# Data Object - PerfEntityMetricBase(vim.PerformanceManager.EntityMetricBase)

Property of
  PerfCompositeMetric
Returned by
  QueryPerf
Extended by
  PerfEntityMetric, PerfEntityMetricCSV
Extends
  DynamicData
Since
  2.0

## Data Object Description

Base type for the various PerfEntityMetric encodings.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
entity | ManagedObjectReference | Performance provider ID.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="PerfEntityMetricBase"> <complexContent> <extension base="vsan:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="entity" type="vsan:ManagedObjectReference"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>