# Metric
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Represents a specific metric. 

 `Metric` is a property of the [MetricStat](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/APIReference/API_MetricStat.html) object.

## Contents
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 ** MetricName **   
The name of the metric.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** Namespace **   
The namespace of the metric. For more information, see the table in [AWS services that publish CloudWatch metrics ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/aws-services-cloudwatch-metrics.html) in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** Dimensions.member.N **   
The dimensions for the metric. For the list of available dimensions, see the AWS documentation available from the table in [AWS services that publish CloudWatch metrics ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/aws-services-cloudwatch-metrics.html) in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*.   
Conditional: If you published your metric with dimensions, you must specify the same dimensions in your scaling policy.  
Type: Array of [MetricDimension](API_MetricDimension.md) objects  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/autoscaling-2011-01-01/Metric) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/autoscaling-2011-01-01/Metric) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/autoscaling-2011-01-01/Metric)