Queries the sorted data of a time series metric that belongs to a cloud service.

Note For information about how to assign values to the Namespace, Project, Metric, Period, and Dimensions parameters for cloud services, see DescribeMetricMetaList or Metrics.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes DescribeMetricTop

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeMetricTop.

MetricName String Yes cpu_idle

The name of the metric.

Namespace String Yes acs_ecs_dashboard

The namespace of the cloud service. Specify the value in the acs_service name format.

Orderby String Yes Average

The field by which the metric data is sorted.

Period String No 60

The time interval at which metric data is queried. Unit: seconds. Valid values: 60, 300, and 900.

Set this parameter as needed. Examples:

  • If you set this parameter to 60 and 1,440 metric data entries exist, only the first 1,000 entries are returned.
  • If you set this parameter to 300 and 288 metric data entries exist, all of the entries are returned.
Note The maximum number of returned metric data entries is 1,000. If the number exceeds 1,000, only the first 1,000 entries are returned.
StartTime String No 2019-01-30 00:00:00

The start of the time range to query. Supported formats:

  • UNIX timestamp: the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Thursday, January 1, 1970.
  • Time format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ.
Note The period specified by StartTime and EndTime includes the time specified by EndTime and excludes the time specified by StartTime. StartTime must be earlier than EndTime.
EndTime String No 2019-01-30 00:10:00

The end of the time range to query. Supported formats:

  • UNIX timestamp: the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Thursday, January 1, 1970.
  • Time format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ.
Dimensions String No [{"instanceId": "i-abcdefgh12****"}]

The dimensions that specify the resources for which you want to query metric data.

Set the value to a set of key-value pairs. A typical pair is instanceId:i-2ze2d6j5uhg20x47****.

Note Dimensions must be formatted as a JSON string in a specified order.
OrderDesc String No False

The method that is used to sort the metric data. Valid values:

  • True: sorts values in ascending order.
  • False: sorts values in descending order.
Length String No 1000

The number of entries to return on each page. Default value: 1000.

Express String No {"groupby":["userId","instanceId"]}

The expression for real-time computation on the query results.

Only the groupby expression is supported. This expression is similar to the GROUP BY statement used in databases.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 3121AE7D-4AFF-4C25-8F1D-C8226EBB1F42

The ID of the request.

Code String 200

The HTTP status code.

Note The status code 200 indicates that the call was successful.
Datapoints String [{"timestamp":1548777660000,"userId":"123","instanceId":"i-abc","Minimum":9.92,"Average":9.92,"Maximum":9.92,"_count":1}]

The data of the metric.

Period String 60

The time interval at which metric data was queried. Unit: seconds. Valid values: 60, 300, and 900.

Message String The Request is not authorization.

The error message.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://[Endpoint]/? Action=DescribeMetricTop
&MetricName=cpu_idle
&Namespace=acs_ecs_dashboard
&Orderby=Average
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

<DescribeMetricTopResponse>
	  <Period>60</Period>
	  <Datapoints>
		    <order>1</order>
		    <timestamp>1551687360000</timestamp>
		    <userId>12345****</userId>
		    <instanceId>i-2zeehst1****</instanceId>
		    <Maximum>16.41</Maximum>
		    <Minimum>4.66</Minimum>
		    <Average>7.74</Average>
		    <_count>1</_count>
	  </Datapoints>
	  <Datapoints>
		    <order>2</order>
		    <timestamp>1551687360000</timestamp>
		    <userId>12345****</userId>
		    <instanceId>i-2zefxdy2****</instanceId>
		    <Maximum>15.74</Maximum>
		    <Minimum>5.03</Minimum>
		    <Average>7.14</Average>
		    <_count>1</_count>
	  </Datapoints>
	  <RequestId>1F68A4E8-4488-48E7-9189-3E1F5165E64E</RequestId>
	  <Code>200</Code>
</DescribeMetricTopResponse>

JSON format

{
    "Period": "60",
    "Datapoints": [
        {
            "order": 1,
            "timestamp": 1551687360000,
            "userId": "12345****",
            "instanceId": "i-2zeehst1****",
            "Maximum": 16.41,
            "Minimum": 4.66,
            "Average": 7.74,
            "_count": 1
        },
        {
            "order": 2,
            "timestamp": 1551687360000,
            "userId": "12345****",
            "instanceId": "i-2zefxdy2****",
            "Maximum": 15.74,
            "Minimum": 5.03,
            "Average": 7.14,
            "_count": 1
        }
    ],
    "RequestId": "1F68A4E8-4488-48E7-9189-3E1F5165E64E",
    "Code": "200"
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.