The GitLab codebase provides a dedicated [generator](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/generators/gitlab/usage_metric_definition_generator.rb) to create new metric definitions.
For uniqueness, the generated file includes a timestamp prefix, in ISO 8601 format.
For uniqueness, the generated files include a timestamp prefix in ISO 8601 format.
The generator takes the key path argument and 2 options and creates the metric YAML definition in corresponding location:
The generator takes a list of key paths and 2 options as arguments. It creates metric YAML definitions in the corresponding location:
-`--ee`, `--no-ee` Indicates if metric is for EE.
-`--dir=DIR` indicates the metric directory. It must be one of: `counts_7d`, `7d`, `counts_28d`, `28d`, `counts_all`, `all`, `settings`, `license`.
-`--dir=DIR` Indicates the metric directory. It must be one of: `counts_7d`, `7d`, `counts_28d`, `28d`, `counts_all`, `all`, `settings`, `license`.