| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AddValue | Create a new value column definition with the supplied name and type. The name must be unique within this definition. |
| CompareTo | Indicates the relative sort order of this object to another of the same type. |
 | ContainsKey | Overloaded. Determines whether the collection of all metric definitions contains an element with the specified key. |
| Equals | Overloaded. Determines if the provided object is identical to this object. |
| IsNumericValueType | Indicates whether the provided object is a numeric type or can only be graphed by a SummaryFunction.Count. |
| IsSupportedValueType | Indicates whether the provided type can be stored as a value or not. |
| Register | Overloaded. Register the referenced EventMetricDefinition template, or update the reference to the official definition if a compatible event metric definition already exists for the same 3-part Key. |
| TryGetValue | Overloaded. Retrieve an EventMetricDefinition by its Id, if present. (Throws an ArgumentException if the Id resolves to a SampledMetricDefinition instead.) |
| Write | Overloaded. Sample every event metric defined by EventMetric and EventMetricValue attributes on the provided data object at any interface or inheritance level. |
| WriteSample | Overloaded. Write a metric sample to the specified instance of this event metric definition using the provided data object. |