Test Measure Definition form fields

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Review the fields on the Test Measure Definition form in the Service Test Management application.

Test measure definitions are optional. You can publish a test definition that has none. To define one, see Define test measure definitions for a service test.

Field	Description
Number	Identifier that the system generates for the test measure definition.
Name	Name of the test measure definition. Required. Maximum 250 characters.
Metric name	Name of the metric that the test captures. Required. Maximum 250 characters.
Metric description	Description of the metric. Maximum 4,000 characters.
Unit of measure	Unit that the captured value is expressed in, such as seconds or megabits per second. Required.
Value type	Type of the captured value: Number, String, or Boolean. The type determines which comparator a threshold rule can use. See Threshold Rule form fields.
Capture frequency	How often the value is captured: Once, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
Capture method	How the value is captured: Automatic or Manual.
Capture period	Duration over which the value is captured.
Validity start date time	Date and time from which the test measure definition applies.
Validity end date time	Date and time at which the test measure definition stops applying. This value can't be earlier than the validity start date and time.
Test definition	Test definition that the test measure definition belongs to. The system fills in this field.

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# Test Measure Definition form fields

Review the fields on the Test Measure Definition form in the Service Test Management application.

Test measure definitions are optional. You can publish a test definition that has none. To define one, see [Define test measure definitions for a service test](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-media-technology/define-test-measure-spm.md).

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Number|Identifier that the system generates for the test measure definition.|
|Name|Name of the test measure definition. Required. Maximum 250 characters.|
|Metric name|Name of the metric that the test captures. Required. Maximum 250 characters.|
|Metric description|Description of the metric. Maximum 4,000 characters.|
|Unit of measure|Unit that the captured value is expressed in, such as seconds or megabits per second. Required.|
|Value type|Type of the captured value: Number, String, or Boolean. The type determines which comparator a threshold rule can use. See [Threshold Rule form fields](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-media-technology/threshold-rule-fields.md).|
|Capture frequency|How often the value is captured: Once, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.|
|Capture method|How the value is captured: Automatic or Manual.|
|Capture period|Duration over which the value is captured.|
|Validity start date time|Date and time from which the test measure definition applies.|
|Validity end date time|Date and time at which the test measure definition stops applying. This value can't be earlier than the validity start date and time.|
|Test definition|Test definition that the test measure definition belongs to. The system fills in this field.|

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[Setting up test definitions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/telecom-media-technology/settingup-test-specifications.md)