---
title: Summary metric
description: JSON object metric that samples observations, providing a count of observations, sum total of observed amounts, average rate of events, and moving average rates across sliding time windows.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:schemaref:s-Summarymetric
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/schemaref/s-Summarymetric.html
---

# Summary metric

JSON object metric that samples observations, providing a count of observations, sum total of observed amounts, average rate of events, and moving average rates across sliding time windows.

Summary values have the following fields:

```
{
"count": (number) events recorded for this metric,
"total": (number) sum of the amounts of events recorded for this metric,
"mean_rate": (number) average rate,
"m1_rate": (number) one-minute average rate,
"m5_rate": (number) five-minute average rate,
"m15_rate": (number) fifteen-minute average rate
}
```

|                     |                           |
| ------------------- | ------------------------- |
| *OID*               | 1.3.6.1.4.1.36733.2.1.3.7 |
| *Description*       | Summary metric            |
| *Substitute syntax* | [Json](s-Json.html)       |
| *Origin*            | OpenDJ Directory Server   |
| *Schema file*       | 02-config.ldif            |