GCP Metrics Explorer - Metric Data Historical

Question

i created a standard log based counter metric in GCP. When i try and expand the time-line beyond a couple of hours, i don't get any data - and it only includes data post creation of the metric.

Is there anyway to get a historical metric?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Please update your question with the details about what metric it is and its configuration so I can try to reproduce it. 

• To view the metrics for a monitored resource by using Metrics Explorer, do the following:

  1. In the Google Cloud Console, go to Monitoring or use the following button:
     Go to Monitoring
  2. In the Monitoring navigation pane, click Metrics Explorer.
  3. In the toolbar, select the Explorer tab.
  4. Select the Configuration tab.
  5. Expand the Select a metric menu, and then use the submenus to select a resource type and metric. For example, to chart the CPU utilization of a virtual machine, do the following:
     1. (Optional) To reduce the menu's options, enter part of the metric name in the Filter bar. For this example, enter utilization.
     2. In the Active resources menu, select VM instance.
     3. In the Active metric categories menu, select Instance.
     4. In the Active metrics menu, select CPU utilization.

https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/custom-metrics/reading-metrics