# Data Object

<table><thead><tr><th width="176">Field</th><th width="111.33333333333331">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>metric</td><td>string</td><td>Name of the metric. It should be unique.</td></tr><tr><td>name</td><td>string</td><td>If you want give a friendly name to the metric</td></tr><tr><td>type</td><td>string</td><td>If you want to specify the metric type</td></tr><tr><td>description</td><td>string</td><td>More details about the metric</td></tr></tbody></table>