The billable metric object
This object represents a billable metric used to define how incoming events are aggregated in order to measure consumption.
Unique identifier of the billable metric created by Lago.
Name of the billable metric.
Unique code used to identify the billable metric associated with the API request. This code associates each event with the correct metric.
Defines if the billable metric is persisted billing period over billing period.
- If set to
true
: the accumulated number of units calculated from the previous billing period is persisted to the next billing period. - If set to
false
: the accumulated number of units is reset to 0 at the end of the billing period. - If not defined in the request, default value is
false
.
Creation date of the billable metric.
Aggregation method used to compute usage for this billable metric.
count_agg
, sum_agg
, max_agg
, unique_count_agg
, weighted_sum_agg
, latest_agg
Internal description of the billable metric.
Refers to the numeric value or mathematical expression that will be rounded based on the calculated number of billing units. Possible values are round
, ceil
and floor
.
ceil
, floor
, round
Specifies the number of decimal places to which the rounding_function
will be rounded. It can be a positive or negative value.
Expression used to calculate the event units. The expression is evalutated for each event and the result is then used to calculate the total aggregated units.
Property of the billable metric used for aggregating usage data. This field is not required for count_agg
.
Parameter exclusively utilized in conjunction with the weighted_sum
aggregation type. It serves to adjust the aggregation result by assigning weights and proration to the result based on time intervals. When this field is not provided, the default time interval is assumed to be in seconds
.
seconds
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