Measurement Types

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Host Measurements

Process Measurements
System Measurements
Disk Measurements
Database Measurements

The measurements endpoint returns the available measurement types for use with the Ops Manager Measurements API resource.

Host Measurements


`ASSERT_REGULAR` `ASSERT_WARNING` `ASSERT_MSG` `ASSERT_USER`	Rate of asserts for a MongoDB process found in the `asserts` document that the serverStatus command generates.
`BACKGROUND_FLUSH_AVG`	Amount of data flushed in the background.
`CACHE_BYTES_READ_INTO` `CACHE_BYTES_WRITTEN_FROM` `CACHE_DIRTY_BYTES` `CACHE_USED_BYTES` `TICKETS_AVAILABLE_READS` `TICKETS_AVAILABLE_WRITE`	Amount of bytes in the WiredTiger storage engine cache and tickets found in the `wiredTiger.cache` and `wiredTiger.concurrentTransactions` documents that the serverStatus command generates.
`CONNECTIONS`	Number of connections to a MongoDB process found in the `connections` document that the serverStatus command generates.
`CURSORS_TOTAL_OPEN` `CURSORS_TOTAL_TIMED_OUT`	Number of cursors for a MongoDB process found in the `metrics.cursor` document that the serverStatus command generates.
`EXTRA_INFO_PAGE_FAULTS` `GLOBAL_ACCESSES_NOT_IN_MEMORY` `GLOBAL_PAGE_FAULT_EXCEPTIONS_THROWN`	Numbers of `Memory Issues` and `Page Faults` for a MongoDB process.
`GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_TOTAL` `GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_READERS` `GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_WRITERS`	Number of operations waiting on locks for the MongoDB process that the serverStatus command generates. Ops Manager computes these values based on the type of storage engine.
`INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_ACCESSES` `INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_HITS` `INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_MISSES` `INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_MISS_RATIO`	Number of index btree operations.
`JOURNALING_COMMITS_IN_WRITE_LOCK` `JOURNALING_MB` `JOURNALING_WRITE_DATA_FILES_MB`	Number of journaling operations.
`MEMORY_RESIDENT` `MEMORY_VIRTUAL` `MEMORY_MAPPED` `COMPUTED_MEMORY`	Amount of memory for a MongoDB process found in the `mem` document that the serverStatus command collects.
`NETWORK_BYTES_IN` `NETWORK_BYTES_OUT` `NETWORK_NUM_REQUESTS`	Amount of throughput for MongoDB process found in the `network` document that the serverStatus command collects.
`OPLOG_REPLICATION_LAG_TIME` `OPLOG_RATE_GB_PER_HOUR` `OPLOG_MASTER_TIME` `OPLOG_MASTER_LAG_TIME_DIFF`	Durations and throughput of the MongoDB process' oplog. The `OPLOG_SLAVE_LAG_MASTER_TIME` metric is deprecated in the measurement API. Use the `OPLOG_REPLICATION_LAG_TIME` metric instead. It returns decimal values (seconds and milliseconds). For example, the value 2.75 means 2 seconds and 750 milliseconds.
`DB_STORAGE_TOTAL`	Sum total of the compressed on-disk storage space allocated for document storage across all databases.
`DB_INDEX_SIZE_TOTAL`	Sum total of the logical size in bytes (including prefix compression) of the index data across all databases.
`DB_DATA_SIZE_TOTAL`	Sum total of the uncompressed document data in bytes (including the padding factor) across all databases including system databases.
`DB_DATA_SIZE_TOTAL_WO_SYSTEM`	Sum total of the uncompressed document data in bytes (including the padding factor) across non-system databases.
`OPCOUNTER_CMD` `OPCOUNTER_QUERY` `OPCOUNTER_UPDATE` `OPCOUNTER_DELETE` `OPCOUNTER_GETMORE` `OPCOUNTER_INSERT`	Rate of database operations on a MongoDB process since the process last started found in the `opcounters` document that the serverStatus command collects.
`OPCOUNTER_REPL_CMD` `OPCOUNTER_REPL_UPDATE` `OPCOUNTER_REPL_DELETE` `OPCOUNTER_REPL_INSERT`	Rate of database operations on MongoDB secondaries found in the `opcountersRepl` document that the serverStatus command collects.
`DOCUMENT_METRICS_RETURNED` `DOCUMENT_METRICS_INSERTED` `DOCUMENT_METRICS_UPDATED` `DOCUMENT_METRICS_DELETED`	Average rate of documents returned, inserted, updated, or deleted per second during a selected time period.
`OPERATIONS_SCAN_AND_ORDER`	Average rate for operations per second during a selected time period that perform a sort but cannot perform the sort using an index.
`OP_EXECUTION_TIME_READS` `OP_EXECUTION_TIME_WRITES` `OP_EXECUTION_TIME_COMMANDS`	Average execution time in milliseconds per read, write, or command operation during a selected time period. Available to hosts running MongoDB 3.4 or later.
`RESTARTS_IN_LAST_HOUR`	Number of times the host restarted within the previous hour.
`SYSTEM_MEMORY_USED` `SYSTEM_MEMORY_FREE` `SYSTEM_MEMORY_AVAILABLE`	Physical memory usage, in bytes.
`SYSTEM_NETWORK_BYTES_IN` `SYSTEM_NETWORK_BYTES_OUT`	Network throughput in bytes per second.
`SWAP_USAGE_USED` `SWAP_USAGE_FREE`	Total amount swap space in use.


`QUERY_EXECUTOR_SCANNED`	Average rate per second to scan index items during queries and query-plan evaluations found in the value of `totalKeysExamined` from the explain command.
`QUERY_EXECUTOR_SCANNED_OBJECTS`	Average rate of documents scanned per second during queries and query-plan evaluations found in the value of `totalDocsExamined` from the explain command.
`QUERY_TARGETING_SCANNED_PER_RETURNED`	Ratio of the number of index items scanned to the number of documents returned.
`QUERY_TARGETING_SCANNED_OBJECTS_PER_RETURNED`	Ratio of the number of documents scanned to the number of documents returned.

Process Measurements


`PROCESS_CPU_USER` `MAX_PROCESS_CPU_USER` `PROCESS_CPU_KERNEL` `MAX_PROCESS_CPU_KERNEL` `PROCESS_CPU_CHILDREN_USER` `MAX_PROCESS_CPU_CHILDREN_USER` `PROCESS_CPU_CHILDREN_KERNEL` `MAX_PROCESS_CPU_CHILDREN_KERNEL`	MongoDB CPU usage. For hosts with more than one CPU core, these values can exceed 100%. Requires Ops Manager Automation.
`PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_USER` `MAX_PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_USER` `PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_KERNEL` `MAX_PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_KERNEL` `PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_CHILDREN_USER` `MAX_PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_CHILDREN_USER` `PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_CHILDREN_KERNEL` `MAX_PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_CHILDREN_KERNEL`	MongoDB CPU usage scaled to a range of 0% to 100% by dividing by the number of CPU cores. Requires Ops Manager Automation.

System Measurements


`SYSTEM_CPU_USER` `MAX_SYSTEM_CPU_USER` `SYSTEM_CPU_KERNEL` `MAX_SYSTEM_CPU_KERNEL` `SYSTEM_CPU_NICE` `MAX_SYSTEM_CPU_NICE` `SYSTEM_CPU_IOWAIT` `MAX_SYSTEM_CPU_IOWAIT` `SYSTEM_CPU_IRQ` `MAX_SYSTEM_CPU_IRQ` `SYSTEM_CPU_SOFTIRQ` `MAX_SYSTEM_CPU_SOFTIRQ` `SYSTEM_CPU_GUEST` `MAX_SYSTEM_CPU_GUEST` `SYSTEM_CPU_STEAL` `MAX_SYSTEM_CPU_STEAL`	CPU usage of processes on the host. For hosts with more than one CPU core, this value can exceed 100%. Requires Ops Manager Automation.
`SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_USER` `MAX_SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_USER` `SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_KERNEL` `MAX_SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_KERNEL` `SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_NICE` `MAX_SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_NICE` `SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_IOWAIT` `MAX_SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_IOWAIT` `SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_IRQ` `MAX_SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_IRQ` `SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_SOFTIRQ` `MAX_SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_SOFTIRQ` `SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_GUEST` `MAX_SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_GUEST` `SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_STEAL` `MAX_SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_STEAL`	CPU usage of processes on the host scaled to a range of 0 to 100% by dividing by the number of CPU cores. Requires Ops Manager Automation.
`SYSTEM_MEMORY_USED` `MAX_SYSTEM_MEMORY_USED` `SYSTEM_MEMORY_FREE` `MAX_SYSTEM_MEMORY_FREE` `SYSTEM_MEMORY_AVAILABLE` `MAX_SYSTEM_MEMORY_AVAILABLE`	Physical memory usage, in bytes.
`SYSTEM_NETWORK_BYTES_IN` `MAX_SYSTEM_NETWORK_IN` `SYSTEM_NETWORK_BYTES_OUT` `MAX_SYSTEM_NETWORK_OUT`	Network throughput in bytes per second.
`SWAP_USAGE_USED` `MAX_SWAP_USAGE_USED` `SWAP_USAGE_FREE` `MAX_SWAP_USAGE_FREE`	Total amount swap space in use.

Disk Measurements


`DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_READ` `MAX DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_READ` `DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_WRITE` `MAX_DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_WRITE` `DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_TOTAL` `MAX_DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_TOTAL`	Number of Input/Output operations for the disk partition that hosts MongoDB. Requires Ops Manager Automation.
`DISK_PARTITION_LATENCY_READ` `MAX_DISK_PARTITION_LATENCY_READ` `DISK_PARTITION_LATENCY_WRITE` `MAX_DISK_PARTITION_LATENCY_WRITE`	Latency per operation type of the disk partition that hosts MongoDB. Requires Ops Manager Automation.
`DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_FREE` `MAX_DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_FREE` `DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_USED` `MAX_DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_USED` `DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_PERCENT_FREE` `MAX_DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_PERCENT_FREE` `DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_PERCENT_USED` `MAX_DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_PERCENT_USED`	Measures the free disk space and used disk space on the disk partition used by MongoDB. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.

Database Measurements


`DATABASE_WRITE_LOCK_PERCENTAGE`	Duration that the host is write locked.
`DATABASE_AVERAGE_OBJECT_SIZE` `DATABASE_COLLECTION_COUNT` `DATABASE_DATA_SIZE` `DATABASE_FILE_SIZE` `DATABASE_STORAGE_SIZE` `DATABASE_INDEX_SIZE` `DATABASE_INDEX_COUNT` `DATABASE_EXTENT_COUNT` `DATABASE_OBJECT_COUNT`	Amount of disk storage that database uses on-disk storage space found from the MongoDB dbStats command. By default, the Monitoring retrieves database measurements every 20 minutes but adjusts frequency when necessary to reduce the impact on database performance. To disable collecting database statistics in the Ops Manager, click Settings, then click Group Settings, and then set Collect Database Specific Statistics to `No`.

DATABASE_WRITE_LOCK_PERCENTAGE

Duration that the host is write locked.

DATABASE_AVERAGE_OBJECT_SIZE
DATABASE_COLLECTION_COUNT
DATABASE_DATA_SIZE
DATABASE_FILE_SIZE
DATABASE_STORAGE_SIZE
DATABASE_INDEX_SIZE
DATABASE_INDEX_COUNT
DATABASE_EXTENT_COUNT
DATABASE_OBJECT_COUNT

Amount of disk storage that database uses on-disk storage space found from the MongoDB dbStats command.

By default, the Monitoring retrieves database measurements every 20 minutes but adjusts frequency when necessary to reduce the impact on database performance. To disable collecting database statistics in the Ops Manager, click Settings, then click Group Settings, and then set Collect Database Specific Statistics to No.

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