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metrics-and-metadata/metric-categories.rst

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   :description: Learn about metric categories in Splunk Observability Cloud.
 
-These are the available categories for metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud:
-
+Metric categories for realms us0 and us1
+===========================================
 
+The following metric categories are used in the realms ``us0`` and ``us1``:
 
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+Metric categories for other realms
+===========================================
+
+The following metric categories are used for any realms that aren't ``us0`` or ``us1``:
+
+.. list-table:: 
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :widths: 20 80
+   :width: 100%
+
+   * - :strong:`Category type`
+     - :strong:`Description`
+
+   * - 0
+     - | No information about the category type of the metric.
+       | Note: Category type information for metrics is only available after 03/16/2023. Any metrics created before that date has category type ``0``. 
+   
+   * - 1
+     - Host
+
+   * - 2
+     - Container
+
+   * - 3
+     - | Custom 
+       | Metrics reported to Splunk Observability Cloud outside of those reported by default, such as host, container, or bundled metrics. Custom metrics might result in increased data ingest costs.
+   * - 4
+     - Hi-resolution
+
+   * - 5
+     - Internal
+
+   * - 6
+     - Tracing metrics
+
+   * - 7
+     - | Bundled 
+       | In host-based subscription plans, additional metrics sent through Infrastructure Monitoring public cloud integrations that are not attributed to specific hosts or containers.
+   * - 8
+     - APM hosts
+
+   * - 9
+     - APM container   
+
+   * - 10
+     - APM identity   
+
+   * - 11
+     - APM bundled metrics  
+
+   * - 12
+     - | APM Troubleshooting MetricSets
+       | This category is not part of the report.
+   * - 13
+     - APM Monitoring MetricSets
+
+   * - 14
+     - Infrastructure Monitoring function
+
+   * - 15
+     - APM function
+
+   * - 16
+     - | RUM Troubleshooting MetricSets
+       | This category is not part of the report.
+   * - 17
+     - RUM Monitoring MetricSets
+
+   * - 18
+     - Network Explorer metrics
+
+   * - 19
+     - Runtime metrics
+
+   * - 20
+     - Synthetics metrics
+
+.. note:: In subscription plans based on metric time series (MTS), all metrics are categorized as custom metrics and billed accordingly.
+