[#BloombergLP-balm-ConfigurationUtil-setFormat]
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Set the format for the metric identified by `category` and `metricName` to `format`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balm_configurationutil.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
int
setFormat(
    char const* category,
    char const* metricName,
    xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricFormat.adoc[MetricFormat] const& format,
    xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricsManager.adoc[MetricsManager]* manager = 0);
----

== Description

Optionally specify a metrics `manager` to configure. If `manager` is 0, configure the default metrics manager; if `manager` is 0 and the default metrics manager has not been initialized, this method has no effect. Return 0 on success, or a non‐zero value if `manager` is 0 and the default metrics manager has not been initialized. If a `MetricId` does not exist for `category` and `metricName`, create one and add it to the metric registry of the indicated metrics manager.

== Return Value

0 on success, or a non‐zero value if `manager` is 0 and the default metrics manager has not been initialized

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *category*
| category of the metric to format
| *metricName*
| name of the metric to format
| *format*
| format specification to apply
| *manager*
| metrics manager to configure; 0 uses the default
|===


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