---
title: "SearchMetricList"
slug: "management-cloudinsight-searchmetriclist"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:41Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:41Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/management-cloudinsight-searchmetriclist"
---

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# SearchMetricList

Available in Classic and VPC

Get the list of metrics for a monitoring target group.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /cw_fea/real/cw​/api​/rule​/group​/metric​/search |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Cloud Insight APIs, see [Cloud Insight request headers](/docs/en/management-cloudinsight#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request body

See [MetricListRequest](/docs/en/common-vapidatatype-cimetriclistrequest) for more information about the fields related to metric information.

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://cw.apigw.ntruss.com/cw_fea/real/cw​/api​/rule​/group​/metric​/search' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "dimValues": [
        {
            "name": "type",
            "value": "cpu"
        }
    ],
    "query": "used",
    "dimensionsSelectedList": [
      {
        "name": "cpu_idx",
        "values": [
          "0",
          "1"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "prodKey": "**********"
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `metrics` | Array | - | Metric list: [metrics](/docs/en/management-cloudinsight-searchmetriclist#metrics) |
| `prodKey` | String | Required | Product key (cw_key) - See [Cloud Insight metrics](/docs/en/management-cloudinsight-productinfo). |

#### `metrics`

The following describes `metrics`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `dataType` | String | - | Data type |
| `desc` | String | - | Metric description |
| `dimensions` | Array | - | Dimension list: [dimensions](/docs/en/management-cloudinsight-searchmetriclist#dimensions) |
| `idDimension` | String | - | Dimension name |
| `metric` | String | - | Metric name |
| `options` | Object | - | Aggregation method - Displayed in the form of `"Aggregation cycle": [Aggregation function]` - Aggregation cycle: `Min1` \| `Min5` \| `Min30` \| `Hour2` \| `Day1` - Aggregation function: `COUNT` \| `SUM` \| `MAX` \| `MIN` \| `AVG` |
| `prodKey` | String | Required | Product key (cw_key) - See [Cloud Insight metrics](/docs/en/management-cloudinsight-productinfo). |
| `unit` | String | - | Unit |

#### `dimensions`

The following describes `dimensions`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `dim` | String | - | Dimension name |
| `val` | String | - | Dimension value |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to NAVER Cloud Platform, see [Cloud Insight API response status codes](/docs/en/management-cloudinsight#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
  "metrics": [
    {
      "dataType": "FLOAT",
      "desc": "used ratio",
      "dimensions": [
        {
          "dim": "type",
          "val": "cpu"
        },
        {
          "dim": "cpu_idx",
          "val": "0"
        }
      ],
      "idDimension": "instanceNo",
      "metric": "used_rto",
      "options": {
        "Min1": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ],
        "Min5": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ],
        "Min30": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ],
        "Hour2": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ],
        "Day1": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ]
      },
      "prodKey": "**********",
      "unit": "%"
    },
    {
      "dataType": "FLOAT",
      "desc": "used ratio",
      "dimensions": [
        {
          "dim": "type",
          "val": "cpu"
        },
        {
          "dim": "cpu_idx",
          "val": "1"
        }
      ],
      "idDimension": "instanceNo",
      "metric": "used_rto",
      "options": {
        "Min1": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ],
        "Min5": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ],
        "Min30": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ],
        "Hour2": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ],
        "Day1": [
          "COUNT",
          "SUM",
          "MAX",
          "MIN",
          "AVG"
        ]
      },
      "prodKey": "**********",
      "unit": "%"
    }
  ],
  "prodKey": "**********"
}
```