# Data Object - PerfCompositeMetric(vim.PerformanceManager.CompositeEntityMetric)

Returned by
  QueryPerfComposite
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  PerfEntityMetricBase
Since
  2.0

## Data Object Description

PerfCompositeMetric includes an optional aggregated entity performance statistics and a list of composite entities performance statistics. The aggregated entity statistics are optional because some entities, such as folders, do not have their own statistics.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
childEntity* | PerfEntityMetricBase[] | A list of metrics of performance providers that comprise the aggregated entity. For example, Host is an aggregated entity for virtual machines and virtual machine Folders. ResourcePools are aggregate entities for virtual machines. Host, Folder, and Cluster are aggregate entities for hosts in the cluster or folder.
entity* | PerfEntityMetricBase | The aggregated entity performance metrics. If it exists, the PerfSampleInfo list of the aggregate entity is a complete list of PerfSampleInfo that could be contained in PerfSampleInfo lists of child entities.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:pbm="urn:pbm" name="PerfCompositeMetric"> <complexContent> <extension base="pbm:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="entity" type="pbm:PerfEntityMetricBase" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="childEntity" type="pbm:PerfEntityMetricBase" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>