The following term are defined based on their usage within the context of Cloud Manager:

• Alert. A configurable rule that monitors metrics or events and triggers an action when specified conditions are met.
• Dashboard. A collection of graphs that visualize metrics and trends over time.
• Dimension. A descriptive attribute or category that adds context to the data and enables filtering or grouping.
• Entity. The primary object or resource from which metrics are collected, such as a a database cluster or virtual machine.
• Metric. A quantifiable indicator of health, behavior, or performance.
• Service. An Akamai Cloud service, such as Databases or Linodes.
• System alert. A preconfigured alert that notifies users of critical events affecting one or more entities.
• User alert. An user-defined alert that evaluates a metric against custom thresholds.
• Widget. A dashboard component that visualizes metric data over time in graphical and tabular form.