metric is configured to query with.

The number of hours of look back (from now) to estimate cardinality with. If unspecified, it defaults to 0 hours.

Deprecated. Number of aggregations has no impact on volume.

A boolean, for distribution metrics only, to estimate cardinality if the metric includes additional percentile aggregators.

A window, in hours, from the look back to estimate cardinality with. The minimum and default is 1 hour.

Enter a gateway URL above to enable sending.

Code snippet
Updates live as you fill in the form above.

TypeScript

import datadog from '@utdk/datadog';

await datadog.estimatemetricsoutputseries()