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title: customMetric
slug: /main-concepts/metadata-standard/schemas/tests/custommetric
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# CustomMetric

*Custom Metric definition that we will associate with a column.*

## Properties

- **`id`**: Unique identifier of this Custom Metric instance. Refer to *[../type/basic.json#/definitions/uuid](#/type/basic.json#/definitions/uuid)*.
- **`name`**: Name that identifies this Custom Metric. Refer to *[../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName](#/type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName)*.
- **`description`**: Description of the Metric. Refer to *[../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown](#/type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown)*.
- **`columnName`** *(string)*: Name of the column in a table.
- **`expression`** *(string)*: SQL expression to compute the Metric. It should return a single numerical value.
- **`owners`**: Owners of this Custom Metric. Refer to *[../type/entityReferenceList.json](#/type/entityReferenceList.json)*. Default: `null`.
- **`updatedAt`**: Last update time corresponding to the new version of the entity in Unix epoch time milliseconds. Refer to *[../type/basic.json#/definitions/timestamp](#/type/basic.json#/definitions/timestamp)*.
- **`updatedBy`** *(string)*: User who made the update.


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