This document provides an overview of the metrics generated by Database Center. It also describes how you can use filters to restrict data that is charted or monitored by alerting policies. To help you identify and troubleshoot performance issues for database products such as Cloud SQL, AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, and Spanner, create custom dashboards that display useful metrics and information about your alerting policies.
Database Center metric types
This section lists the metric types that are generated by Database Center.
The "metric type" strings in this table must be prefixed
with databasecenter.googleapis.com/. That prefix has been
omitted from the entries in the table.
When querying a label, use the metric.labels. prefix; for
example, metric.labels.LABEL="VALUE".
| Metric type Launch stage (Resource hierarchy levels) Display name |
|
|---|---|
| Kind, Type, Unit Monitored resources |
Description Labels |
resource/new_resource_count
BETA
(project)
New database resources |
|
CUMULATIVE, INT64, 1
databasecenter.googleapis.com/Resource |
Number of new database resources.
product:
Type of product.
engine:
Type of engine.
version:
Version of the product.
|
resource/new_signal_count
BETA
(project)
New database signals |
|
CUMULATIVE, INT64, 1
databasecenter.googleapis.com/Resource |
Number of signals generated for resources.
issue_type:
Type of signal.
|
Table generated at 2026-09-17 19:38:45 UTC.
About metric filters
When you create charts or alerting policies, you can add filters to restrict the metric data that's charted or monitored. For example, you might add a filter so a chart displays data only for a specific resource. Your charts and notifications from alerting policies can help you troubleshoot issues. They can also help you gain deeper insights into the health of your database fleet.
A filter is composed of a label key and a label value. For example, a label
key might be resource_container and the label value is a specific resource
container. You can filter metric data by metric labels and by resource labels: