| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Caption | A short display string for this metric definition, suitable for end-user display. |
| CategoryName | The category of this metric for display purposes. This can be a period delimited string to represent a variable height hierarchy |
| CategoryNames | An array of the individual category names within the specified category name which is period delimited. |
| CounterName | The display name of this metric (unique within the category name). |
| Definitions | The definitions collection that contains this definition. |
| Description | A description of what is tracked by this metric, suitable for end-user display. |
| Id | The unique Id of this metric definition packet. This can reliably be used as a key to refer to this item. |
| Interval | The recommended default display interval for graphing. |
| Metrics | The set of metrics that use this definition. |
| MetricTypeName | The internal metric type of this metric definition |
| Name | The name of the metric definition being captured. |
| SampleType | The sample type of the metric. Indicates whether the metric represents discrete events or a continuous value. |