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# Metrics
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Telegraf metrics are the internal representation used to model data during
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processing. Metrics are closely based on InfluxDB's data model and contain
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four main components:
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- **Measurement Name**: Description and namespace for the metric.
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- **Tags**: Key/Value string pairs and usually used to identify the
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metric.
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- **Fields**: Key/Value pairs that are typed and usually contain the
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metric data.
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- **Timestamp**: Date and time associated with the fields.
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This metric type exists only in memory and must be converted to a concrete
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representation in order to be transmitted or viewed. To acheive this we
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provide several [output data formats][] sometimes referred to as
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*serializers*. Our default serializer converts to [InfluxDB Line
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Protocol][line protocol] which provides a high performance and one-to-one
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direct mapping from Telegraf metrics.
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[output data formats]: /docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
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[line protocol]: /plugins/serializers/influx
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