# Metrics

Manage metrics and retrieve metric data, dimensions, drilldowns, usages, and verification details.

 - [GET /v2/metrics](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_listmetrics.md): Retrieves a paginated list of metrics in the organization.
 - [POST /v2/metrics](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_createmetric.md): Creates a metric from the specified dataset and metric configuration.
 - [POST /v2/metrics/dimensions/values](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_getdimensionvalues.md): Retrieves the available dimension values for one or more metrics.
 - [POST /v2/metrics/drilldown](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_getdrilldowndata.md): Retrieves the underlying records for a metric within a specified period.
 - [GET /v2/metrics/{id}](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_getmetric.md): Retrieves details about a specific metric.
 - [PATCH /v2/metrics/{id}](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_updatemetric.md): Updates the configuration of a specific metric, including its `description`. Notes: - Only custom metrics built on a dataset can be updated. - Send `description` as an empty string to clear it.
 - [DELETE /v2/metrics/{id}](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_deletemetric.md): Deletes a specific metric from the organization.
 - [POST /v2/metrics/{id}/data](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_getmetricdata.md): Retrieves a metric's values over a date range, grouped by a granularity, with an optional breakdown by dimensions and optional filters. If the metric is due by its sync schedule, or has never synced,
 - [GET /v2/metrics/{id}/lineage](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_getlineage.md): Retrieves the specified metric's lineage, including upstream data sources and datasets and metrics.
 - [GET /v2/metrics/{id}/usages](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_getmetricusages.md): Retrieves the locations where a specific metric is used.
 - [GET /v2/metrics/{id}/verification](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_getverification.md): Retrieves the verification status and details for a specific metric.
 - [PUT /v2/metrics/{id}/verification](https://developers.databox.com/docs/api/api.databox.com/metrics/metrics_updateverification.md): Updates the verification status of a specific metric.