---
title: "Thing Definition Metrics"
slug: "thing-definition-metrics"
type: "index"
canonical: "learn.servitly.com/thing-definition-metrics"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.servitly.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Thing Definition Metrics

3 articles

## [Simple Metrics](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/simple-metrics.md)

Updated on 2026-02-03 | Published on 2024-10-15

Simple metrics are used to receive and store RAW data published by products, machines, or sensors remotely connected to your application. Simple metrics are used to store simple data, like measures...

## [BLOB Metrics](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/blob-metrics.md)

Updated on 2026-02-03 | Published on 2024-10-15

In case the connected machinery needs to send a file (e.g., an internal log) to the cloud, a BLOB type metric can be used. The file received will be stored in binary format; it will be up to you how...

## [Volatile Metrics](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/volatile-metrics.md)

Updated on 2024-10-23 | Published on 2024-10-15

This type of metric allows data to be retrieved from an external data source. With this metric, data is retrieved only on demand, for example when a widget asks for the metric values of a specific...